Ooh, even better than the flower!

I'm having trouble getting an idea of the scale, guesstimating 4' high still feels to small. How large is the fireplace it's going on, do you have pics it it?

I REALLY want to see this installed!

I bestow upon you a double ATTABOY!

Frosty The Lucky.

On 11/5/2025 at 12:36 PM, Frosty said:

Ooh, even better than the flower!

I'm having trouble getting an idea of the scale, guesstimating 4' high still feels to small. How large is the fireplace it's going on, do you have pics it it?

I REALLY want to see this installed!

I bestow upon you a double ATTABOY!

Frosty The Lucky.

Each door is 36” tall x 28” wide

Boy, that's close to the Golden Mean all round. No wonder it's attractive at first glance.

Do you have formal training?

Frosty The Lucky.

8 hours ago, Frosty said:

Boy, that's close to the Golden Mean all round. No wonder it's attractive at first glance.

Do you have formal training?

Frosty The Lucky.

Well, I took a 2 day class for $350 from Steve McGrew is 2012. Then over about 12 months I bought around 375lbs of steel from the scrap yard next door and returned about 300lbs of it mangled and messed up. I would see something then I would bang on iron until I sorted it out.

really like the design. A bit more tapering on the strips, but than the sides are no longer parallel to each other and not sure that is good looking. But now they end a bit squarish.

The only part I don't like is the barn door bit, the wheels. I prefer it hidden or smaller. But if the customer want a barn door, it is a barn door.

I was thinking art training but I've known guys who naturally built things close to the golden mean. It's a ratio or set of ratios that are pleasing to the human eye so it's no surprise some folk build to the golden mean naturally. A good eye for proportion, so to speak. 

You my friend have a good eye.

Gewoon, while I understand and may even agree with your thoughts on the wheels I've found that if you can't hide or "fix" something making it a feature works pretty well. I've always had trouble hiding this kind of roller and track without making the door stand away from the doorway opening. This would allow sparks or burning embers room to escape the fire place defeating the reason for the screen.  Or not having it move smoothly.

I don't know if my reasoning is why David made the rollers on this screen like this but it's how I see them. 

Frosty The Lucky.

On 11/6/2025 at 3:25 PM, Frosty said:

Boy, that's close to the Golden Mean all round. No wonder it's attractive at first glance.

Do you have formal training?

Frosty The Lucky.

I took a 2 day class in January of 2012 with Steve McGrew. Over the next year it bought about 400lbs of scrap steel after forging I took about 300lbs back. lol. I would find an example of a piece and then try to reverse engineer it and figure out how they were forged, what order to forge it and so on. Literally trial by fire lol. Even simpler projects I would forge at least 4-6 or as many times as was necessary to feel I was doing it in the most efficient way and high quality with the skills I had at the time. I spent 480 forging the rest of that year. I feel like I am self taught for the most part.

My kind of guy, just enough "formal" to catch the bug and get an idea of where to learn what you need as you need it, talking to practitioners. AND of course applying what you found out till you know how to do what you wish. 

Story of my life, I just never wanted to make a career of it, it was easier to learn a skilled trade to support myself and hobbies. Self taught describes my skills sets well enough if I don't let my current philosophy intrude.

I don't recall which scholar said it, Einstein, Feynman, Socrates, who wasn't as important as what. After a couple few decades of examples I had to accept the truth. Nobody can "Teach" something to anybody. Best you can do is present the subject in an understandable manner and answer questions. Learning is entirely on the Student.

Sorry, slipped onto a sidetrack, I do that.

Frosty The Lucky.

when i was in buisness, i did many houses in telluride c.o. all had at least one fireplace and some as many as 9. all the doors were on hinges. this is a great look using the door rollers. i think back on a few homes that this would have been a great look for those doors. great work and keep going. Smokey

 

Are the textured areas in the fullered grooves from scale or is there some texture on the fuller?  The close up image is really cool looking