[TheForge] fireplace crane hardware

[CGRAF]

On 11/25/2010 9:07 AM, Bob Ehrenberger wrote:
> Mark,
>
> How is the strap that gets mortared into the wall prepaired?  Do they have
> chisel cuts to give ithem grip, small holes to let the mortar in, or just
> flat relying on their size to provide the grip? One of the fireplaces that I
> examined was in such bad shape that I could have just pulled the strap out,
> but that would have probably brought the whole thing down. That woldn't have
> made me any friends in the colony, since the house was owned by the colony
> and not an individual..
>
> Robert Ehrenberger
> Shelbyville, Mo.
> eforge at centurytel.net
>
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> Bob,
>
>
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> What I've seen on the Eastern Shore is two pieces of strap about 2 - 3
> inches wide and 3/8 to 1/2 inch thick with a hole of perhaps 3/4" diameter
> at the one end mortared into the brick wall of the fireplace/hearth. The
> upper pin is longer than the lower to facilitate mounting.
>
>
>
> In addition to Sonns' Early American Wrought Iron, you could look at "Hooks,
> Rings and Other Things" by Barnes or "The American Hearth" by Barons and
> Card ISBN 0-937318-23-X
>
>
>
> Mark Williams
>
> Snow Hill, Maryland
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob Ehrenberger"<eforge at centurytel.net>
> To: "theforge"<theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2010 5:21:33 PM
> Subject: [TheForge] fireplace crane hardware
>
> 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


If the brickwork is laid to accommodate it a short tab, up or down which 
would catch the back of the brick forming the firebox would hold it in 
place permanently.

Mike Graf