March 29, 201412 yr I made this in my coke forge for Mother's Day, it's a hanging basket to house one of her many flower pots. I designed it in my head on the drive to the workshop and made in 1 day with a hangover. Many points that could be better and I'd like to have the luxury of more time to tweak a few things, but I'm sure she'll be happy enough with it anyway. Highlighted a particular top and bottom fuller tool I'm lacking and will make sometime soon. Joinery is what really turns me on with blacksmithing so it was an exercise as well as a present I guess.
March 30, 201412 yr Very fine job! Being married to a gardener, I am sue your mothers' day' recipient will lover hers, too :) Dave
March 30, 201412 yr Joel OFThis pleases my eye, in my view it qualifies for; firmitas, utilitas, venustas.
March 30, 201412 yr Author Cheers guys. Relatively speaking I'm pretty new to blacksmithing and obviously still learning so it was a good little project. Getting joinery strong as well as aesthetically pleasing is an ongoing learning curve.
March 31, 201412 yr Well done! A suggestion for the next one: you could not use the rings and make a spiral from the circumference material---trickier on the joinery but would be showing off for one's Mother...
April 4, 201412 yr That's one beautiful gift, a great and sturdy hanging basket. I'm sure your Mom will appreciate it very much. Great work!
April 6, 201412 yr The joinery is very nice, really clean and the proportions of the basket are just right. Really fine work. Weight is not an issue but I'm curious as to how much it weighs?
April 6, 201412 yr Author Cheers folks! Non-smiths don't understand the extra effort that goes into joinery, (compared to glueing bits together by mig/stick), so nice to have good feedback from those that know. Not sure how much it weighs t.b.h. The two axes are made with 10mm bar and the rings are made with 8mm bar.
April 6, 201412 yr Joel: For someone relatively new to blacksmithing you're doing darned well. It's also plain to see you like joinery that kind of thing isn't easy to do at all and you've done it so well. I like everything about it. Your Mother's going to love it, above and beyond how much Mothers love anything their kids make for them. I can see a forged flower tree somewhere in the future, that way you can make her planters anytime and she'll have a place that NEEDS another one. Frosty The Lucky.
April 6, 201412 yr Author Cheers Frosty. This went pretty smoothely though there's definitely days when I feel like I'm forging with a banana instead of a hammer.
April 6, 201412 yr Cheers Frosty. This went pretty smoothely though there's definitely days when I feel like I'm forging with a banana instead of a hammer. On those banana hammer days get some ice cream and forge a split. You know the old saying, "when life gives us bananas make banana splits." Frosty The Lucky.
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