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The offi cial publication of the National Ornamental & Miscellaneous Metals Association May / June 2014

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2013 Top Job Gold Award: Gates / Doors — Forged

With quick-thinking and confidence, McLellan Blacksmithing fast-tracked job completion

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Walkin’ the NOMMA ROI talk, page 55

Biz TalkKeynote theme: Know your customer, page 24

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Supplier MemberSupplier members are those members that produce or distribute materials, machinery, and accessories for the industry or provide services that may be used by the industry. q Nationwide - $595 (operating on a nationwide or international basis) q Regional - $465 (operating within a 500-mile radius) q Local - $375 (operating within a 150-mile radius)

q Affiliate - $310.00 q Teacher q School q Non-profit organizationIndividuals, firms, organizations and schools that do not engage in the fabrication of ornamental or miscellaneous metal products, do not provide products or services to the industry, but have a special interest in the industry.

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About the cover McLellan Blacksmithing won the 2013 Top Job Gold award in the Gates / Doors — Forged cate gory for this a residence in Santa Fe, NM, The design called for a 12-foot-wide opening divided evenly into four panels: two gates and two side panels. The cover shows the handles with forged square corners and slide latch. See story, page 46 .

President’s Letter .......... 7Working hard to meet goals.

Exec. Director’s Letter ... 8Reaching out to designers.

NEF .................................. 12Next class: Fabrication of curved stairs.

Metal Moment ...............74Lynden Sculpture Garden renovation is LEED inspired.

Events....................................................68ABANA 2014 Conference, August 13–16, Harrington, DE.

People ...................................................68Electron Beam Technologies gets new president.The Wagner Companies makes several personnel moves.

Products .......................................69Gate accesso-ries, grinder, barbed wire roll, and wire feed connectors.

What’s Hot!

Member Listings .............................. 61

Ad Index ...............................................73

Glass rail: Why not a fabricator? Part 2: Three case studies ......... 14With the barrier for entry relatively low, three fabricators tell how they managed a glass/metal rail job.

By Jeff Fogel

Shop Talk

Walkin’ NOMMA’s ROI talk ..........55More than talk, here’s how working collaborations among NOMMA mem-bers pays off in real money.

By Peter Hildebrandt

Also: 5 collaboration pointers and benefits ...............................57

Biz Talk

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May / June 2014 Vol. 55, No. 3

NOMMA Board examining METALfab, technical affairs ......10

ASTM rolls out fence and gate updates ............. 11

NOMMA Network Top Job Profile

When McLellan Blacksmithing didn’t need the extra day ..............46With quick-thinking and confidence, McLellan Blacksmithing fast-tracked job completion and won the 2013 Top Job Gold Award in the Gates / Doors — Forged category.

By John McLellan

Also: Induction forge advantages .....53

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n Theme dinner 26

n Candidly at the show 28

n Spouse programs 30

n Shop tours 32

n Candidly at the show 34

n Awards 36

n Top Job winners 40

n Exhibit hall 41

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President’s Letter

Working hard to meet goalsI am deeply honored and excited to serve as your new president. NOMMA has come a long way in the past few years, and one of my main goals is to keep us moving forward.

As I write this, NOMMA continues to protect the indus-try through code monitoring and advocacy, we are promot-ing our work to architects, and we are striving to provide the tools our members need for success.

AccomplishmentsIn the last year, NOMMA has made

major accomplishments, and I will ensure that these programs continue their forward momentum:

n We held our first ever continuing education session for design profes-sionals during METALfab2014.

n NOMMA rolled out a new tiered dues system that makes membership more affordable to small shops.

n We unveiled an improved website in January that provides social media features and forums for special interest groups.

n In October, we hired a full-time marketing manager to help us grow membership and promote our brand to the design community.

Growing the membership not only gives us greater clout with code bodies, but it also will give us more resources to expand our products and services.

Looking ahead for 2014On the Tuesday before METALfab,

the NOMMA board spent the after-noon brainstorming, ranking needs, and determining strategies for the coming year.

We agreed to focus in two areas:n METALfab revitalization. The

Board determined that we need to give METALfab a full review to ensure that the format and content is optimized

to give attendees top value for their investment. We created a METALfab Review Task Force and the Board charged the group with a specific list of items to review.

The goal is for the group to have specific recommendations in place by October, which we would incorporate into our future conventions, starting in 2016. The findings of the task force may move us into some exciting new directions.

n Technical affairs. The Board’s sec-ond priority is to find ways to provision and strengthen our Technical Affairs division.

Our existing volunteer team has worked hard and faithfully for many years to ensure that we monitor code changes and are represented in the code and standard writing process. Some of our volunteers would like a break, and we need to find ways of bet-ter supporting them or replacing them.

Plans are to create a second task force that would evaluate current needs and report back to the board with cre-ative options.

Additional goalsAlso at our March strategic plan-

ning session, we identified additional areas to work on.

For instance, we need to expand our membership and provide the hard ben-efits that we all need for our businesses.

And, we need to continue expand-ing our brand recognition to architects and designers.

