Well, I seem to be slipping more and more. Almost a month between postings. I have been spending a lot of time on household chores and getting the store ready for Xmas. Re-built the forge area in the garage and tried to make more work room in the garage and basement for A&S. A lot more room in the basement now, years of clutter collecting in the corners has finally been taken care of. On the fun side, my wife picked out som new cabinets for the kitchen at Ikea. This meant I got to assemble them. YEA! I also decided to make them a bit better and forge my own handles.
There was a total of 6 needed for the unit. I decided to forge a test piece first and then see how it turned out. I am glad I did, the test piece was much to large. this led to a re-design and a working prototype was produced. This was then duplicated 5 more times. Notes for the prototype:
Here is the result of the first plans:
This led to a re-design and more calculations. This was way too large and stuck out way too far. Thus a new planning sheet for the cutting and shaping:
The handles are held on with machine screws and bolts. I bought myself a tap and die set, but was afraid to use them on this set with how much work i had put in them. The bolts came zinc coated and I used white vinegar to remove that in order to blacken them in the forge. the process is described below (I hope it is legible):
