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Originally Posted by Atlantia
WOW!
Fernando. That looks just fantastic!
You must be very pleased with it? How long did it take you?
It's prefect, just right!
Congratulations.
Gene
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Thank you so much Gene, but i'm not that Gene-ious
A one handed guy with a couple undecent tools could never make such a decent job
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The carpenter, after i showed him a drawing and measures, must have taken less than two hours to turn the pole in mahogany, drill the ( barrel ) hole and cut it in half section.
Then i had to carve the half hole, here and there, to fit in the irregular barrel.
Back to the carpenter, to thin down the lower and side parts of the pole in its first half; it looked too bulky and perfect from the lathe, and this way it looks mor rustic. He used the vertical saw, to get an unfinished look.
Then three hours at the smith. I showed him a picture and had him to cut two strips of "black" iron, and beat them hard with a ball hammer, before bending them for the bands. The bands were fixed with screws, which had their heads cut off and criss crossed with a small grinder, to resemble rustic rivets. Then i told him to use a drop of sulphuric acid to darken the new heads.
Coming back home, i darkened the pole two hands of old fashioned vieux-chaine and covered it with liquid acid.
18 Euros for the carpenter, 30 Euros for the smith.
After all, the part that took longer was the carving of slight parts of the barrel bed, to fit it correctly, as i didn't have the correct means (and know how) to do it.
Now my whife is constraining for the adding of one more thing to the leaving/dinning room decoration; but she is brave ... she will stand it.
Fernando