ARCHITECTURAL BLACKSMITH BOOK ORNAMENTAL IRON HARDWARE DECORATIVE HAMMER FORGING

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This book will help you to take your Blacksmithing/Metal Fabrication to a higher level with its ideas for structural and architectural applications
This vintage Architectural Metal Handbook brings workings of wrought iron and structural steel that express centuries of design possibilities
New print of the 1952, 319 page oversized book, lays flat like a handbook with the comb binding



Are you a modern blacksmith in need of new ideas, or a metalworker or builder looking for ornamental designs or structural ornamental designs?

This oversized 319 page book is loaded with ornamental and structural design ideas to help you in your endeavor!

The iron worker or designer can use this manual as springboard for design possibilities!

From Fireplace tools and Hardware to Decorative balconies, intricate Entrance Ways and Furniture........

"......intended to be a guide for the designer and builder as well as a handbook for the Architectural Metal industry"

You will find ideas and examples for many kinds of ornamental works, using many different types of metal materials!

Indoor Furniture such as:

Decorative Curtain / Drapery Poles.......Valance of Bars and Scrolls.....Shelf Brackets....Metal Framed Mirrors....Decorative Aquarium Stand....Fernery or Plant Stand....Hall Tree.....Screens.....Tables......Chairs......

and many smaller hardware type items like Decorative Hinge Plates....Push and Pull Bars....Knockers..... Door Grips....Handles.....Mail Box....Throw Bolt....Switch Plate....Boot Scrapers.....Brackets and much more!

Park and Lawn Equipment such as:

A Sundial with instructions for setting Longitude / Latitude and deducting or adding minutes according to the date of the year.

Bells....Garden Bronzes.....Pedestals....Post Signs....Well Heads.....Bird Baths.....Benches......Chairs....Crystal Pedestals......Settees....Hitching Posts

Gates and Fences

Intricate Ornamental Drive through and Walk through Gates.....Arches......Fence and Gate design......including Grill / Panel and Post Designs.....

as well as Gate Hinge....Catches....and Locking Devices.......Pickets.....Rails.....Rail Connectors

"From the time when the smithing of wrought iron for decorative and constructive purposes was still a lone craft......"National Association of Ornamental Metal Manufacturers 1947
*You will be able to design templates for your work from the plans in this book.
*Avoid having to figure out what an ornamental metal project will look like! You will be able to just lay it out and get to work.
*Discover how the blacksmiths in years past designed their most ornamental works. These are works that graced the most influential architectural structures at the time.
*Create your own handbook of design possibilities that you can show your customers!
*Master your work in short order with these helpful plans and ideas.
This book will help you take your craft to the next level and will open up possibilities for new work in the area of ornamental architectural metals.



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Flag Pole Ideas:

Sockets.....Cleats....Stands.....Flag Staffs.....Balls.....Trucks.....Outriggers.....Pedestals.....Collars....Roof Setting....Braces.....Splices....

Excellent Ceremonial and Religious product ideas:

Altars.....Railings.....Pulpits.....Lecterns......Symbols....Rood Screen.....Baldachino.....Candlesticks.....Crosses....

Baptistery Gate.....Collection Box....Altar Gate.....Credence Table......Reading Desk.....Litany Desk.....Clergy Bench....Sedalia....Riddle Bracket......

Contains Apostolic Symbols representing the Original 12 Apostles

Memorial and inscriptive products:

Tablets....Name Plates....Signs....Lettering with several Font Styles.....Letter Fastenings....Statuary....

Emblems....Urns....Vases....Markers....Mausoleum Equipment....Columbaria

Lamps and Lighting Fixtures:

Bracket Lamps....Floor....Wall....Street....Pier.....Gate Post....Construction Details.....Chandelier Winch....Hanging Fixtures....Indirect Ceiling Fixtures.....Indirect Cove Fixtures....



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Lobby and Vestibule Items:

Counter Screens....Gates.....Counter Tops....Counter Framing....Column Covering.... column Caps....Bases....Directory Boards....

Bulletin Boards....Display.....Trophy Cases.....Drinking Fountains.....Check Deposits....Ticket Booths.....Vault Grills....



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If you are a trade blacksmith / ironworker looking to improve your income through new products......this book is a generator for ideas!

A large section on Wire Work:

Partitions and Enclosures.....Windows and Door Guards.....Doors, Wickets, Hardware.....Round Woven Wire Mesh....

Guards....Folding Gates.....Skylight Guards....Railing Guards....Machine Guards....

Bar Weave....Bullet Resisting Guards.....Radiator Guards....Ornamental Wire Cloth....Expanded Metal Partitions.....Expanded Metal Baskets and Racks

FirePlace Products for the blacksmith:

Dampers....Smoke Chambers....Smoke Domes....Ash Dumps....Lintels....Convectional Fireplaces....Outdoor Fireplaces....Linings....Frames....Door....Gates.....Hoods.....Andirons....Fire Sets....

Cranes....Footmen.....Trivets....Fire Lighters....Spits....Log Grates....Fenders




Metal Grills:

Metal Grilles are used for all types of buildings in a great many ways

Cast Grilles.....Stamped......Fastening......Perforated.....Wrought Iron.....Wrought Grill Construction....Window Grilles



Elevator Entrances

Utility and Service Products including:

Sidewalk doors....Ash hoists....Coal Chutes....Drain Boxes.....Clothes Poles....Door Frames....Louvers....Sign Framing....Thimbles....Vault Doors.....Many More!

Protective Building Products including:

Guard Rails....Corner Guards....Curb Angles....Door Drips....Chimney Caps....Tell Tales....Door Buffers.....More

A whole list of Structural products including Timber Framing hardware designs like Plates....Straps....Boots....Stirrups....Split Rings....Toothed Rings....Claw Plates.....Shear Plates



Gratings:

For use in Walks....Streets....Floors....Platforms....Bridges.....Runways.....

Includes Data on weight ratings by type

Entrances:

The section on Entrances will allow you to create stunning works that are a sort of "First Impression" when entering a building!

Doors, Frames, Marquises....Vestibule Screens....Revolving Doors.....Transom....Interior / Exterior Vestibule....Porte-cocheres

Exterior Metal:

Weather Vanes....Clocks....Window Boxes....Balconies.....Porches Treillage.....Balconies Treillage.....Awning Boxes....Store Fronts.....Copings.....Mullions.....Pilasters....Mandrels......More


Stairs:

General Purpose....Service and Exit....Industrial.....Circular Stairs.....Lobbies......Spiral....Treads and Risers.....

Starts, Easements, Goosenecks, Turns.....Wall Rail.....Center Rail....Hand Rail....Bracing....Load tables......Stair well Dimensions

There are many sections of details dealing with all aspects of metals including but not limited to:

*Selection of Metals

*Composition and Characteristics of ferrous and non-ferrous metals

*Metal Working Techniques

*Methods of Fabrication

*Paints and Finishes

*Specifications

*Tables and Tables of Material Data on Sizes, Gauges, and Weights of Metals


This is an Second Edition, Oversized Comb Bound book in new condition. It contains 319 pages, Measures 11" x 8.5", and is Dated 1947/1952, National Association of Ornamental Metal Manufacturers, Architectural Metal Handbook. The Lakeside Press, R. R. Donnelley and Sons Company




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