Double Y Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 I was commissioned to make these.The legs are 14 inches long. The main straps are 1 1/2 x 1/4, the support curves are 1 x 1/4.The rivets are plug welded on the back and then hot textured to set.I fulled the bend point and forged the edges down. I drilled the holes, no style points for hot punching.Hot waxed and burnished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaughnT Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Very nice work. I like the clean, simple lines. Fullering the bend point is a brilliant idea and really makes the whole thing look upscale. How did you figure the length you needed for the curve? Did you mark the holes for the rivets after forming and drilling the curved portion?Excellent stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Very nice! For a bit more expensive version you could start the curved pieces as round stock and hammer them down to strap making a visually more interesting surface. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Double Y Posted June 30, 2015 Author Share Posted June 30, 2015 Thank you. No budget from the client for a more expensive version! I gave them numerous options and they chose...less expensive.I drew out the curve on the shop table with soapstone and measured the drawing. I cut the pieces for the curve and then forged them to match. I drilled the holes in the end of each curved piece first and then marked the legs to match.I think they will be happy, when they get home from vacation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Oh yah they should be very happy---and customers hardly ever go with the higher priced version---unless they are the type of people who brag about how much they spend on stuff instead of how little. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 The trick is to cultivate the clientele who buy bragging rights. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Double Y Posted January 5, 2016 Author Share Posted January 5, 2016 The clients who ordered the first set of brackets came back for more. These are 9 inches on the leg. Made from 1 1/2 x 1/4 and 1 x 1/4. I again fullered the bend point and blind plug welded the rivet, then hot set it. I used Gilders Paste Wax as the finish applied while above black heat...above black heat cause it burnt my finger pretty good! Miss Sims wrote and I paraphrase, The first time you get burnt it hurts, the second time you get burnt it still hurts, they third time you get burnt, yes there will be a third time, it still hurts!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnttoast Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 hello, please post up the back side of the rivet, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 "and blind plug welded the rivet, then hot set it." pretty well describes it to a T without a picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuge Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Dems nice ones. What does the mounting hardware look like? And really nice pics, I bet you'd get some bites on etsy and the like with that photography. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaughnT Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Very nice. I think the clean simple lines only add to the overall impact. I just picked up a slew of 1x1/4 to make a bunch of brackets for the remodel of my bedroom (wall of books!) and can see this design fitting in just perfectly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Evans Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 I have plug welded rivets for various reasons in the past....why did you in this particular case, if you don't mind me asking? Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyw Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 So the bracket would fit flush against the wall? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Evans Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 41 minutes ago, tonyw said: So the bracket would fit flush against the wall? ?? Was that in answer to my query? If so thank you, but that was not the issue of my query, my query was evidently awry. Why would a countersunk rivet or riveting into a countersink not achieve a flush back surface? I was asking to find out why it was welded rather than riveted, especially as it was then hot set, which could possibly have been done quicker without the welding stage... ...for instance maybe quicker to weld than make or buy counter sunk rivets... Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyw Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Yes, without thinking much I tried a possible answer to your question. I wouldn't know about welding vs. countersinking the rivet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Double Y Posted January 20, 2016 Author Share Posted January 20, 2016 You guys have pretty much been answering your own questions - I have been out in the wilds of North Dakota in the winter...I don't recommend it. I countersunk the back of the bar stock for the rivet and welded it in for extra stability. I know it would have been tight and strong just simply hot set, but I wanted zero wiggle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacob's hammer Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 look nice. they rigid or do they flex? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Double Y Posted February 8, 2016 Author Share Posted February 8, 2016 Rigid - no flex, unless HIGHLY overloaded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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