[TheForge] Forged Flour-de-lis from flat

Wed Oct 22 07:32:01 2003

Made two different versions last night. The second one came out right on the money for this client.

The client has an old wood and iron chandelier from Spain. The wood is strapped together with iron strapping with fleur-de-lis ends. They fleur-de-lis on the ends are fairly primitive and given my experience in making fleur-de-lis finials I was very successful in producing matching primitive finials!!

Ray Miller
Cincinnati
> 
> From: "Bruce Freeman" <[email protected]>
> Date: 2003/10/20 Mon PM 04:02:02 EDT
> To: <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Forged Flour-de-lis from flat
> 
> If you mean "flat stock", the procedure is to point the end, then just
> below the point, cut in from each side at an angle.  That leaves a
> roughly diamond-shaped finial, with two "barbs" ready to be spread away
> from it.  There are lots of variations, such as necking it down or
> whatever.  Surface embellishments may be in order.  Is that clear?
>  
> Bruce
> NJ
>  
>  
> If that's "plate stock"(?) as in sheet metal, the best bet might be to
> cut away metal, rather than cutting and bending.  Seems to me Don
> Streeter showed dies for doing that in his book ($10 - cheap).
> 
> >>> [email protected] 10/20/2003 1:30:23 PM >>>
> 
> Hey Guys,
> 
> Probably a very pedestrian question for most of you metal manglers out
> there, but I have never had the need or motivation to forge a
> flour-de-lis from a piece of plat stock before, and I have a client who
> wants that kind of detailing.
> 
> I know it involves hot cutting into the flat and bending the sides into
> curves, but I am looking to make it elegant versus what I envision for a
> process.
> 
> Ray Miller
> Cincinnati
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