Lewis's Life

I installed these gates a couple of weeks ago. They are for the courtyard of a restaurant and wine store. (610 Magnolia for those of you in Louisville. I think Aviva is my only reader.)

The gate is pretty simple. The pattern comes from the leftovers of a computer controlled plasma cutter. Someone needed a lot of L-brackets and had them cut out of a plate. I came along and took the leftovers and put them in a frame. Pow! Instant Gate! There is more visual interest that filling with straight bars and it was also less work.

Cool. I have to touch up the paint when the weather warms up.

When will my new digital camera get here?

I am feeling very motivated to write about what's going on here in the shop. I have some interesting projects, but I really want to post pictures. Fed-Ex tracking still shows my packages in Carrolton, Texas six days ago. I know it's ground shipping but my one reader really wants to know what's happening.

I just finished forging some big pry bars for the water company. They will be used for moving those big plates that cover the holes in the street. They are one of the biggest forgings I have done on my own and I did some monster upsetting that I am quite pleased with. I am drawing up some new candle holders for the same church that we installed some work in last December. (I also want to get in there and take more pictures.) I am working up some prices and a schedule for the next couple of months and it looks like it is going to be a good year.

I have interesting projects coming and I plan to attend more art car events, so I need a camera to spam my wonderfulness all over the internet.

Fed Ex is also holding my Roomba somewhere in shipping Limbo. This means I am going to have to vacuum the house myself.

# posted by Lewis @ 10:36 AM 0 comments

I was interviewed for the "Job Journal" in the Louisville Courier-Journal on Monday, 5 Feb. 2007. The Job Journal is an advertising supplement to the Business Section, so the article is not available online. So we have my crappy scans. Just click on the images to see them large enough to read.

I deleted the OCR software over the weekend because I have not used it in the last five years. Wham! Murphy's Law!

It is a fine article, Thanks Michael Jones.

Labels: Blacksmith, forge, metalwork