Blacksmithing

[h-dom]

Got a bit further today, four rings left to roll, but three of them are just flat, no cone so shouldn't be too tricky.

 

[Anguz]

you forgot the tree in the middle

 

[nickk]

Got a bit further today, four rings left to roll, but three of them are just flat, no cone so shouldn't be too tricky.

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Difficult when the bands are cambered.

 

[h-dom]

Difficult when the bands are cambered.

Yeah, been interesting. Supporting a 6m length while rolling them was fun

 

[h-dom]

Ready for cutting in half, bending the scrolls at the top and then riveting

 

[nickk]

That looks comfy,nice work.

 

[h-dom]

Thanks @nickk

All done, scrolled up the tops just ready for riveting, which unfortunately has to wait until the wife is home to hold things for me

 

[Blobber]

Thats really nice, how many hours do you reckon in that?

 

[steve t]

When you cut it how does it join together again?

 

[Bravheart]

That's a great bit of work, well done. Only thing I would say is the scroll feet turned inside seem a bit tight, not much room left for a big tree butt

 

[h-dom]

That's a great bit of work, well done. Only thing I would say is the scroll feet turned inside seem a bit tight, not much room left for a big tree butt

They will come back in and they will be bolted to concrete around the tree giving plenty of room, they are off the ground as it sits like that.

And it's only a small tree, won't be my lifetime it outgrows the bench although as the bench is cut in half it is removable to another tree if they so wish.

 

[h-dom]

Thats really nice, how many hours do you reckon in that?

All in I reckon 8 days plus materials and hot zinc spray when it's done.

So a lot more than I charged for.

 

[h-dom]

When you cut it how does it join together again?

I've done some over 90 degree brackets to pull it back in, they will be riveted to the hoops and then bolted together.

 

[Blobber]

All in I reckon 8 days plus materials and hot zinc spray when it's done.

So a lot more than I charged for.

Its a credit to you, hope your going to stamp your name into it in a few places!

 

[Bravheart]

Its a credit to you, hope your going to stamp your name into it in a few places!

That deserves a proper brass nameplate

 

[h-dom]

I'll stamp it somewhere discrete, if it had a brass plate it would look like I had died

 

[Blobber]

I dont know how they stamped these, its an overstamped coin from the late 1700s early 1800s that the metal detectorists found on our patch but that gold stamping is just as found after brushing off the mud, that would look good if you could replicate that, discreet but long lasting?

 

[nickk]

I’d charge £2250-2500+vat for that,taken me 35+ years to stop underpricing!

 

[h-dom]

I’d charge £2250-2500+vat for that,taken me 35+ years to stop underpricing!

Yep, if I priced it properly it would've been £2.75-3k

 

[h-dom]

Fitted and finished