[TheForge] Woodwright's shop

[Dan Tull]

I have worked some , and I believe slitting and drifting IS prefered over 
punching.
And welds easy enough to make that a major process.



dan tull
georgia
abba, afc, S.C. psba, obg,sofa
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bruce Freeman" <FREEMAB at pt.fdah.com>
To: <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 2:44 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Woodwright's shop


> Walt,
>
> That was my immediate thought - that the processes were dictated by the
> material (wrought iron).
>
> I have no experience with the stuff myself, but I've talked with others
> that have and I've read about it.   Apparently, slitting and drifting is
> not the best choice with wrought.  Folding and welding, however, is
> fine, and the drifting at that point is essentially like drawing out the
> original material.
>
> I didn't quite catch the process you describe for the other piece.
>
> Bruce
> NJ
>
>>>> wmullett at bright.net 1/20/2005 2:23:21 PM >>>
> I saw a new episode of the Woodwright's shop yesterday - at least one I
> had
> not seen before.  Roy was at the Williamsburg BS shop where they made
> a
> "drop catch" shutter dog rather than the common pivoting dog.
>
> This piece required drawing, upsetting, welding, and drifting.  A real
> interesting item and process.  It consisted of a drive pin, about 5/8"
> dia.
> to go into the masonry wall with a lengthwise slit of about 3" in it
> for
> another piece to fit through.  This second piece was the catch that
> pivoted
> in the lengthwise direction through that slot.
>
> The process they used was different than most of us probably would
> have
> done.  Instead of slitting the piece, they welded a loop which they
> then
> drifted with a thin, wide drift.  For the catch, they flattened a
> section of
> a piece, put half fullered "notch" in that area, then bent the flat
> around
> and welded it to form a corner.  ...Hard to describe.
>
> I've not done any wrought, but I wonder how much of this process was
> required because they were working with wrought iron rather than steel.
>
>
> Walt
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