Finally! A new website!

After many years of foot dragging, the new website is up. Check it out at the same place orionforge.com.

Orion Forge Brand

yep, Orion Forge, fully branded...  made this recently for a christmas tree guy that wanted to commemorate the year on the butt of the trees.

hand forged firewood rack

A small firewood rack I recently completed. The sheet metal floors are scraps that I used to practice patinas on, they were behind the powerhammer and covered in grease - cleaned up they look great!

hand-forged firewood rack

 I just acquired a small combo shear, brake and roll so the small bit of sheet metal work was the perfect project to start dialing in the new (to me) tool. 

Joining the piece was a trick - I finally had to tack weld it so I could set the split tenons. I added the little paper rack after the main rack was joined - bit of a wrestling match setting those rivets!

the cantilever table

This table features a beautiful slab of double live edge redwood, roughly 9 feet long by three feet wide. The client and I thought it'd be cool to design a base with only one support, not only to minimize the potential for leg obstruction, but also to mimic the cantilever of a plum tree behind the table.

I welded a sizable anchor to the leg and set it in concrete in a void in the patio slab. Used about 6 bags of redimix.
Table here is freshly sandblasted and ready for the rusting solution. I used a solution of  ammonium chloride (NH4Cl) and water.

Here it is with the concrete still green and a temporary support in place. See that cool plum tree?

a forgotten sculpture...

I was walking through a friends yard recently and saw this sculpture that I built years ago. I'd forgotten all about it!

Wrought Iron bookshelf

 Built this heavy duty wrought iron bookshelf recently.
Uprights are 1/2 x 3 textured flat bar. All the mortises were
drilled and drifted to accept the tenon on the bracket.