All these efforts will take hard work and more volunteer help. If you’d like to help us, we’d love to hear from you. Feel free to contact me or any member of the NOMMA staff.

Mark Koenke, Germantown Iron & Steel Corp, is president of NOMMA.

Dedicated to the success of our members and industry.

NOMMA OfficersPresident

Mark Koenke, Germantown Iron & Steel Corp. Jackson, WI

President-ElectAllyn Moseley, Heirloom Stair & Iron, Campobello, SC

Vice President/TreasurerKeith Majka, Majka Railing Co. Inc., Paterson, NJ

Immediate Past PresidentJ.R. Molina, Big D Metalworks, Dallas, TX

fAbricAtOr DirectOrsGreg Bailey, Bailey Metal Fabricators, Mitchell, SD Max Hains, MOFAB Inc., Anderson, INMaciej Jankowski, Artistic Iron Works, Norwalk, CTTina Tennikait, Superior Fence & Orn. Iron,

Cottage Hills, IL Cathy Vequist, Pinpoint Solutions, Jupiter, FLHenry Wheeler, Wheeler Ornamental Metals, Dothan, AL

supplier DirectOrsBill Schenke, Ameristar, Tulsa, OKMark Sisson, Mac Metals Inc., Kearny, NJDave White Jr., Locinox USA, Countryside, IL

NOMMA eDucAtiON fOuNDAtiON OfficersCo-Chairs

Roger Carlsen, Ephraim Forge Inc., Frankfort, ILLynn Parquette, Mueller Ornamental Iron Works Inc., Elite Architectural Metal Supply LLC, Elk Grove Village, IL

TreasurerMike Boyler, Boyler’s Ornamental Iron Inc., Bettendorf, IA

Nef trusteesHeidi Bischmann, Hartland, WICarl Grainger, Grainger Metal Works, Nichols, SCMark Koenke, Germantown Iron & Steel Corp., Jackson, WI

Christopher Maitner, Christopher Metal Fabricating, Grand Rapids, MI

Rob Rolves, Foreman Fabricators, St. Louis, MOGreg Terrill, Division 5 Metalworks, Kalamazoo, MI

NOMMA chAptersChesapeake Bay

Patty Koppers, President, Koppers Fabricators Inc.Forestville, MD 301-420-6080

FloridaMarco Vasquez, President, Vasquez Custom Metals Inc., Tampa, FL, 813-248-3348

Gulf CoastCharles Perez, President, B & O Machine Welding, Brookhaven, MS, 985-630-6943

NortheastKeith Majka, President, Majka Railing Co. Inc., Paterson, NJ, 973-247-7603

Pacific NorthwestGale Schmidt, President, A2 Fabrication Inc., Milwaukie, OR, 503-771-2000

Upper MidwestMark O’Malley, President, O’Malley Welding & Fabricating Inc., Yorkville, IL, 630-553-1604

NOMMA stAffExecutive Director, J. Todd Daniel, CAE Meetings & Exposition Manager; NEF Executive Director, Martha PenningtonMember Care & Operations Manager, Liz HarrisSales Director, Sherry Theien Marketing Manager, Brian MaddoxEditor, O&MM Fabricator, Robin Sherman

fAbricAtOr eDitOriAl ADvisOry bOArDterry Barrett, Pinpoint Solutions, Jupiter, FLDoug Bracken, Wiemann Metalcraft, Tulsa, OKBill Coleman, Arc Angels, Dunedin, FLNancy Hayden, Tesko Enterprises, Norridge, ILChris Holt, Steel Welding, Freedom, PARob Rolves, Foreman Fabricators, St. Louis, MO

Fabricator n May / June 20148

An historic event took place during METALfab2014 in St. Charles, MO. We held our fi rst continuing education event for design professionals. While the turnout was relatively small, it was a great learning experience and a huge step forward for our Marketing Committee.

Th e event running concur-rently with METALfab began with my short presentation on the Top Job Awards program. Aft erward, Mar-keting Committee Chair, Keith Majka, Majka Railing Co. Inc., welcomed all.

Th e program for the day was a two-parter. Amos Glick, Compass Iron Works, Gap, PA, spoke for an hour on “Design & Specifi cation of Sustainable Custom Metalwork.” He did an excel-lent job of teaching the audience about the sustainability of custom iron and how to specify our industry’s products.

In the second session, Tony Leto, Th e Wagner Companies, Butler, WI, lead a program called, “Th e Myth of the Ladder Eff ect And Other Guardrail Safety Issues.” He covered terminology, basic building codes related to rails, and ADA requirements.

We were thrilled to have Feeney Inc., Oakland, CA, as event sponsor, and the company’s Rick Ralston said a few words, too. Also, we were honored to have board members and past Mitch Heitler Award winners in the room.

Interior designer talks metalAft erward, we walked attendees to

our vendor exhibit area and Top Job Gallery. I had the honor of talking with a couple of interior designers. One told me that she was interested in learn-ing about diff erent mediums and how she could incorporate them into her

projects. Bingo! Th at’s what our aft ernoon eff ort was about — showing the design community the many options available with metalwork.

