Donniev Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 It's kind of cold out, but its not bad yet, so I finally fired up the forge again tonight and made a plant hanger and a few bottle openers. A friend wanted me to make him a basket hook and plant hanger, finally got around to the mounted hanger today. Made from 1/4" x 1", the support is 3/8" sq with a reverse twist, with 1/8" rivets holding it in place. The basket twist hook is 4 sticks of 12" long 1/4" square stock fire welded together and drawn out to 18". Beeswax finished Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kailey Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 nice job on the s-hook basket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Nice work Donniev Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubalcain2 Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 did you weld the ends for the basket or split? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 original post covered that: The basket twist hook is 4 sticks of 12" long 1/4" square stock fire welded together and drawn out to 18" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubalcain2 Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 gotcha. sorry i didn't see the original post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausfire Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 That basket twist hook is awesome. I can never understand how you guys can forge weld four 1/4 bars together without them splaying all over the place. I've tried wiring them up but not successfully. I have managed, but only by mig welding the ends first to keep things straight. If that's cheating, so be it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 In smithing: If it's cheating and it works it's not cheating...it's just a different way of doing things. I find welding up round rod to be more of a challenge. For the baskets I do from election sign I hold them together with rebar tie wire or baling wire and then the secret is to *tap* them gently the first weld rotate 90 and tap again, then back in the fire for a second welding heat and some heavier hammering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donniev Posted December 17, 2016 Author Share Posted December 17, 2016 Aus this is how I've done it for the few I've made so far, it's always worked for me. Just take 16+ inches of baling wire and wrap it around the sticks held in the vise a bunch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
will52100 Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 Nice work, and the basket looks great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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