Sam Salvati Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 (edited) Here is a railing me and the other guys at the shop have been working on for the past 5 or so months (not steadily, a couple days a week). I forged all the cap rail, all the knife/scythe shaped elements(except for one section), and all the round bits on the end of the 3/8" bar, and made all the rings. The dots on the end of the 3/8" were all doubled over then forge welded, so they are 3/4" round and about 1/4"-3/8" thick, all the forged elements are 5/8ths round. The forged elements all have real knife geometries, thicker spines to the inside of the curves, edges to the outside. The lamb's tongue end was forged by my other boss Tim. The railing was designed by my boss Rachel, I forged everything to her designs. Everything is to code also (what a nightmare that was). all the 3/8" bar was dimpled wherever it criss crosses and was silver soldered by the other guys, everything else was Tig welded by the other guys Joe and Frank. It was a very fun and interesting, challenging as well! 9 panels in all, total of just under 31 feet. (pictures to return possibly) Edited April 12, 2010 by Sam Salvati Let not the swords of good and free men be reforged into plowshares, but may they rest in a place of honor; ready, well oiled and God willing unused. For if the price of peace becomes licking the boots of tyrants, then "To Arms!" I say, and may the fortunes of war smile upon patriots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam D. Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 Beautiful work Sam. Sam Duckworth http://flyfishingattheriver.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Estes Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 Spectacular Quote just use common sense.......dude your boned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gyuri Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 (edited) Niiice work and even better job. I'm kinda jelous Edited April 11, 2010 by Gyuri My blog: http://cerberuscutlery.wordpress.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douglas W. Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 That is Awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil gagnon Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 very cool Sam. "One who is samurai must before all things" Keep constantly in mind, by day and by night. the fact that he has to die... -Dai Doji Yuzon- 16th Century http://sites.google.com/site/canadianliveblade/home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george ranier Posted April 11, 2010 Share Posted April 11, 2010 Sam - bladesmithing is cool, but it's awesome to see other types of work by the members here. This is such a remarkable and versatile craft. Really impressive work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willie Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 Dang Sam!! It's very beautiful! I'd be very proud to have a hand in that. It's almost got somewhat of a musical quality to me. Kinda wierd for me to think that but thats what I "see". Amazing work dude... Thanks for showing us. Who; me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K Freier Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 Dang Sam!! It's very beautiful! I'd be very proud to have a hand in that. It's almost got somewhat of a musical quality to me. Kinda wierd for me to think that but thats what I "see". Amazing work dude... Thanks for showing us. That is what music should feel like, it flows and has its rests, and beats, there are places where it is acceptable to have a lack of something, because it makes the piece better. imagine a wall of iron, then compare it to this , we can all see this is much cooler, althought looking at a massive solid iron wall would be pretty cool. Karl a tall glass of milk... just a quenching medium for hot cookies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard van Dijk Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 Wow Sam, that looks stunning, beautifull work from all of you. Richard Richard van Dijk My link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ty Murch Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 Here is a railing me and the other guys at the shop have been working on for the past 5 or so months (not steadily, a couple days a week). I forged all the cap rail, all the knife/scythe shaped elements(except for one section), and all the round bits on the end of the 3/8" bar, and made all the rings. The dots on the end of the 3/8" were all doubled over then forge welded, so they are 3/4" round and about 1/4"-3/8" thick, all the forged elements are 5/8ths round. The forged elements all have real knife geometries, thicker spines to the inside of the curves, edges to the outside. The lamb's tongue end was forged by my other boss Tim. The railing was designed by my boss Rachel, I forged everything to her designs. Everything is to code also (what a nightmare that was). all the 3/8" bar was dimpled wherever it criss crosses and was silver soldered by the other guys, everything else was Tig welded by the other guys Joe and Frank. It was a very fun and interesting, challenging as well! 9 panels in all, total of just under 31 feet. (pictures to return possibly) dang sam... you gotta lotta bosses lol... jk... i saw it when the pics were up. nice work. Dang Sam!! It's very beautiful! I'd be very proud to have a hand in that. It's almost got somewhat of a musical quality to me. Kinda wierd for me to think that but thats what I "see". Amazing work dude... Thanks for showing us. this phenomena may be know by the name synesthesia. many artist who are in tune with the elements of their work will convey a message detectable by some as being stimuli from another sense manifested in a way unlike its original form. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason howard Posted April 12, 2010 Share Posted April 12, 2010 aww no more pic "fire can be a tool of destruction or creation, the difference lies in the hands of those who wield it". me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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