tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6261993076995357307.post3620544787297368857..comments2023-11-05T06:16:56.961-05:00Comments on the Carpentry Way: Mizuya (11): What Have I Wrought?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14328401081765407624noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6261993076995357307.post-81848318302265745932013-01-18T15:15:18.475-05:002013-01-18T15:15:18.475-05:00Priit,
thanks for your comment. At this point I a...Priit,<br /><br />thanks for your comment. At this point I am going on the word from the supplier, who demolished the structure from which the wrought iron was obtained. It seems that all of the iron in the 1870 building was wrought iron. Of course, if I start cutting it up and find it is not wrought iron, I do have recourse to contact the supplier again. They do seem like very honest people though, and have sold the same material to various blacksmiths around the country and no one is screaming about being ripped off, so I'm fairly confident. And at the worst, if none of it is wrought iron and the supplier flees town, I haven't actually spent very much money on it, so I could accept that sort of loss if it came to it.<br /><br />I may yet obtain some wrought sheet from a supplier in the UK. Now that stuff is going to be expensive! Hopefully I won't have to go that route.<br /><br />As for how to tell whether the metal is wrought iron or not, here's the procedure:<br /><br />Take a piece and cut half way through it. Stick it in a vise and bend it 90 degrees. If the break looks like cracked wood, with lots of fibers and striations, it is wrought iron. If it just cracks in a random pattern, it is just steel.<br /><br />~CAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14328401081765407624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6261993076995357307.post-12993017180036096392013-01-18T15:02:43.702-05:002013-01-18T15:02:43.702-05:00Hallo Chris
Have You really checked every nail to...Hallo Chris<br /><br />Have You really checked every nail to be sure it is wrought iron ? How to understand wrought or not ? <br />Regards<br />PriitPriit Miljannoreply@blogger.com