Kevin W Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 a detail of the chain 1/2" round bar a detail of the mallets ( on finished piece they were made from mild steel, drawn down in the tenoning spring jig in a stepped fashion - 3/8" down to 1/8" - which made a nice bamboo handle kinda look, don't seem to have a decent pic of that. Guilders paste ) The strung up mess ( welding the two parts together ((not fun)) a sense of scale Done the bottoms level with the bottom of the coupla its hanging in, about 14' off the ground, a hard place to photograph. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don A Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Wow! Great job. What are the finished dimensions (height, diameter)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCal Dave Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Very nice job! How long did it take you to make the chandelier, (hours) and number of workers? Where there any really difficult aspects or was it pretty straight forward? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin W Posted January 23, 2013 Author Share Posted January 23, 2013 thank you folks Don, 5' across and 12' tall. Dave, I work alone and use the shop calender to keep hours- average probably 10hr days in the shop and its a crapshoot as to how many are spent actually getting work done. I did this a while back and seems like it took about a month and a half. It was all pretty straight forward and difficult. The difficult part of these jobs tends to start after all of the parts are made; putting together, moving around, painting, attaching them to my little truck somehow, these aspects really call for 2 or more folks to do efficiently, but, I'm not complaining. B) I didnt really like how the brass reposed ( the act of being repousse-ed ?? ) way different than copper. I hardly chased it at all for fear of it splitting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bentiron1946 Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Nice looking work, really like the chain. You done good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Smith Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Nice job. Is that a church or a house? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin W Posted January 24, 2013 Author Share Posted January 24, 2013 It is a polo "barn" -insert emoticon with the bug eyes and the tight lips- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LastRonin Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Kevin, Where in South Alabama is a Polo Barn? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosox Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 That is such a huge work! You are truly amazing! Nicely done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin W Posted January 25, 2013 Author Share Posted January 25, 2013 Ken, it's in Fairhope, google Polo at the point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaughnT Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Really nice work! The nice thing about polo people is that they don't tend to skimp on anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LastRonin Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Aaaah. Point Clear. Awesome. The pictures look great. maybe some day I'll get a chance to stop in there and see it in person. I live in Spanish Fort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironman50 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Fantastic! A great and wonderful addition to the barn, looks great with the wood. Every detail is well forge. Great job! -www.sawblade.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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