David Kailey Posted April 19, 2019 Posted April 19, 2019 Built 2 matching balcony railings that will got on a building in Downtown Kellogg, Id. Hand drawn design, which i then text a pic to the customer for approval...... i do this because that is as advanced as I get. I don't do CAD..... I do hot steel. My apprentice and I then hand forged all the scrollwork and organic elements and laid them out. Once we got the 2 matching main panels done then we started on the 4 matching side panels. I am really happy about this project and how it turned out. It took about 90 hours to produce. I will post pictures of it installed. I have an instagram account that I post 90% of my work on if you want to keep up with what is going on in my forge. Quote
Daswulf Posted April 19, 2019 Posted April 19, 2019 Awesome work David. Can't wait to see them installed. I have some faux shutters to artistically design and make. Any advise on free design? None Have to match but I plan on each set having a theme and I'd like them all to tie into eachother since they are all on the same side of the house. Quote
David Kailey Posted April 19, 2019 Author Posted April 19, 2019 9 hours ago, Daswulf said: Awesome work David. Can't wait to see them installed. I have some faux shutters to artistically design and make. Any advise on free design? None Have to match but I plan on each set having a theme and I'd like them all to tie into eachother since they are all on the same side of the house. Flow. When I start sketching it out, it very light and as I get the designs flow dialed in I slowly darken it up. I do this because some times I need to extend the curve, make a scroll smaller or larger. I some times draw it over a few times. Also I use samples of scrolls that I already have forms built for. No point in reinventing the wheel...... or scroll. Also I lightly coat my fab table with satin black paint to darken it up which helps make it easier to see the soap stone I draw with. Quote
Daswulf Posted April 19, 2019 Posted April 19, 2019 Thank you for the advise David. It is much appreciated. Quote
Kevin Olson Posted April 20, 2019 Posted April 20, 2019 Ah yup. Thats cool!!! What finish will they have for not rusting? Thanks for showing your project! Quote
David Kailey Posted April 24, 2019 Author Posted April 24, 2019 On 4/20/2019 at 10:46 AM, Kevin Olson said: Ah yup. Thats cool!!! What finish will they have for not rusting? Thanks for showing your project! Satin hammered black powder coating. And every where you see what looks like a washer an open die forged copper flower will be riveted. Quote
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