Drum Top & Arrow Feather Legs

Out of the mouth of the dragon comes the textured side of the drum.

This is one rut I don't mind staying in.

Waiting to be rolled into circles.

This ring of steel is being magically changed into a piece of leather.

Once the metal is joined together it will become a drum top.

Every arrow needs a fletching to fly straight.

Tomorrow the fletching will be bent to match the contour of the legs and welded on.

Forging The Legs

Once inch round stock is heated to 2000 degrees Fahrenheit.

Heated stock is forged in the fly press.

 All the legs are textured.

The three pads bending the leg are made of aluminum so the texture is not crushed.

The curvature of the leg is checked with a template. 

Chief Joseph Pedestal

As the year draws to an end I’ve been commissioned to make a pedestal for a bronze statue. The pedestal will be 24” tall, 16” wide at the top and 27” wide at the bottom.

This is a prototype leg detail. The shaft is made from 1” forged steel. The arrow feathers are forged from 1/4” plate.

Happy holidays from the “Little House Forge”