Leeside Forge

Fully Forged Handrail

A simple but effective handrail we made and installed last November.

We used the simplicity of this piece to take the time to use only traditional forging techniques in its construction.

Process vids to come !

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One last pair of dividers

The second of the couple of pairs of dividers we made for another Irish based cooperage and with that the last of the batch of coopers tools we made last year.

Getting to make all the custom tooling was definitely one of our favorite jobs of last year as it was a nice break from all the restoration work we had on. Looking forward to doing more of this kind of work in the future.

Hand forged and filed to finish.

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More Hand Tools

Some more pieces we made as part of the set of coopers tools for .

Two caulking irons used to drive jute fiber between the staves of a barrel to keep it watertight.

A cold chisel used to cut the heads off rivets used to join the two ends of a barrel hoop.

A round punch used to drive out the rivet from the hoop once the head has been cut off.

All these tools were forged from 5160 and heat treated accordingly.

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More hand tools

A selection of a few more hand tools we made for

Two caulking irons used to drive jute fiber between the staves of a barrel to keep it water tight.

A cold working chisel to cut the heads off rivets holding barrel hoops together

A round punch used to drive out the rivet once the head has been cut off.

All these tools were forged from 5160

Three Leaf Dividers

With the main body forged from mild steel with forge welded high carbon steel tips, these dividers will stay sharp when scribing diameters into wood.

Based on an antique set gave us, this new set will be used for tasks such as tracing out the diameter of a barrel lid so can be accurately cut out from a larger piece of wood.
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