Our second goal was to edu-cate designers and architects on how to specify our products and the advantages of metal.

Give designers a metal edgeTh e other designer told me a fasci-

nating story. She had spent most of her life in the fi nance industry and recently became an interior designer. I was excited to meet a creative person who followed her heart instead of her head. She said her fi eld is highly competitive. I soon realized that she was looking for products and ideas to give her an edge.

Wow, that was bingo two! If we can help designers and architects, we have an edge as an industry, and they have an edge over their competitors.

Th e roots of our outreach eff ort can be traced to the Northeast Chapter, which produced a manual for archi-tects, has regularly participated in regional AIA shows, and has given con-tinuing education programs.

Th e goal now is for NOMMA to become a registered AIA CES (Con-tinuing Education Systems) Content Provider and to work with our fabrica-tor members, suppliers, and chapters to regularly provide education content both on the regional and national level.

Th e long-term goal is to grow our industry and increase demand for our products.

I’m excited about our big fi rst step. I look forward to seeing many more con-tinuing education events.

How to reach usOrnamental & Miscellaneous Metal Fabricator (ISSN 0191-5940), is the offi cial publication of the National Ornamental & Miscellaneous Metals Association (NOMMA).

O&MM Fabricator / NOMMA 805 South Glynn St., Ste. 127, #311 Fayetteville, GA 30214

Editorial We love articles! Send story ideas, letters, press releases, and product news to: Fabricator at address above. Ph/Fax: 888-516-8585. E-mail: [email protected].

Advertise Reach 8,000 fabricators For information, call Sherry Theien, Ph: 815-282-6000. Email [email protected]. Ads are due on the fi rst Friday of the month preceding the cover date. Send ads to: Fabricator at address above. Email ads to: [email protected] (max. 5 megs by e-mail). Or upload ads to our website where a downloadable media kit is available: www.nomma.org.

Membership Join NOMMA! Beyond the magazine, enjoy more benefi ts as a NOMMA member. To join, call 888-516-8585, ext. 101. For a list of benefi ts, see membership ad in this issue.

Exhibit in METALfab Exhibit at METAL-fab, NOMMA’s annual convention and trade show. For more information, con-tact Martha Pennington at 888-516-8585, ext. 104, or [email protected].

Subscriptions Subscription questions? Call 888-516-8585. Send subscription address changes to: Fabricator Sub-scriptions, 805 South Glynn St., Ste. 127, #311, Fayetteville, GA 30214. Fax: 888-516-8585, or [email protected].

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NOMMA Buyer’s Guide Published each December as a separate issue. Deadline for all advertising materials is October 31. Contact Sherry Theien at 815-282-6000 or [email protected].

Opinions expressed in Fabricator are not necessarily those of the editors or NOMMA. Articles appearing in Fabrica-tor may not be reproduced in whole or in part without the express permission of NOMMA.

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Executive Director’s Letter

Reaching out to designers

Todd Daniel is executive director of NOMMA.

Are you a NOMMA Top Job winner? Do you have how-to, step-by-step tips to share? Have you solved an interesting fabrication problem? Write for Fabricator. Contact Editor Robin Sherman at [email protected].

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The NOMMA Network


NOMMA Board begins detailed work on strategic plan focusing on METALfab and Technical Affairs division

Since October 2012, the NOMMA Board of Directors has gone through a strategic planning review cycle that started with the creation of a new “Big Hairy Audacious Goal” and is now in the “brass tacks” stage.

The day before the kickoff of METAL-fab2014 last March, board members held an afternoon strate-gic planning session to establish priorities and to begin more detailed planning work.

The group reviewed NOMMA’s big goal: “NOMMA will deliver outstanding programs and services to its member-ship, resulting in distinct competitive advantages and indus-try excellence within the ornamental, architectural, and mis-cellaneous metalworking community.”

Cathy Vequist, a fabricator board member from Pinpoint Solutions, Jupiter, FL, facilitated the discussion starting with a brainstorming period in which board members listed 12 areas of top concern. Written on a flip chart, NOMMA lead-ers ranked the issues by putting red dots on them.

The most important concern was the METALfab conven-

tion, in terms of pur-pose, structure, and value. Incoming pres-ident Mark Koenke, Germantown Iron & Steel Corp., Jackson, WI, said he would organize a task force to review METAL-fab to ensure that we are providing the best quality and value for our membership and to make recommenda-tions to the board.

A second round of polling took place and revamping our Tech-nical Affairs division

became the second priority. The board feels NOMMA must ensure that it has the resources to adequately monitor codes and standards and to continue its advocacy work.

Strategic planning will continue at the board’s next meet-ing on June 19–20 in Milwaukee, WI.

A thanks goes to Cathy Vequist for facilitating our strate-gic planning discussions.

— Todd Daniel Excecutive Director

NOMMA

NOMMA Marketing Manager Brian Maddox, left, gave a presentation to the association’s board of directors on how to gather marketing intelligence. The board began its strategic planning session by reviewing the “Big Hairy Audacious Goal,” (BHAG), right, which is a term invented by business guru Jim Collins.

Board members discuss 2014 priorities.

