keithh999 Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 The Central Virginia Blacksmith Guild was asked to make all new iron hardware for a renovated 1790's house for the Louisa historical society. This set of andirons was started at my shop during my yearly hammerin/guild meeting. Clay Smith and I started the front pieces as other guild members cut up the crosspieces and hammered tenons on the ends. We werent able to finish them that day so i took a couple days to revamp the front pieces that were rather spindly from some overly aggresive power hammer work. I cut the balls off and forge weled them onto new front pieces that i hammered an edge taper in and then punched and drifted all the holes made the legs and assembled the whole thing and tweeked til they sat square, plumb and level. The last picture in the set is me presenting them to the President of the louisa county historical society and she was over-the-moon with delight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marksnagel Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 You've been busy! Very nicely done. Mark <>< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikecopXXX Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Very mpressive. What is the function of the hooks on the back of the uprights? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Good grief Keith! First the "test" piece now this. Tuesday evening eye candy, I love it. Frosty The Lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yves Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Very mpressive. What is the function of the hooks on the back of the uprights? To hang spits on in order to roast meat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaughnT Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Very nice; the detail at the finials is elegant in its simplicity. I like projects like this because they are rather easy for the hobbyist with a minimum of tools. Just the right amount of stock reduction, piercing, riveting, etc, without getting into big stock that overwhelms the guy that doesn't have a power hammer. Is this a reproduction of an historical piece? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camero68 Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 They look great, beautifully done and like the addition of the hooks, very functional. Great job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithh999 Posted February 7, 2014 Author Share Posted February 7, 2014 The historical society had given us a line drawing of something period correct with absolutely no dimensions to work to and this is what we came up with...we didnt even have a dimension for their hearth to work with but in the end the andirons fit the space perfectly!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 The historical society had given us a line drawing of something period correct with absolutely no dimensions to work to and this is what we came up with...we didnt even have a dimension for their hearth to work with but in the end the andirons fit the space perfectly!! Kismet! Ain't it wonderful? If you go raising the bar much more I won't even be able to see it. Frosty The Lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kustomsteel Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Really nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheftjcook Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Very Nice work, clean looking! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roncapps Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 They turned out great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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