I just got back from John C. Campbell working with Clay Spencer do traditional joinery. All I can say is what a wonderful experience and great people. Here are some pics of the completed project.

Greetings Dave,

You are a lucky man to have studied with the best of the best... I took one of Clays classes many years ago and the experience still sticks with me to this day.. Your chandelier is over the top way cool... Keep up the great work...
Forge on and make beautiful things
Jim

Great job, We had the blessings of Clay's presents at a hammer-in a couple years back and what we learned just by watching was an experience all by it self.

A gracious addition to any home. I like the tails on those collars. (Not really collars but I don't know what else to call them. Bindings?)
Beautifully executed. Hope the ceiling structure is up to it!

Thanks everyone, and yes Clay has forgotten more about blacksmithing than I know.

So smart to use that sort of suspension chain.* Store bought chain with the nickel burned off still looks awful.

 

*That was the style of ole timey surveyors' chain.

Thanks Frank was on a time crunch, so it sure beat making chain links!

Dear Frank,

 

It would be a nice in joke/reference to make the links 7.92 inches long, the length of a surveyor's link.  Or in the Southwest, a link 2.775 feet long which is 1 vara in old Spanish measure.  20 varas = a "Texas" chain.

 

Obscurely,

George M.

also a good chain to do a bit of forced perspective make each higher link just slightly smaller than the one below and decrease the size of the loop just slightly going up as well.