Left to right, Greg Bailey, Bailey Metal Fabricators,

Mitchell, SD; Greg Terrill, Division 5

Metalworks, Kalamazoo, MI; Tina Tennikait,

Superior Fence & Orn. Iron, Cottage Hills, IL;

Maciej Jankowski, Artistic Iron Works,

Norwalk, CT; Bill Schenke, Ameristar, Tulsa, OK; Keith Majka, Majka Railing Co. Inc.,

Patterson, NJ; and Dave White Jr., Locinox USA,

Countryside, IL.


Standards UpdatesASTM rolls out two new industry standards

NOMMA members should be aware of two recent updates to indus-try standards:

F2200 — Standard Specifica-tion for Automated Vehicular Gate Construction: The latest edition of the F2200 standard is now available in the ASTM store. Developed by the F14.10 ASTM subcommittee, the document provides con-struction standards for vehicular gates, and it is harmonized with UL 325. Cost: $37.

F2957 — Specification for Ornamental Alumi-num Fence Systems: The ASTM F14 Committee recently approved the latest version of this standard, which provides minimum selection criteria and test procedures.

Specifically, the standard ensures that aluminum fence systems have sufficient strength to withstand reasonable loads and forces.

Before the revisions, the standard only included steel, but now covers aluminum. Also covered in the standard are required physical dimensions for residential, commercial, and industrial fence systems. Cost: $37.

Both standards are available for purchase and download from the ASTM website: www.astm.org.

NOMMA courts architects at seminar

Tony Leto, right, The Wagner Companies, was among the

presenters at NOMMA’s continuing education program for architects and

designers held at METALfab2014.

Leto’s one-hour program was on the “ladder effect” and guardrail

safety issues. He covered terminology, basic building

codes, and ADA requirements.

“These programs provide an opportunity to build demand for

our work by educating architects on how to specify metalwork and

show ing them the many creative options available,” said Keith Majka, NOMMA marketing committee chair.

Design professional attending the event received two

continuing education credits.

NOMMA’s Northeast Chapter has regularly provided regional

education for architects since 2000, and the March event was the first

program on the national level.

NOMMA member Feeney Inc. sponsored the event.

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NOMMA Education FoundationIn partnership with the National Ornamental & Miscellaneous Metals Association

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For more information on donating to the NOMMA Education Foundation Contact NEF Executive Director Martha Pennington, 888-516-8585 x104, [email protected].

Curved stair fabrication topic of next class

Get ready for Curved Stairs classCurved Stairs: How to measure, detail, and

fabricate a curved stair is the topic of NEF’s next continuing education class to be held at Germantown Iron Works in Jackson, WI.

The exact date of the event will be announced soon.

Cost is $250 per person and will include lunch and supplies for the class. Presenters include NOMMA President Mark Koenke, Germantown Iron Works and Mark O’Mal-ley, O’Malley Welding & Fabricat-ing Inc. Additional presenters will be announced later.

For more information and reg-istration: www.nomma.org.

Damascus steel used in ornamental products

Mike Kinnikin, Eureka Forge, Pacific, MO, presented an out-standing class on the creation of a Damascus billet using innova-tive techniques and tooling. He demonstrated the production of ornamental objects from the billet.

“Hydraulic presses offer a somewhat more controllable source of pres-sure for making Damascus forge welds,” Mike noted. “They can provide for less distortion in the final pattern. Custom fab-ricated “V” dies with step-down stops are especially helpful. However, power ham-mers can produce great results as well.

“Creativity is the key. When it comes to Damascus, try something, if it doesn’t work, try it a second time. If that doesn’t work, reevaluate and try something different. There are a myriad of possibilities when working with Damascus. Once you’ve learned the basics and can repeatedly forge a basic billet with good welds, get creative and start trying new things.”

Thank you to Mike and his staff for a wonderful class and a great visit to Eureka Forge.

Welcome Greg Terrill to the NEF Board of Trustees

We are very excited to have Greg Terrill, Division 5 Metalworks, Kalamazoo, MI, become a member of the NEF Board of Trustees. He just completed a six-year term as a fabricator director on the NOMMA Board of Directors.

Greg has been worked with miscella-neous metals for 20 years. He started as a shop fabricator during college and became

an estimator and project manager after graduating from college.

Greg started Division 5 Metal-works in January 2003.

He will be a great addition to the trustees.

Thank you and congratulations to Mark Koenke

Thank you to Mark for his con-tributions to NEF over the past year as the NOMMA representa-tive to the NEF board.

We look forward to working with Mark on the METALfab2015

education program. Also congratulations on his election as President of NOMMA for the coming year.

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Why not a fabricator?

Shop Talk

n Indeed, for part of this article, three fabricators tell us how each managed a glass/metal railing job. In last issue’s part , we examined the relatively low entry barrier for working with glass.

Part 2

By Jeff Fogel

It’s hard to beat the power of a good idea whose time has come. Sometimes, all you need do is suggest it.

Hyatt hotelCharles Leonard Steel, fabricatorTh e Hyatt Place hotel in Portland, ME, wanted a railing

installed on a rooft op deck that off ered a view of the ocean but kept the guests safe from the edge.

