The art of blacksmithing.

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Grate ready to install

Sometimes I have to do or repair things the old-fashioned way, this time I had to make an iron fence with two wings, I have several tools that are necessary such as a welder, mask, electrodes, presses, hammer, wire brush among other things, which are necessary to carry out said work.

Initially I made a sketch with exact measurements in a CAD program, this helps me with several things, it guides me on how to start making the fence, the possible complications that I am going to have, it makes it easier for me to obtain the precise measurements of the pieces necessary to cut and that I may need additionally.

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Sketch in CAD program

The model had to have certain characteristics because there were already other adjacent bars and it should keep the style so as not to look like a circus, the model in general is very simple, but there were some curls that it had to replicate.

This was complicated for me because I don't have the tool to make these curls, so I had to improvise making what in blacksmithing is called a "tool", it is a tool that is made to facilitate the work of a specific job.

So find a piece of solid tube, make two cuts for an opening, and then drill an egg to make a thread and insert a screw to tighten the piece when bending it, below the process of creating the "Tool".

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Manufacture of the tool.

Once the bar to be used in the fence has been sectioned, all that remains is to make a cut in the middle of approximately 12 cm long to form the curl. I hold it by a hold and use the tool with the help of a palanquin, the results were satisfactory because the curls were made without any inconvenience.

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Curl creation

Once the curls were done, which was the most complicated part, it was finishing cutting the pieces of the 2 x 1 1/2 polished tube to assemble the grate, they were assembled taking into account their alignment at 90 degrees or square, the pieces were welded and the welders were finished off.

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Upper and lower part of the bars.

Finally, the hinges on the respective wings were welded, I show you the result, the weld bead that looks like small coins together is observed in detail, this denotes a good weld. Additionally, knockers were placed to dock the doors.

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