Joel OF Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 Given the amount of advice I've had from forum members over the years, and the conincidental fact that day 1 of installing this work landed 5 years to the day since @John B talked me through how to forge a taper via a PM on this site, I thought I'd post some images of recently installed work. Poppy themed gates & railings and 6 benches; 4 curved ones and 2 straight for a local war memorial which is being rejuvenated. Looking forward to seeing the garden once the flowers are planted, especially the rosemary bushes that are due to go behind the railings. Nature has a way of making your work look nicer! Gates & rails blasted, zinc flame sprayed, vinyl top coats. Benches blasted, zinc flame sprayed, primed, 2 pack top coat. Thanks for the continuing advice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windancer Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 WOW! Very impressive design and execution! I like it all very much. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 Very nice Joel, that's just plain beautiful. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustAnotherViking Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 Very nice indeed. Wasn't sure about the painted green at first glance, but it's certainly grown on me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeroclick Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 Really nice, I love the curves on those poppy stems. And I love the use of colour I always like to see bright iron work it just makes it even more eye catching. and also from what I have read and been told by a number of smiths who specialise in restoration work it is actually more traditional. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Stephens Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 I like it Joel! Nice job. Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 Nice work Joel. Thanks for sharing and adding to the inspiration here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 ? on the Bench Fb's did you make a jig to bend them ? & can we see A pic of that tool ? or how did you bend so many the same ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 Heres one thread I remember seeing on the benches but don't recall one showing a jig for the back slats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel OF Posted July 18, 2018 Author Share Posted July 18, 2018 Thanks folks. I thought I'd uploaded pictures of the jigs to IFI but I guess I never did. I did put them on the Mig Welding Forum and can link to that if it's not against forum rules? The jigs were quite intricate. The complicating factor with the gates and rails that due to rules on public work near roads there wasn't any gaps greater than 99mm allowed. I.e every gap must be less than 4" so a child can't get stuck in them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel OF Posted July 18, 2018 Author Share Posted July 18, 2018 And a video from when I was doing the slats in coke fire, before I switched to using my gas forge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGGUNDOCTOR Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 Beautiful work. Interesting that the zinc was flame sprayed. Over here most will be hot dipped, and I rarely hear of anything being flame sprayed. I have an old Metco K flame sprayer that needs some repairs to get going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 Don and yourself should be proud on how far you have come, glad I was a tiny little bit of that journey. Well done Joel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yves Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 Beautiful benches. The jigs are realy impressive. I'm looking for the "LIKE" button … Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lou L Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 I’m impressed by it all. Most of all, though, I wanted to get a look at that coke fire you had going. That was a huge heat you had on that stock! Awesome work, thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel OF Posted July 21, 2018 Author Share Posted July 21, 2018 Thanks all. To be honest @BIGGUNDOCTOR I think I'm in the vast minority over here too getting work zinc sprayed. Dipping is a lot cheaper, and a lot of folks are favouring dipped then T Washed for that stoney grey-white look. @Lou L my coke forge isn't very big at all T.B.H. It's certainly not a big cast iron beast, the long heat is just a result of me stretching out the heat by feeding the bar backwards and forwards, pausing at certain point for 3 - 5 seconds at a time so I know I'm putting the same amount of heat into the bar along its length. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lou L Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 Wow, that’s certainly the hard way to do it. I struggled getting even heat on those 16.5” knives for heat treating and I have my forge set up to create a long narrow trench style fire. Kudos to you! Lou Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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