Back on July 12 I posted here I was making some drawer pulls for a desk and
got some good suggestions on how to proceed. This past week I finished
them. Presently, I am unable to put the pictures on my site due to some FTP
errors Mediacom is having. However, I have posted the pictures over on
alt.binaries.pictures,woodworking if you are interested.
Larry
"Lawrence L'Hote" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Back on July 12 I posted here I was making some drawer pulls for a desk
and
> got some good suggestions on how to proceed. This past week I finished
> them.
FTP error is fixed here are the pix
They are made of scrap mild steel sheet and the handles
are wound with copper and brazed. The leaves were polished to a near
mirror finish but appear black/blue in the pictures maybe because I'm
wearing a black tee shirt or something. Anyway, they have just been coated
with a clear coat and it hasn't quite dried. drawerpull2big shows the 4
pulls; the bottom one is showing it's backside and the cardboard on the very
bottom is the pull pattern. drawerpull1big is a closeup of two of the
pulls.
http://home.mchsi.com/~lhote5/drawerpull2big.jpg
http://home.mchsi.com/~lhote5/drawerpull1big.jpg
Larry
Sun, Jul 25, 2004, 7:27pm (EDT+4) [email protected] (Lawrence=A0L'Hote)
announces:
<snip> They are made of scrap mild steel sheet and the handles are wound
with copper and brazed. <snip>
Attaboy Larry, they're lookin' good.
However, not to burst your bubble, but how will they be fastened on?
JOAT
Expensive tennis shoes won't cure a sore toe.
- Bazooka Joe
THE NEW COPPERPLATE http://www.banjer.com/midi/newcopp.mid
"J T" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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Sun, Jul 25, 2004, 7:27pm (EDT+4) [email protected] (Lawrence L'Hote)
announces:
<snip> They are made of scrap mild steel sheet and the handles are wound
with copper and brazed. <snip>
>>> Attaboy Larry, they're lookin' good.
>>> However, not to burst your bubble, but how will they be fastened on?
There is no bubble, J T. If you look at the bottom pull in the picture you
can see the backside of one of the pulls. The mounting screw heads are
showing. I've brazed a piece of thin copper tubing to the backs and mashed
the copper onto the screw and the pull mounts tight. Mounting the hardware
was the very first thing I worked on before I started cutting out the pulls.
I appreciate your time and comments.
Larry
Mon, Jul 26, 2004, 9:12am (EDT+4) [email protected] (Lawrence=A0L'Hote)
explains:
<snip> The mounting screw heads are showing. I've brazed a piece of thin
copper tubing to the backs and mashed the copper onto the screw and the
pull mounts tight. <snip>
Ah. Saw that in the picture, but couldn'tmake out what it was.
Makes sense now.
JOAT
Expensive tennis shoes won't cure a sore toe.
- Bazooka Joe
JERUSALEM RIDGE http://www.banjer.com/midi/jerridge.mid
"Ed. O." <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Beautiful Larry! The time and effort you took for these drawer pulls
really
> make it outstanding.
Thank you, Ed, for looking at my stuff.
Larry
"jo4hn" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Beautiful. How did you finally do the veins on the leafs?
> mahalo,
> jo4hn
Thanks again. I made chasing tools from some punches I got at the pawn
show. Ground and polished it so it indented a length about 1/4" or so. I
tried various lengths. Put the pattern on the polished metal with a black
marking pen and with a thick piece of leather between the metal and my anvil
I hit the chasing tool with a heavy hammer. I practiced but found it futile
to try to get a nice smooth line. Next time I do something like this I'll do
things a little different, but at the time I made the veins, it was 94+
outside and the humidity was 70% and I was taking numerous breaks. I then
cut out the handle and annealed it with a torch so I could make the bend.
All sorts of filing, sanding and buffing followed.
Larry
On Sun, 25 Jul 2004 18:47:13 GMT, "Lawrence L'Hote" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Back on July 12 I posted here I was making some drawer pulls for a desk and
>got some good suggestions on how to proceed. This past week I finished
>them. Presently, I am unable to put the pictures on my site due to some FTP
>errors Mediacom is having. However, I have posted the pictures over on
>alt.binaries.pictures,woodworking if you are interested.
>
>Larry
>
they came out well. nice work...
Lawrence L'Hote wrote:
[snip]
> They are made of scrap mild steel sheet and the handles
> are wound with copper and brazed. The leaves were polished to a near
> mirror finish but appear black/blue in the pictures maybe because I'm
> wearing a black tee shirt or something. Anyway, they have just been coated
> with a clear coat and it hasn't quite dried. drawerpull2big shows the 4
> pulls; the bottom one is showing it's backside and the cardboard on the very
> bottom is the pull pattern. drawerpull1big is a closeup of two of the
> pulls.
> http://home.mchsi.com/~lhote5/drawerpull2big.jpg
> http://home.mchsi.com/~lhote5/drawerpull1big.jpg
>
> Larry
>
Beautiful. How did you finally do the veins on the leafs?
mahalo,
jo4hn