[TheForge] fireplace crane hardware

[Bruce Freeman]

What books have you already checked?  I'd be happy to look in books I
have you may not have already checked.

WHERE is this house?  The best reference would be houses in the same
area, should any still have the original fireplaces.  Maybe there's a
historic house/museum in the area?

On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 5:21 PM, Bob Ehrenberger <eforge at centurytel.net> wrote:
> 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
>
>
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Bruce
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