Forging is one of the oldest methods of metal processing. Such items are very beautiful and do not change for centuries. Forged gates are an indescribable beauty in which a person puts his soul, it is the embodiment of his imagination into reality.
Handmade wrought iron gates
The first thing guests notice when approaching a house is the gate. Do-it-yourself wrought iron gates are difficult to create, but quite realistic. To do this, you will need blacksmith tools, tools, a forge and an anvil. A forge is a furnace for metal, the main requirement for its quality work is a constantly high temperature. Thanks to this, the metal can be given absolutely any shape.
In addition to the master devices, you will need additional devices. In order to hold hot metal, special pliers are needed, for hammering - hammers of various sizes, and special stitches are needed to create holes. A tool that is missing can be made by yourself.
For the manufacture of each element, you need a large number of different tools, which can reach up to a hundred pieces. Before you start making forgedgate, it is very important to study the types of metals, how they behave when heated, what changes occur inside the structure. It is necessary to learn to feel the material, to see its more expressive features and be able to highlight them.
Forged gates begin to be made from a sketch. You should purchase the required amount of metal and a pair of rods, best of all with a square section, they are suitable for the frame. After the sketches are made on paper, all dimensions are indicated, they begin to cut the parts. Then they are bent according to the pattern. After that, the finished turns are connected to each other and attached to the frame of the gate.
To make forged gates beautiful, you need to keep the plane. When using welding, it is important to have time to knock down the slag that has turned out at the seams, because. if this is not done, cracks may form, everything will begin to collapse, holes will appear, and this will ensure good access of moisture to the steel, which will ultimately lead to corrosive destruction of the entire structure.
The finished work of art needs to be processed with sandpaper and painted with black paint. Can be covered with golden enamel, it is elegantly combined with black.
Sliding forged gates
Swing gates are beautiful, they have the advantage of simplicity of design, but sliding wrought iron gates are much more convenient. Moreover, they are more practical. Forged sliding gates have a number of advantages: one-piece design - this will allow you to do without deformations, you do not need to clean the area in front of the gate, especially in winter, canset both in large production and at home, are made for openings with any width.
Sliding gates can also be made by hand, for this you need to study the design. It is very simple, it looks like a canvas with a counterweight, various accessories are attached to it. The manufacturing process of sliding gates is much more voluminous and consists of two stages. First, the canvas is prepared, and then this canvas is mounted on the base.
But whatever these gates are - sliding or swinging, the main thing is to make them well. Quality workmanship will give your home a unique and individual style.
