[TheForge] Outdoor Stairs/steps railing project

[Jonathan Barnhart]

Thank you very much, I appreciate the info greatly.






--- On Fri, 8/15/08, Jim Beard <regionalchaos at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Jim Beard <regionalchaos at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Outdoor Stairs/steps railing project
> To: "Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Friday, August 15, 2008, 4:33 PM
> There is a large book of gate designs put out by Countryside
> Rural
> Development in england.   I like flipping through the
> images to get
> ideas.  I bet you could find a lot there.
> 
> Here is the link:
> 
> http://www.countryside.gov.uk/LAR/archive/publications/craftpublications.asp
> 
> Jim
> Eugene, OR
> 
> 
> On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 9:54 AM, ries
> <ries at riesniemi.com> wrote:
> > 1904 can mean all kinds of things, depending on where
> you are, and the
> > style.
> > In europe, 1904 was the tail end of Art Noveau, and
> the beginnings of
> > modernism.
> > So somewhere in the world, just about ANY style would
> be appropriate for a
> > 1904 house.
> >
> > I have a big collection of Dover books about ironwork,
> which I use as
> > inspiration for things like this-
> > There are Dover books about Victorian Houses, Art
> Noveau, Art Deco, Prairie
> > Style, and many more.
> > Most Dover books are only ten or twelve bucks.
> > http://store.doverpublications.com/index.html
> > Places like Powells also stock a lot of Dover books.
> >
> > Ries
> >
> >
> > On Aug 15, 2008, at 7:24 AM, Jonathan Barnhart wrote:
> >
> > I'm trying to put together a set of rails for new
> set of stone steps that a
> > local family just had installed.  The house was built
> in 1904 and the owners
> > would like to have a set of all steel railings.  Their
> intent is to have
> > something simple yet elegant that will go with the
> older look of the house.
> >  To that end I'm looking for some railings from
> the time period to get me
> > started in the right direction.  So, if anyone can
> point me to some sources
> > (especially the free internet variety)  I'd
> appreciate it.  Also any tips
> > that anyone could give me for building and finishing
> the rails would be
> > great as well (mainly because up until now my work has
> been smaller
> > decorative pieces, jewelry, tools, and knives/No
> architectural pieces).
> >
> >
> >
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