[TheForge] How is something like this made?

[Demon Buddha]

Casting really isn't suited to saws.  The grain structure isn't optimal. 
  One thing you *could* do is do a partial-birth casting.  Object is 
cast in a form that would then be forged to completion.  For example, 
you could have areas with art figures cast in place but the bow or frame 
would be short, thick, and stubby.  The frame would then be forged into 
final shape, giving that structural component the requisite strength.

Oh, as to the "partial-birth" thing... I was thinking partial-birth 
abortion... morbid, yes, but I don't know the proper technical term for 
a forged casting, so I made up my own. :)

Rick wrote:
> I may not be an expert, but after having seen Tom Latane' at work, there 
> is no question in my mind how a true craftsman at forging would make 
> those saws, etc. and I am quite sure they were forged.  This is not 
> really as terribly hard as it may seem to the uninformed.  A true master 
> could reproduce those readily.  (I won't say easily, as I can't see it 
> being that easy, but I am NOT any kind of a master, only a part-timer at 
> this game.)
> 
>> From what I have seen of James Binnions work, I am sure also that he 
>> knows 
> 
> what he is speaking of.
> 
> Rick Crawford at Rafter Lazy C
>  Home of Smoky Forge and Lem the Wonder Mule
>   In the middle of Northern Illinois
> 
>    http://www.smokyforge.com
>     rick at smokyforge.com
> 
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Binnion" <jbin at well.com>
> To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2006 1:11 PM
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] How is something like this made?
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>>
>> On Jun 17, 2006, at 6:31 PM, Mike Porter wrote:
>>
>>> Jeff,
>>> Historically speaking then: the design is Victorian era, when  
>>> casting was
>>> king.
>>> Mikey
>>>
>>
>> Yes but cast iron is useless for this kind of thing. Cast steel was  
>> not really happening at that time. Those items were forged chiseled  
>> and filed to shape.
>>
>> James Binnion
>> jbin at well.com
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