Shop porch and a few projects

I have been standing in the summer sun and it has been beating me down. For the last few weeks I have been gathering parts and pieces to place some shade on the front of my shop.

The frame is inch and a quarter angle iron with a h channel back bone. Frame is 8′ by 10′ with the covering being 10′ by 12′. I wanted to keep it as light and airy as possible. The poles are adjustable by the inch. This allowed me to conform to the terrain and level the top to an inch.
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I welded a piece of inch and a half angle iron to 8 foot of h channel. Then attached that to the front of the shop. The wife came out and held her steady while I hung it and got it centered. After tacking the poles I tacked it to the shop. There will not be a problem if I need to remove it.

There have been some questions from folks about snow. Well I have been on the top squirming around and it is steady as a rock. It doesn’t weight that much and we never get more than an inch of snow down here.
This allowed me to forge comfortably as I could in 100 degree weather. I can also see the colors a lot better to tell the temperature. Welding is a lot easier to now that I can see what I am welding.
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I had made a real good friend a shop knife and would like to show it. It was made from a Fuller one inch chisel.
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I have been asked by Hammerthumb (friend from Vegas) to make some drawer pulls. This is what I spent half the day working on. They are 3/8 and faceted on the ends with a hammer. I then drilled and taped them 4 -40. He hasn’t approved them yet and I do hope he likes them. If not I will try a different style.
Forged drawer pulls
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The first post of this broke my website. I had to delete it and re post. Sorry for all the confusion.

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Unity Candle Stand part 2

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I managed to finish the stand this week end. I was on a schedule and have never like being put there with projects. Oh well it made the wife happy.

Here is what I got.

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I spent a good bit of time hammering the candle bases. That was new to me and a blast.
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My daughter has seen it and she likes it. It has made the wife’s approval so I guess all is well. Now to make an arbor.

Thank you folks for you time and comments. Keep coming back. There will be more.

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Unity Candle Stand part 1

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I have been asked to make a candle stand for my daughters wedding. A unity candle stand. This is a great project and will mean a lot to me to make. They want a RUSTIC arbor to. That will be next weekend.

I have been wanting to try a few basket techniques and you will see those in the video. One is where you twist wires one way and then the opposite and they make a wonderful looking basket weave. The other is an old method of slicing a square bar along both sides and doing the same. I cheated on that one.

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Here is the lower half completed in an afternoon.

candle stand base

A noose knot made with a  rosebud torch.

Forged basket

And the completed basket. Not bad for my first. I need to finish this weekend as the wedding is in a month.

I still have to make the top and figure that part out. This is the biggest project I have forged yet and has been a blast.

More to come. Please stay tuned. FYI summer is here and there are more choirs for me to do. My posts may be a bit more spread out. But thank you for looking at my page and come again.

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