Architects created a plan for a steel railing with mesh sides. It would be sturdy, attractive, and if you squinted in just the right light, you could make out something that looked kind of blue and watery.

Leonard Severini, owner, Charles Leonard Steel, Concord,

NH, (www.charlesleonardsteelservices.com) pitched the job with a suggestion: Why not use glass?

It would be strong, attractive, and you wouldn’t have to squint to see the sea. He even had a scale model.

It was an idea whose time had come. Th e suggestion is now a reality enjoyed by the guests and employees of the Hyatt Place.

Here’s how it unfolded. In January 2014, Severini got wind of the job in Portland and contacted the general contractor with a bid. In the following interview, Sever ini pitched his glass idea, something they were familiar with.

Th e architects demurred; the client had spoken, and the job was offi cially a glass railing installation.

Th e fi eld measurements revealed a challenge. Th e roof was plain asphalt with no hard points on which to anchor

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the railing shoe. Th e modifi cation incorporated a

stainless steel tube welded to anchor points that were drilled down through the roof. Th e railing shoe would then be attached to the tube. Beyond the scope of a glazier, this required fabrica-tion skills from the start.

Severini is a fan of dry glaze sys-tems. “Th ey’re much less labor inten-sive,” he explains, “Th ey’re fast. It takes

us, on average, about two minutes and 12 seconds per pane.”

But who’s counting? Customers are. “Th ey’ll save about one half the time

(that you would spend on a wet glaze system). So we can pass on some of that savings to the customer,” Severini says.

In addition to being a cost savings, Severini says dry glaze is an advantage in getting new business. “We bring samples.”

A dry glaze necessityAs it is critical in the dry glaze sys-

tem to get the shoe absolutely plumb and level, a digital level was used. Th e C.R. Laurence (CRL; www.crlaurence.com) system shoes come in standard 10-foot lengths, and cutting is simple. As with the base tubing, the more criti-cal angles were done in the shop, while the straight cuts were done on site.

Meanwhile, back in Concord, NH, four crates of ½-inch tempered glass awaited delivery to Portland, ME, where they were to be lift ed by crane to the rooft op of the Hyatt Center.

Each piece of the glass, purchased from Solar Seal, Easton, MA (www.solarseal.com), had been marked for position and size, a time-saving step because the glass comes with a bow on one edge, much like the “crown” found on most framing lumber, to be used for joists. Th e marking made it easier to line up the curvature when the sections were aligned in the shoe.

Show the logoAs suggested by most codes, the logo

was displayed. Because of the necessity of aligning the bow on the top, the logo was uniformly displayed at the lower right-hand corner of each glass section, which is in accordance with most codes.

As each panel was positioned in the shoe, the C.R. Laurence system was engaged to lock the glass in place. “You use a (proprietary) ratcheting tool that comes with the system,” says Sever-ini, “four or fi ve turns and then you hear ‘click’ and that’s how you know it’s engaged. If you have to remove the glass, you just remove the gasket and reverse ratchet.”

Th e gasket Severini speaks of is a simple rubber piece that is added aft er the glass is in place to provide weather protection for the exterior installation.

Th e shoe is then covered by a stain-less steel cladding for additional pro-tection and appearance. Th e cladding came pre-fi nished and was attached by silicone caulking to the shoe.

Th e fi nal touch was a cap rail along the top of the glass panels. Th is was also a pre-fi nished stainless steel.

Th e entire project, comprising 170 linear feet of glass railing, took three days.

A weatherproofi ng rubber gasket is added after the glass is locked into position, left. A proprietary ratcheting tool makes it simple to secure the glass, right.

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Carnegie HallSRS Inc., fabricatorAn article in the March-April 2014

O&MM Fabricator posed the question, with regard to glass railing installation: “Why not a fabricator?”

SRS Inc., Metuchen, NJ, (www.srs-metals.com) answers that with

another question: “Why not a fabrica-tor and a glazier?

SRS’s glass railing installation at New York’s famed Carnegie Hall was a coop-erative effort between SRS and W&W Glass LLC, Nanuet, NY (http://wwglass.com/wwglass). SRS President Rich Blatman says a symbiotic relationship

between fabricator and glazier is not only possible but desirable.

A terrace jutting from the side of Carnegie Hall called for a railing to separate sightseers and workers from the traffic 47 floors below.

Field measurement outlined a 107 x 131-foot area, which involved some

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creative thinking to attach the shoe base. A length of 3/16-inch stainless was anchored to the knee-wall struc-ture, and another length of 9½ x 3½-inch stainless angle material was anchored to the length of the terrace’s poured masonry wall. The shoe would be affixed to the angle material. The ½-inch angle stainless was brake-formed and drilled in SRS’s shop.

The terrace also had a structural bulkhead to which the stainless angle was attached with epoxy anchors. For extra strength and weather sealing, butyl caulking was squeezed into the interface between the angle stainless material and the terrace wall.

The epoxy exceptionNow, they were ready for the shoe.

