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Here is a railing I just finished and installed on Sunday :)

Scrolls were bent in the shop, all cuts with a bandsaw, 1963 Airco did the tig welding, I just watched :D
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To weld on bolting tabs, and locate the holes in the posts to weld, I use one flat piece of metal to bolt the tabs to for welding, and to lay on the posts to transfer punch.

This way I only have to measure once and they fit perfect :D
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Decent tig weld - not perfect, yet :)
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That's fine work!

It's been years since I did any decorative balustrades and banistrades, and mine were rarely so decorative. Maybe a custom gate or two.

It kind-of makes me miss the work; To have the outcome be artistic, rather than merely functional.

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Thanks Steve :D

Not my usual sort of job, but I like how it all worked out - a little creative "artsy" work is kind of nice :)

....wait, is there such a thing as a "usual" anything? :lol:

Having to make it fit within about 1/8" all around was a little stressful though I have to admit.
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Check out my sweet "CAD" drawings...
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And my carbon neutral "CAD" program - it runs on Mt.Dew and coffee.
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I thought CAD stood for "crayons and desks", and I have a light-powered calculator like you show in the last image.

It doubles as a graphics engine.

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Dave,
I'm going to tell you like I tell my kids, take care of your shit and it will last longer. I have one of those pencils that you have in the last picture and it has been used every day since 1996, no kidding, same one.

Nice work and I hope it took you longer than just one Sunday to build and install that or I must be doing things wrong.

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Looks great.
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Otto Nobedder wrote:I thought CAD stood for "crayons and desks", and I have a light-powered calculator like you show in the last image.

It doubles as a graphics engine.

Steve S
Haha!! I can't make plans up with crayons - I always end up outside the lines :D
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Braehill wrote:Dave,
I'm going to tell you like I tell my kids, take care of your shit and it will last longer. I have one of those pencils that you have in the last picture and it has been used every day since 1996, no kidding, same one.

Nice work and I hope it took you longer than just one Sunday to build and install that or I must be doing things wrong.

Len
Thanks :) And it took me three Sundays to finish, including installation.


...but there were "a few" other times that I worked on it too :D
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Very nice job on this, I used to work for a fence company, did a bunch of railings of different types.
You are very skilled, that came out great!
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massacre wrote:Very nice job on this, I used to work for a fence company, did a bunch of railings of different types.
You are very skilled, that came out great!
Thank you :)

I really don't have much experience with this type of work - I normally just do random repairs and small stuff for people just to keep the red in my checkbook a little smaller :D
TRACKRANGER wrote:Real Nice!
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Thank you very much, I consider an "Artisan" to be high praise :)
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This may be a simple iron railing project but it turned out very elegant in its simplicity if I should say so, very nice indeed !! ;)
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Otto Nobedder wrote:I thought CAD stood for "crayons and desks", and I have a light-powered calculator like you show in the last image.

It doubles as a graphics engine.

Steve S
LOL! LOL! LOL! "Crayons and desks" ... LOL! Have to wrap it up for today after that one and head out. Miller time! LOL!
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I thought CAD stood for "Cardboard Aided Design"? :D

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Otto Nobedder wrote:I thought CAD stood for "crayons and desks", and I have a light-powered calculator like you show in the last image.

It doubles as a graphics engine.

Steve S
LOL! LOL! LOL! "Crayons and desks" ... LOL! Have to wrap it up for today after that one and head out. Miller time! LOL!
I'm glad someone appreciated the whole joke!

The pen as a "light powered" calculator, and the pen and rule as a "graphics engine" went past a LOT of techie types.

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Otto Nobedder wrote:
Boomer63 wrote:
Otto Nobedder wrote:I thought CAD stood for "crayons and desks", and I have a light-powered calculator like you show in the last image.

It doubles as a graphics engine.

Steve S
LOL! LOL! LOL! "Crayons and desks" ... LOL! Have to wrap it up for today after that one and head out. Miller time! LOL!
I'm glad someone appreciated the whole joke!

The pen as a "light powered" calculator, and the pen and rule as a "graphics engine" went past a LOT of techie types.

Steve S
Oh I like a good calculator, but the mechanical pencil is the only "graphics engine" I understand :D
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roberts56 wrote:This may be a simple iron railing project but it turned out very elegant in its simplicity if I should say so, very nice indeed !! ;)
Thank you very much :D
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Awesome looking railing job Dave!

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Thanks Pete :)
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dave
is the top rail just rectangle bar stock?
looks beautiful!
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Thanks Craig :)

Yes, the top is rectangle tubing, square tubing for the posts, 1/2" solid square for pickets and such, 3/16" x 1/2" flat stock scrolls.
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dave
thanks
i have a fab up something foe my stairs
and i am going to hijack some of your
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