Historic Iron work. The beauty and craftsmanship is Amazing!
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- Learn how Iron work was made historically. It starts as Bog Iron and then with fire and hard work becomes something beautiful and long lasting.
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Perfect gates are always needed in a stately home
True!! A must. Thanks for watching.
Another detail I'd like to have a renaissance
You and me both! Thanks for watching.
This is so interesting - Thanks!
One related thing I have discovered (firsthand) is that many old ornamental railings are commonly ANCHORED into brick, concrete, and stone apparently using MOLTEN SULFUR rather than any cement concoction. Sulfur in powdered form was plentiful and cheap back in the day (and still is today, at any farm supply store). Ive even seen old cast finials applied to pickets with it (or even lead). It is true, yet I've found almost no reference about this on the internet.
Wow, I've never heard of that either. I'll dig into it and see what I can find. Thanks for the comment.
@@BrentHull Merry Christmas, Sir. I am older dude and remember a couple of workmen using that method in my hometown back in the early 1950's. Beyond me why or how this has disappeared from view. The sulfur melts easily over propane in a small cast iron pot or vessel. Very smelly and needs care as you would melting lead or anything else hot. Kids and curious pets not too close. If you experiment with anchoring in a stone or dry cement block of somekind, just use caution and avoid moisture (can make violent Steam of course). Please let me know if you find mention of this online. By the way, you CAN lookup and find "sulfur inlay in woodwork" on YT to at least catch a few hints about the material. Good luck.
EDIT: I finally found at least a reference online that may help;
"Another problem occurs when ironwork is anchored in damp stonework. As the iron rusts it expands to many times its original size, exerting pressure on the stone and ultimately shattering the stone. Often the ironwork was mounted into the stone using molten lead -- this combination, too, can cause serious corrosion. Another, even greater, problem is found when iron was mounted using molted sulfur -- this causes very rapid corrosion. Consequently, sometimes the first step in painting..."
This is found a few paragraphs down at chicora(dot)org/cemetery-fences.html.
Sulphur was a common and inexpensive way to anchor railings...made of wrought iron or cast iron, not as much for steel. The development of pourable setting grouts was a direct result of a need to set railings without compromising the paint finish on steel posts, to protect the steel as much as possible. Sulphur melts at 235 F but doesnt boil until over 800 degrees. That temperature range is high enough to compromise most painted finishes. SInce wrought iron and cast iron, compared to steel, are quite corrosion resistant, the wrought iron post doesn't mind if the coating was compromised, whereas the steel post will lose the protection of the paint finish during the molten sulphur install and rusting will immediately compromise the integrity of the hole, the steel and the railing. Additionally, elemental sulphur contributes to accidification of any water that is allowed to stand and that accelerates the formation of rust on steel.
Plus, as one reply points out, it is a foul smelling method of install. So that is why pourable grouts and epoxies have been created to set railings.
@@dbrackman1 VERY informative! Thank you. What are some brands of the better pourable grouts you mentioned? I'd really like to try that.
@@AerialLensVideo Rock-Ite and Por-Rok are common. I suspect that the small package pourable anchoring grouts sold at your local hardware store are re-branded from one of those Mfrs.
Thanxalot
Of course.
So,,,wrought iron isn't available bcz it's too costly to make due to the process of making not being able to be simplified in manufacturing?
Good question! That is my understanding. It is available but it is also expensive.
Modern Steel Replaced Wrought Iron for a variety of reasons including cost. Wrought Iron is avaiable as reclaimed material from a few ultra mini mills in the UK (Real Wrought Iron Co) and France (Pure Iron) and of course your local scrap yard may have some old fence or bridge iron in the pile but un-reclaimed or re-processed wrought iron will typically not be as refined as it would have been for ornamental work. Wrought Iron is very durable, similar to cast iron, but it is much more costly today than high quality forging bronze (2-3X) and stainless steels (5X) so it is generally only used for in kind, specialty restoration work.
Please, would you be kind enough to write down the name and author of the 3 volume book you are using as a reference?
Albert Sonn. Great resource. Thanks.