A standard dry glaze shoe from CRL was used, with one modification. Instead of the basic CRL clamping system, an epoxy was poured into the shoe a la a wet glaze installation. W&W’s glaziers — and here is where the cooperative effort came into play — actually set the ½-inch tempered glass into the shoes.

Once the glass sections were placed, SRS’s fabricators took over again. Sec-tions of 16-gauge stainless steel cladding were cut and cold-bent at the shop, and brought on site to cover the shoe.

The finish on the cladding involved a smoothing over with a 180-grit, fol-lowed by a basic number 4 brushing.

A top cap was run across the upper edge of the glass. As Blatman says, a top cap is not only a good idea, it’s also code — IBC 2407.1.2 — which reads:

“Each handrail or guard section shall be supported by a minimum of three glass balusters or shall be supported to remain in place should one baluster panel fail.”

As Blatman explains, the idea is to provide a load bearing back-up in case any individual panel breaks. For exam-ple, if one panel fails, the two adjacent panels would remain in place, held there by the top cap to still provide some sep-aration between a person and the great beyond (see “A Code Contradiction,” by Tony Leto, Glass Magazine, December 12, 2008, http://bit.ly/1eBaUag).

Although SRS is capable of install-ing glass, their relationship with a glazier is a marriage of convenience. Blatman says the job goes more quickly with specialized labor.

And there is an added benefit. Often jobs are subbed to either a glazer or a fabricator. Thus, each can pull the other into a job. It’s a mutually advan-tageous referral system for new jobs.

Houston skyscraperBerger Iron Works, fabricatorOne Shell Plaza is a landmark in

Houston because it holds the unoffi-cial title of Houston’s first skyscraper. It’s 714-foot stature may seem ordinary by today’s standards, but it was built in 1971, before the global edifice complex was in full, ungovernable tilt.

Naturally, a 43-year-old building is of an age where the occasional facelift is in order. In this case, four ramps were built alongside of the two stair-cases leading to the building’s two main entrances. The plan called for glass railings to flank the ramps. Berger Iron Works Inc., Houston (www.bergeriw.com), was tapped for the job.

Gary Eckhardt, vice president of Berger Iron Works, is a stickler for accurate field measurement.

“Before we send it to the drafting department, we measure one way, then measure from the opposite direction. If you don’t come out to within 1/8 inch of each other, then you’ve go something wrong,” says Eckhardt.

“You’ve got to have a check. With ornamental jobs and you’re working with stainless or brass, for instance, one piece can pay for your time if you don’t have to replace it because of a mistake,” he says.

That goes especially for glass. “Glass has tolerances,” explains Eckhardt. He’s referring to the nominal sizes from the manufacturer. “It’s essential to measure the glass. It could be as much as 1/8-inch off, depending on the thickness of the piece. On 3/16-inch glass, there could be as much as a ¼ inch discrepancy.”

Since so many subcontractors are going to 3/4-inch glass these days because of it’s added strength, as much as a 3/16-inch difference can exist between the nominal glass thickness and the actual thickness..

That can add up. And it can add up to some rather large disconnects in the installation. Mostly, it means the glass will be longer. When one speaks of a tolerance, it’s a plus/minus thing. Most

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For the Shell job, Eckhardt wanted the 3/4-inch tempered glass to be pre-cut to exact lengths, and he was willing to pay extra for it. The trouble is, most glass purveyors didn’t think the money was worth the trouble.

But Craftsman Fabricated Glass (www.craftsmanfab.com) in Houston was game. For a $150 premium, per pane, they cut the glass to the precise dimensions required by Berger. The trimming was confined to the bottom of the glass so any roughness would be concealed by the shoe. But it was still an onerous task, and one that Crafts-man would not be willing to repeat.

The standard aluminum shoes were

purchased from C.R. Laurence. A wet glaze of basic Portland cement was poured to hold each glass section. The glass came with the typical bow, or crown, on the top edge, which was a consideration while fitting the sections together. Although no cap was called for at the time, the building’s owner has since asked Berger Iron Works to install caps.

In retrospect, Eckhardt feels the job was a cautionary tale about acquiescing too easily to every demand of the archi-tects. In this case, the architects’ fetish for such precise tolerances proved to problematical and costly.

“The lesson is that you don’t agree to something that’s outside the standards of what you’re building,” says Eckhardt,

“You work with the tolerances the man-ufacturer tells you you have.”

Even the 15–20% premium that Craftsman had to charge for the fine cutting of each piece wasn’t even worth it to the glass company. Hence, their reluctance to repeat that service.

The moral is, if common sense or experience tell you that a certain spec-ification will be more trouble than it’s worth, tell the customer. And be firm. Ultimately everyone will be happier. Including the customer.

Lesson learnedThe lessons learned from these three

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“The best one hour class I have taken anywhere . . . ever!,” said Dave White, Jr. of Locinox USA, Countryside, IL.

Th ose remarks about METALfab2014 keynote speaker Sam Richter hit the mark with the standing-room-only audience ready to soak in useful information at NOMMA’s annual educa-tion seminars, trade show, awards banquet, and shop tours.

