Locating And Identifying Wrought Iron
Hello!I hope ya'll can help me out, I need to check some info I heard lately. 1) Wrought iron is no longer being produced commercially in the US, except on a VERY limited bases. 2) A good source of...
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i may be wrong but i thank Wrought Iron has a low carbon content. While spring steel has a much higher carbon content.
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#1 is true..#2 is not, as far as I know no automobile parts were ever made of wrought iron. WI was more common before 1900, most of the wrought I have found was in old wagons and horse-drawn...
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What Orien said. As for finding wrought, look for . . . old metal work! A lot probably depends on where you live in the country.
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If you're on the west coast, once you figure out what wrought looks like, you can usually pick up wagon wheels/parts for relatively cheap. Most are wrought. I've heard (but not seen) of steel ones.
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I have tons - as in literally many thousands of pounds and not a figure of speach. 99% of what you see in the photos is true wrought iron salvaged from 100+ year old truss bridges. My friend is one...
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Holy Poop Bob! Those pictures make me drool just looking at them! What do you have in bar/sheet/anything that doesn't need to be worked down as much as the thicker/larger stuff? I've got at least a...
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Just out of curiosity, what is that large sort of circular piece in the center on the top frame of the last photo (shaped a bit like a micrometer)? Ken
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Don't you recognize a ginormous, ridiculously large c-clamp when you see one..? lol. Yeah; I'm wondering what that is too.
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And, the wheels are turning... I bet that could be modified into a hydraulic press...
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Yup, but it could be fitted for dies etc... pretty easily, and set in a nice stand... Too bad I don't live anywhere near you Bob!
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Hello, I have been lurking around here for quite some time and want to firstly thank you all for freely sharing your knowledge here. I could spend hours on end going through the archive here, but then...
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Hmmm, do people even visit this page any more? Or am I speaking the wrong language?.....lol
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It may just be that Bob hasn't been on in a while. You could try pm-ing him to make sure that he sees your question when he logs on in next. On a semi-related note, Bob sent me a selection of his...
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Thanks for the input... I love working with this stuff, it is great for San Mia blades.... When there is histoy behind materials like wrought iron, it feels a bit more personal working with it in my...
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