As there isn't a forum for 'a bit of everything' I have posted this here as it is mostly metalwork even if it is for leather....
Making it involved joinery, wood & metal turning, Forge work, a serious amount of filing and even a little bit of leatherwork.
The column is from recycled mahogany from an old table, pimped a bit with a whittled spiral.
The three 'arms' were recessed on the lathe and excess metal removed on the mill. I wasn't able to splay the jaws wide enough at the forge so welded on some 1/8" plate. Several hours of filing followed and then it was back to the forge to put the curve into the arms.
A final polish and drilling the 1/16" holes for the leather (saves marking the work when in use)
The spring was a bit hit & miss, made from a roadside find (a bit of broken car road spring). Forged to shape, hardened right out then tempered back to purple. The rate was adjusted by thinning on the inside of the curve with an angle grinder till it felt about right when fitted.
Finally the forged parts were oil blackened.
Mark
Making it involved joinery, wood & metal turning, Forge work, a serious amount of filing and even a little bit of leatherwork.
The column is from recycled mahogany from an old table, pimped a bit with a whittled spiral.
The three 'arms' were recessed on the lathe and excess metal removed on the mill. I wasn't able to splay the jaws wide enough at the forge so welded on some 1/8" plate. Several hours of filing followed and then it was back to the forge to put the curve into the arms.
A final polish and drilling the 1/16" holes for the leather (saves marking the work when in use)
The spring was a bit hit & miss, made from a roadside find (a bit of broken car road spring). Forged to shape, hardened right out then tempered back to purple. The rate was adjusted by thinning on the inside of the curve with an angle grinder till it felt about right when fitted.
Finally the forged parts were oil blackened.
Mark
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