This is a custom Fire Pit Screen for a family who's last name is Ford.

 

The concrete pit was poured and I had to make a lip for the screen to rest on.  I worked a piece of 3/4 x 3/4 angle iron the hard way to be inside the pit.

 

The dome is made from 1/4 x 2 flat.  The pit has a diameter of 36 1/4.  There are doors on each side that are latched with magnets.

 

The Ford logo on top has a bearing to allow it to swivel.  

 

The leaves are all hand forged, but I mig welded them together and to the frame.

 

I shot the works with stove black rattle can paint.  

 

They just need a roaring fire to test it out.

Thanks for looking,

 

John

Woah! That is really good! Beautiful work!

Beautiful! How tough was it to stretch the screen over the compound curve? I used to "iron" the wire cloth over different shapes so final fit was easier but never got them perfectly formed - your work is very smooth and consistent.

I built the frame obviously first.  I suspended the frame off my layout table by the corners and worked the screen down.  I used spring clamps to hold the screen in place and then started tack welding.

 

It went pretty smooth with just a bit of massaging needed in the corners.

 

Thanks,

 

John

That is some very nice work.  

Cool!

Excellent.

Nice piece of work! Depending on the screen make, some flexes on the bias pretty cooperatively.

 

Frosty The Lucky.