Richter’s talk last March focused on how fabricators can make a strong fi rst impression with customers by knowing more about them. He stressed that fabricators can use Internet search tools to discover customer personnas before you meet them.

Richter showed attendees how to use simple Boolean search techniques to narrow search so that the results are on target.

Webopedia (http://bit.ly/1p0Cl1l) defi nes Boolean search as a search engine technique that allows users “to combine keywords with operators such as AND, NOT and OR to fur-ther produce more relevant results.”

One type of Boolean search is combining words with the Boolean operator “AND.” In the Webopedia example of “hotel” AND “New York,” the search result would be limited only to documents containing those two words. Richter also noted other operators, such as +, OR, -, (i.e. AND, OR, NOT) with or without quotation marks to manipulate our search. Placing quotation marks around a phrase will result in pulling docu-ments that contain that exact phrase.

Richter told attendees how he prepared for a client meeting by searching for articles about the company and found that the client had just won an industry award. He opened his conver-sation congratulating the client, who apparently was impressed that Richter had done his homework. He won the job.

He suggested that if you can use the Internet to do your research more eff ectively, then you can open your personal or phone conversation with information that might give you a competitive advantage.

As a live example, Richter used new NOMMA President Mark Koenke and NEF Co-Chair Lynn Parquette. He pro-ceeded to tell attendees details about the two of them that he had uncovered that was both amusing and impressive.

100 attend shop toursAlways a METALfab highlight, shop tours planned by Rob

Rolves of Foreman Fabricators this year had more than 100 members joining the day-long activity (photos, page 2).

Th e tour’s fi rst stop was at Mittler Bros. Machine & Tool. A Platinum Sponsor of METALfab2014. Mittler provided a bar-beque lunch and tour hosted by Mike Mittler. Attendeses saw the MB 63 World Truck Series entry. Th is truck recently ran 190 mph at Daytona.

Keynote theme: Know your customer better

Keynote speaker Sam Richter, in center of top photo, was a hit. He is shown with Carl Grainger, Grainger Iron Works, at left, and Mark O’Mally, O’Malley Welding & Fabricating Inc.

Checking out a galvanizing operation at AZZ Galvanizing during the shop tours, middle photo. From left, Mason Hains and Max Hains, Mofab Inc.; Clinton Shaw, AZZ Galvanizing; and David Gore, La Forge De Style LLC.

METALfab is all about networking and sharing, bottom photo. Pedro Vasquez and Marco Vasquez, Vesquez Custom Metals Inc; Rachel Miller, Spirit Ironworks; and Steven Thompson, Chicago Metal Rolled Products Co.

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Th e next stop, L.E. Sauer Machine Co. has expanded its CNC machining capabilities and added laser cutting, fabricating, and heat treating. Now the company has almost complete in-house control of the production of Sauer Sys-tem parts and is a single source supplier for many customers. Sauer is a large operation with many production areas. One project on display was a bronze cast bust of Prescott Bush that soon will be displayed at the Pentagon.

Classic Metal Craft Inc. was next. Welcomed by owner Peter Zadro zin-ski, CMC off ers a range of products from standard wrought-iron fenc-ing and handrails to custom-designed hand-forged decorative ironwork. Th e company had a circular stair rail in the works. Th ey do a lot of advertising in the local home and garden magazine.

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Roger Carlsen, above at left, moderated a roundtable discussion on employee skills and pre-testing. Panelists included, left to right, James Minter Jr., Bruce Boyler, Curt Witter, Will Keeler, and Mike Boyler.

J.R. Molina, Big D Metalworks, hands over the NOMMA presidency to Mark Koenke, Germantown Iron & Steel Corp.

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Staffi ng the Top Job Gallery voting table. Bruce Rienks, Evans Metal Products Co., left, and Rod Lambirth, Rod Iron Rod Inc.

Attendees enjoy the Saturday night awards banquet.

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Klahm & Sons wins industry’s top metal craftsmanship award

Klahm & Sons Inc., Ocala, FL, received the Mitch Heitler Award for Excellence, the industry’s highest award for craft smanship.

Th e international Ernest Wiemann Top Job competition, from which the Heitler Award is chosen from among all the Top Job gold award winners, is sponsored by NOMMA. It is open to the more than 500 NOMMA members in the U.S. and seven foreign countries.

Both the Heitler and the Top Job awards were presented during NOMMA’s 56th annual convention in St. Charles, MO, March 16.

Klahm, a NOMMA member since 1978, also received the Top Job gold award for an entry submitted in the “Gates/Doors — Forged” cate-gory: a pair of gates that feature a double-sided design. Adorning the intricate gates are leaves, lilies, roses, banana leaves, and fl owers, which are all hand forged from sheet aluminum. Each entryway contains about 1,000 pollen stems, and each stem was hand hammered and bent.

Voting in the NOMMA Top Job awards contest is held annually in conjunction with the association’s con-vention. Entrants submit photographs and a description of their work. Th is material is publicly displayed without identifying the entrant, and NOMMA members vote for the “Top Job” in each category. Th e Mitch Heitler award, which is given once annually, is

selected among the gold winners.View the winning entry, at http://

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Old Jacksonville Rd., Ocala, FL, 352-622-6565, www.klahmandsons.com.

