Prokopto Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 This is a Trinity Knot I made, from a 19th century wagon tire, for my mentor as a gift. It took me almost 40 hours. (part of that time was trying to figure out how to bend the wagon tire sections on their opposite plane). The wagon tire was almost 10 feet in circumference and the entire thing is 34 inches across and weighs 33 pounds. The hanger is just a bit from the same wagon. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangell Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 Really nice looking work there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpankySmith Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 I have a picture from one of the roughly ten zillion Christmas catalogs that have been jamming my box of late, it's of a similar Trinity Cross, only it also has another piece circling the entire trinity piece - I tore it out of the catalog to see if I could give it a try on a small scale sometime. Thanks for the further inspiration! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Crosby Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 Very cool! Nice texture! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwistedCustoms Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Awesome, looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prokopto Posted December 3, 2015 Author Share Posted December 3, 2015 thanks all for the encouragement... means a lot to a rookie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arkie Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 Nice looking Trinity Knot...big one! Did you form the curve on each piece by fullering the outside portion, like with a cross pien hammer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 Nice piece. Well done. One word of caution though, at that weight it will require a pretty serious wall anchor if going on an interior wall. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flemish Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 I like that a lot. Thanks for posting Ed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prokopto Posted January 2, 2016 Author Share Posted January 2, 2016 On 12/3/2015 at 8:25 PM, Frosty said: Nice piece. Well done. One word of caution though, at that weight it will require a pretty serious wall anchor if going on an interior wall. Frosty The Lucky. Indeed, I gave him an old hook from the same wagon that was 5/8" wrought iron and he rearranged his office so that it could hang from a wall stud and still be behind his desk. On 12/3/2015 at 8:17 PM, arkie said: Nice looking Trinity Knot...big one! Did you form the curve on each piece by fullering the outside portion, like with a cross pien hammer? Actually, I bent the sections along the flat plane by dropping them hot across the anvil horn which I hear is called an inertia bend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arkie Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 Novel way to bend stock in the flat plane...dropping it over the horn. Nice work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 another way is the "ski slope" hardy tool Bridge the hot steel on the tool and anvil face and then hit on the unsupported bit---I've made complete circles for trivets that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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