October 8, 201510 yr This is a door knocker project I was asked to make.The block is tig welded to the back plate (a no frills deal I know), and there is a stand off (3/8" x 3/8" x 3/4") long welded to the back of the bottom part of the ring to keep from "pinching" your fingers.
October 8, 201510 yr NICE! I'd seen a design sort of like that, it's on my back burner list, may have to move it forward after seeing this. I like the square head bolts/screws, they work nicely with the square piece holding the knocker. Very nice.
October 8, 201510 yr Nice work Jeremy. How do you keep from beating up the edges of the twists when you bend it round?
October 8, 201510 yr Nice work Jeremy. How do you keep from beating up the edges of the twists when you bend it round? Some people when starting out use a wood mallet, but with the right touch it can easily be done with your regular hammer.J
October 8, 201510 yr Nice! How is it to use? I keep visualizing pinching fingers between the knocker and strike plate. How do you "visualize" with nerve endings?Frosty The Lucky.
October 8, 201510 yr Here I've been waiting in anticipation to see some trick method of connecting the block to the plate. I figured you'd neck down the back into a tenon and rivet on the plate, heat shrink the pieces some how, or some other "secret" way. Arc welding is a bit anticlimactic. I think it looks great though.
October 8, 201510 yr Author The block is tig welded to the back plate (a no frills deal I know), and there is a stand off (3/8" x 3/8" x 3/4") long welded to the back of the bottom part of the ring to keep from "pinching" your fingers.
October 9, 201510 yr If you wanted to hide the weld on the block just drill/punch a hole in the plate and rosette weld the block from the back.
October 9, 201510 yr Author I wasn't trying to hide the weld - that's why I tig weld stuff like this - cant hardy see it anyway - plus I didn't want any moisture to get into the sides of the block were it meets the back plate to cause corrosion.
November 8, 201510 yr Author Yes - a wood mallet to form the ring without damaging the twisted areas.
November 9, 201510 yr Did you make the Sq headed screws or buy them ? if so where can you get sq headed hardware ?? Very Nice Door Knocker Steve
November 9, 201510 yr Various companies carry square head hardware. If you just need a few, you can check with McMaster Carr as they carry a lot of oddball items.
November 9, 201510 yr Author I used regular hex headed lag screws - I forged them to the square/pyramid shape.
May 5, 201610 yr Noted . Trade item in a month is a door knocker. I may base mine off of this design if you don't mind... Nice work. Love to texturing! -EJ
May 5, 201610 yr It's pretty crazy this old post just popped up, first though, Jeremy, awesome work, i love everything about it! It's crazy because just yesterday i was out in the shop and I looking at some older pics i had snagged off the intro-nets. I am trying to replace as much of the hardware in the bathroom as i can forge so i was trying to get some idea juice flowin' and i came across your knocker. I thought that it looked like a fun challenge for the day and if the sides were lengthened it'd make an excellent hand towel holder next to the sink. So in short my humble version of a towel rack based on your knocker, thanks for the idea!! The ring isn't tightened all the way yet so i can polish it up first. The ring also started out as 3/4 round stock, i just squared it up.
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