[TheForge] fireplace crane hardware

[Bob Ehrenberger]

I've got a customer that wants a fireplace crane for an 1840's German colony 
house that she is restoring. Making the crane itself is no problem, but I'm 
unsure about period correct mounting hardware.  It is my guess that the top 
pivot point would have feathered edges and be mortered into the side of the 
fireplace.  I have no idea what the bottom pivot should look like, a plate 
with anchor bolts holding it in place? A plate recessed in the hearth and 
mortered into place?   Maybe a just a hole in one of the hearth bricks?  Or 
maybe a large hole with a washer mortered in place?

I've been looking through my blacksmith books and can't find the details I 
need.


Robert Ehrenberger
Shelbyville, Mo.
eforge at centurytel.net