rock out with your weathervane out

pressin it off boss

Some like their bacon flat.

for a bunch of dough

for raking coals out of a brick beehive bread baking oven. bbbb boyee

dogs

This is a woodworkers holddown. I made 4 of these for a friend and he tells me they work "GREAT!" One tap on the top of the bend and your board is held tight to the bench. One tap on the back of the bend and they are loose.

The Closer

This is a quick video of the self closing gate i made. Gate is Douglas fir. It has 12 mortices, 12 tenons, and 4 pegs. The hardware consists of 4 pinless pintles and one long pin to go through, a ring and a hoop for it to ride on , a springlatch and its keeper, and some screws. What a wonderful project!

The Beard

springtheme

butt out

here is a photo of 1 of 6 butt hinges...im pretty sure i made these "the hard way."

forgemelt

wrought iron. welded by fire. no hammering.

I sit broad aint I

Christmas Eve brothers project.

Parts

here are the parts to 3 thumb latches.

Wise Guy

Historically tongs like these were used to pull hot embers out of the fireplace and gentleman would light their pipes with the ember. Currently these tongs sit in my basement and rust!

The Beginning

SORRY THIS PHOTO NEEDS UPDATED



This is Work. The barn has 58 strap hinges with about 4 more hinges to go for completion.
Other photos of this barn are down in March's post Barn Door Hinges and Hinges.

South Philly

These were some cold weather projects that my brother and i made for his house.

Mi Casa

door hold back



moravian style thumblatch






303 stainless steel.

Work type stuff

junkyard hammer

Erich did all the welding! thanks mr estes! i stole these plans from da infanet. It was alot of scrounging and cutting/drilling. I call it Chomp. 277 hits per minute

bonefish

fish hook skeleton, hook fish skeleton, skeleton fish hook.

shine the light

my truck need some work. whats up neil! i traded this big ol candle holder for some wrench work. Its made out of 21 different pieces forge welded together. no 5 connections were rivited. it was hell making it.

rock these bells

mild steel bell with 1099 dinger. crappy picture, definitely not a Castaldi.

Lighting

Tools

hammer. wrought iron, W1 steel & hickory handle

drawknife. wrought iron, W1 steel, dogwood handle by pete

hoe. steel, ash handle from lowes

MM FOOD

Spatulas and flesh fork. Steel with brass inlays

Cookie cutter. Larry told me that if i needed a knob on the top to hit with a hammer my dough was a little to hard. Jerk. Wrought iron

jagger wheel. let the steam out of that hot pie fool!

mild steel & brass? old russian coin.

Pot stirer.? for cooking in a huge pot hung over an open fire. dummy.

Wrought iron, cherry handle by pete.

Fireplace

Six pieces forge welded into one.

6 inch high mini andirons

Door hardware

art

I had an assist on this one....I cut up the pieces and tended the fire. Michael Mccarthy welded all this crap together under the air hammer. wrought iron, acid etching.

Here is Michael and Follow Me

Hinges

barn door hinges

Barn door hinges 7 and 8 feet long

Hawks

Traditional Indian.... aaah Naitive American trade pipeaxe

Wrought Iron, W1 tool steel, and oak

Tomahawk. Wrought iron, W2 tool steel(old file), and oak handle

slingshot

Pineapple twist handle