Just finished this up for a customer, first grate I've made before.

 

He wanted a fairly simple fire grate, but still not your average hardware store grate. 

 

 

This is what I came up with...

5/8" square steel,  I upset and flared the ends, fullered the legs, and chiseled a simple decoration on the cross bars.

Approx 32" x 13"

 

The whole thing is tig welded together; I wanted to drill holes in all the joints and use forged rivets, but that would have taken a lot more time, and the customer didn't want to pay for that extra touch.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I like the little details you added. Nice work!

Greetings.

 

Very nice work... I like your details...    Sometimes things work out for the best.. I found that a grate like that loosens at the rivets in the fire...  As we all know the customer is always right...

 

Keep up the great work

Jim

It would be very instructive, to check back with the customer from time to time, ... to see if that design holds it's shape, when subjected to prolonged contact with a bed of coals.

I like the details. It looks nice. Just wondering if the thinner points on the legs might have an issue with corroding/burning thru?

Nice job! I agree with smooth bore. Check back with your customer at the 1-year mark and at the 2 year mark and see if it still holds up. I'd say 5/8 square was a minimum stock size especially for a span that long.

However, it depends on the stove / fireplace and the types of fires the client runs. If your client likes a nice low burning fire in his decorative fireplace just for the "look" it gives, you should be fine. If he's running a serious fire in a good fireplace or stove, you may have issues with bowing in the 32 inch span.

 

I did a great sometime ago for a guy with a wood stove. He burned through grates about once a year. I made one smaller than the above, out of 3/4 square bar. I've seen him several times over the last couple of years and it's still going strong. The grate is about 4 years old.

Thanks guys, glad you like it.
 

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Last Ronin,  I know I'm not an expert, and this is the first one I've done, but my thought process was that since the thin parts of the legs are low down and away from the fire, they shouldn't be affected. Might be wrong, but that's the way I looked at it at least.

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Dave, it might not be seen well in the photos, but I do have two legs in the middle of the grate, I was worried it would sag without those so I added them.

 

 

 

here, you can see the legs better in this shot.

 

Nice grate, I like the upset and incised cross bar ends, clean and classy touch. I don't know about the fullered feet on the legs but if the customer likes them my opinion doesn't count. I like the middle legs, very sneaky fellow aren't you. <wink> Good call making a grate that long hexapodal.

 

I look forward to seeing more pics from you.

 

Frosty the Lucky.

Ohh  yeah! Totally missed that! Thanks for clearing up! That was smart. I hope it holds up well and I certainly like the whole thing overall. Very clean!