David Kailey Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Rough sketch of the scroll panel design 0ver 500 scrolls forged and ready to be trimmed and welded to form the panel All of the panels are ready to be welded into the fence panels Completed fence panel Mady now 15 years old spent 2 days forging points on the 500 pieces of 5/16" found bar so they could be forged into the scrolls we need. panels on the block wall Installing the 20ft gate 5 ft personal gate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandragoran Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 That is a lot of work for sure! But it looks excellent and matches the aesthetic of the wall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 Wow, lots of work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavpilot2k Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 Wow. That seems like a nightmare to keep track of all those scroll parts and organize the whole thing. Well done, sir! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kailey Posted April 24, 2019 Author Share Posted April 24, 2019 On 4/22/2019 at 6:32 AM, Cavpilot2k said: Wow. That seems like a nightmare to keep track of all those scroll parts and organize the whole thing. Well done, sir! About 1650 parts. Took me about 50 hrs just to break the material down using my bandsaw and chop saw. 4 types of pickets: straight, single and double baskets, double twist 14 diffrent pattern scrolls forged using my scroll forms totaling over 650. 18 hand forged formed scrolls. And about 700 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGGUNDOCTOR Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 Looks good. One of my customers made a few different items from tubing. He would take the entire bundle from the steel supplier and load it into his bandsaw still banded up, so he was making 100 cuts every time per set up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkunkel Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 Nice work, David! Patience and persistence made everything come together nicely! Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kailey Posted April 25, 2019 Author Share Posted April 25, 2019 20 hours ago, BIGGUNDOCTOR said: Looks good. One of my customers made a few different items from tubing. He would take the entire bundle from the steel supplier and load it into his bandsaw still banded up, so he was making 100 cuts every time per set up. Yep that's what I do. But I usually weld the ends together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 I use hose clamps and connect more than one if it's a large bundle. Works well on sq. not so much on rnd. so I clamp at more than a couple points. Frosty The Lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kailey Posted May 4, 2019 Author Share Posted May 4, 2019 On 4/28/2019 at 2:18 PM, Frosty said: I use hose clamps and connect more than one if it's a large bundle. Works well on sq. not so much on rnd. so I clamp at more than a couple points. Frosty The Lucky. Yah Frosty..... that round rod is a different animal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 It sure is, unless I have to cut a LOT I just stack them vertically in the vise so I don't have to worry about them rolling under the blade. I find halving a stick twice usually leaves the least drops. the vise is 7" so I can cut two sticks of 1/2" rnd. at a time that way. Slow feed speed makes a big difference too. What kills me is not being able to buy coarse enough blades, variable pitch is as close as I can find. <sigh> Frosty The Lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGGUNDOCTOR Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 Frosty, try saw blade dot com. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 I just took a quick glance at the site I don't see a list of available TPI/pitch but I haven't looked much. Seems they specialize in bimetal blades but monometal blades don't hold up like they used to. I'll see what they have. Thanks. Frosty The Lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwilson645 Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 Are the pickets solid or hollow? Do you also make the baskets? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kailey Posted May 31, 2019 Author Share Posted May 31, 2019 pickets are tube. less weight and cost. the baskets are $1.68 each so I just buy them to meet budget. I do forge them but i charge $ 12 each cause I can only forge 8 an hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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