can you do a gothic iron frame for stained glass?

[johnny]

I received the following request through my website:

Greetings!

I am looking for someone who can custom make a cast (wrought) iron frame for a 60'' x 45'' stained glass window. I am going for a medieval type of look. The frame needs to have two strong hooks and chains on top to be hanged. If this is something you can do, could you please provide me with a quote?

Thank you.

She is in the Cincinnati area, 250 miles from me, so I would assume she's willing to work with people outside her area. I don't know if the request is legit, but since it looks like a really difficult item to acquire I guess there is a better than even chance it is good.

If you would like to contact this potential customer PM me and I'll give you her email address. Obviously, I don't want to just post it publicly for her privacy. I don't want anything for the referral. I don't have the time or desire to get into this project myself.

 

[JFeig]

That would be a job for an architectural wrought iron person. The type that makes fancy gates/fences and iron rails from scratch.

 

[j Paul]

Johnny, here is the website of a custom wrought iron company in Toledo that has been in business for eons. I agree she needs to wrok with someone in that business directly. She can probably find someone in that business closer to home though.

 

[johnny]

Thank you I'll let her know! Anyone still feel free to PM for her info.

 

[Rick Granick]

I got that same email. I wrote back and suggested that she do a search on "Iron Working".
Rick

 

[Baer Charlton]

Is it the Gothic or the wrought iron work "look" that scares you guys?

It's actually better and lighter to do the work in wood and compo, then finish as if it was wrought iron...
But then, go ahead and give work away......

 

[j Paul]

From her email Baer, she did request a "cast wrought iron" frame, not a look a-like. But a custom finished wood frame might be the ticket. Maybe she can wait for your tour and you could make it for her while in Ohio or Kentucky.

 

[Baer Charlton]

You're joking..... I'd just sub it out to Laura. Super Sculpy is just as durable as wrought iron.....

 

[05]

I'd go instantly to Rose Metals Industries in Cleveland. While they do mostly industrial tools these days, they've been doing superb decorative iron work for over a hundred years now. Architects used to specify metal work quality as "Rose Ironworks [as they were known then] or equivalent". www.rosemetal.com.

 

[Seasoned Warrior]

Wrought and cast are different

Is it the Gothic or the wrought iron work "look" that scares you guys?

It's actually better and lighter to do the work in wood and compo, then finish as if it was wrought iron...
But then, go ahead and give work away......

The picture is of a cast iron piece. I work in wrought iron (a misnomer these days) which is forged from standard bars, the term wrought suggests hand worked. There are more nuances but the wrought iron of today is nothing like the wrought iron of earlier times but is made of steel. The old wrought iron had little carbon in its content and didn't rust as easily. Anyway my family and I have been forging iron and steel since the 1860s and like to do art projects but you need someone who can cast and unfortunately there are few iron foundries left.

 

[JFeig]

look at this company's products

kingmetals.com