This is a scrolling jig I made to make multiple parts. It’s easy to make one scroll, but difficult to make many scrolls all the same size without a jig.
The ends of the bars will be tapered so they need to be heated bright yellow in the forge to become soft.
First the bar is hammered to a point
Then it’s bent around the scroll jig to make them all the same shape and size.
That was a lot of hammering but it feels good to see them all done.
The post parts that were cut by Water Jet Design on Lincoln Street came back to the studio so I made a jig and formed the bends in the top of the posts.
The bottom plate is cut to look like worms underground. The words in the top plate were inspired by the school motto; "Enter To Learn.” The scrolled parts that are welded under the "enter to grow" represent clouds with rain coming out of them..
Then everything is welded solid so water can't get inside the metal connections and rust.
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