hand forged, custom firescreen

Found, forged and fabricated firescreen. The vertical panels are made of old steel roofing. I backed them with stainless steel to reflect heat in the hopes that the paint wouldn't get too hot.

hooks, with copper rosettes.

                                  No doubt about it, blacksmiths make hooks.

completed custom barn doors and roller track assembly in Bend, OR

Finished the doors and installed them yesterday. Installation went smoothly and doors look and work great!
Pretty much maxed out the space capacity of the trailer - but they rode fine. Got an early start to beat the traffic and to ensure we'd get a parking spot (well, okay, like 6 spots) in front of the store they are installed in.

 Doors installed and fully open. They roll pretty easily, despite weighing nearly 500 pounds apiece. The custom hardware works very well, and looks heavy duty and industrial.

 Doors fully closed. Nailed the reveal - 1/8 gap, top to bottom.

custom barn doors and track hardware by orion forge

I've been working on two large steel doors (9'2" h x 8'6" w) for a local retail store in Bend, Oregon. It's been quite a project.  I've learned a lot about welding light tubing and sheet; before this project I'd never even purchased 22 gauge steel sheet before, much less welded it. I also have never tried to patina such a large expanse - challenging operation! Doors are mostly complete at this point - still working on building the custom rollers and track hardware and then have to install everything. Doors weigh approximately 475 pounds so moving them is tough.

 Welded .065 wall 1.5" tube frame sheeted with 22 gauge. installed 1.5" rigid foam insulation inside frame to help dampen sound and take some of the drum effect out of the doors.

 After the patina went on, steel trim was installed by stitch welding perimeter and passing some rivets through entire door and plug welding the back side.

 Detail of the steel trim. Dozens of rivets - most of them just for show. 







                                                                
                                                               Heavy duty rollers!

  Long track! Drilling mounting holes on 17' bars meant meant moving the drill press to the middle of the shop.













Doors feel pretty big when they are stood up in the shop. excited to see them side by side when they are installed!                                   

"cam'dle sticks"

I recently had a friend bring me this cam shift to make some candlesticks with - what a cool idea!
Now I want some.

corbel brackets

freshly waxed brackets

Detail of gate

This is the lock detail on the San Fransico gate. I used the guts of an Emtek lock, and built the casing.

Firescreen

Forged and fabricated firescreen designed by the client, with some creative license by me.

Forged Beam Bracket

Forged beam bracket. Dovetails and rivets. Solid as hell.

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