[TheForge] fireplace crane hardware

[Andrew Vida]

I am pretty sure lead was available in those days for such anchoring.

I would use lead.  Mortar will decay in time with heat.  Lead will not. 
  They knew this in the 1840s, and even if they did not, it would be 
rankly foolish IMO to get quite that anal about period purity.

Just my plugged kopek's worth.

Bob Ehrenberger 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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