National Ornamental Metal Museum wins contribution award

Th e National Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis, TN, has received the Julius Blum Award given to orga-nizations or individuals that make out-standing contributions to the ornamen-tal and miscellaneous metals industry.

Th e award was presented during NOMMA’s 56th annual convention in St. Charles, MO, March 15.

Originally conceived at a NOMMA convention in 1975, the museum opened its doors in 1979 and has both

educated the public and served the industry for 35 years.

An honorary NOMMA lifetime member, the museum features a smithy, library, restoration center, and foundry, in addition to galleries and a gift shop.

Th e museum’s apprenticeship pro-grams, class, public education, lec-tures, and research help advance and


Jack and Becky Klahm, Klahm & Sons Inc., proudly show their Top Job awards.

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promote the trade.Both NOMMA and the Metal Museum have a

long collaborative history. NOMMA has held events at the museum, including continuing education classes, service days, and a board meeting in 2012.

In addition to the dedicated staff , the award hon-ors past staff members, the board of trustees, the museum’s founders, and all past donors.

Th e award’s namesake, Julius Blum, was the founder of Julius Blum & Co. Inc. Blum had a strong love for the ornamental metal industry and worked diligently for its cause until his death in 1942.

Award recipients are chosen by the NOMMA Nominations Committee. Julius Blum recipients are typically volunteers or organizations that “always do more than is necessary — and keep doing it!”

Contact Th e Metal Museum, 374 Metal Museum Dr., Memphis, TN 38106, 877-881-2326, www.metalmuseum.org.

Tony Leto receives Frank A. Kozik outstanding volunteer award

Tony Leto, Th e Wagner Compa-nies, Milwaukee, received the Frank A. Kozik Award for outstanding vol-unteer service to the ornamental and miscellaneous metals industry during NOMMA’s 56th annual convention in St. Charles, MO, March 15.

Leto’s contributions to NOMMA and the indus-try include serving on NOMMA’s Technical Aff airs Team. He is past chair of the Technical Committee and NOMMA Value Task Force. He has sat on these committees and task forces: Certifi cation, Needs Assessment, Marketing, and Marketing Manager Search Team. Leto gives webinars and leads educa-tion sessions, at METALfab shows and chapter meetings.

In his current role on the Technical Aff airs team, he monitors railing-related incidents around the world and provides technical assistance to members and architects. Notably, he was a key player in NOM-MA’s eff orts to remove the “climbable guard” lan-guage from the 2001 International Residential Code.

Leto has also held positions with the National Association of Architectural Metal Manufacturers.

Th e award’s namesake, Frank A. Kozik, was NOMMA’s fi rst president. Kozik set an example for exceptional volunteerism by continuing to stay active in the industry long aft er he rotated off the board.

Contact Th e Wagner Companies, Milwaukee, WI 53224, 888-243-6914, www.wagnercompanies.com.


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Keith Majka wins Silver Star Membership Award

Keith Majka, Majka Railing Co Inc., Paterson, NJ, received the NOMMA President’s Silver Star Mem bership Award dur-ing the association’s 56th annual convention in St. Charles, MO, March 15.

Majka, NOMMA’s newly elected vice president and trea-surer, won the honor for consistently sponsoring members. He and his staff regularly provide membership leads to NOMMA. Th rough his presidency of the Northeast Chapter, Majka oft en shares the benefi ts of membership.

J.R. Mo lina, Big D Metalworks, Dallas, TX, and NOMMA’s immediate past president said of Majka:

“When I think of this award I think of some of NOMMA’s past membership chairs like the late Ernest Wiemann and the late Ed Mack, who worked tirelessly for years to build our membership.

“Last year at METALfab 2013 in Albuquerque, [Majka] could be seen working behind-the-scenes through-out the week. When some volunteers were not able to make METALfab, [he] fi lled in the gaps. And he is like this with all aspects of NOMMA. When there is a need, he steps up. His entire family and staff also have a strong spirit of volunteerism, whether it is helping out at METALfab or providing the legwork for a chapter meeting.”

Contact Majka Railing Co., Pat-erson, NJ 07501, 973-247-7603, www.majkarailing.com.

O’Malley presented with Cliff Brown honor

Mark O’ Mal-ley, O’Malley Weld-ing & Fabricating Inc., Yorkville, IL, received the Cliff Brown Award at a during NOMMA’s 56th annual convention in St.

Charles, MO, March 15.Presented by the NOMMA Educa-

tion Foundation (NEF) for achieve-ment in metalworking education, O’Mal ley has long supported the NEF.

“Whether he is creating educa-tion programs for the Upper Midwest Chapter, presenting at METALfab, sharing his knowledge on NOMMA ListServ, or serving on the NOMMA Board of Directors, he is always think-ing about the industry he loves and supports with his knowledge,” said Roger Carlsen, NEF co-chair.

When a close friend and NOMMA Board member passed away, O’Malley created the Todd Kinnikin Grant that allows members to attend METALfab.

“No matter what the request, he is always willing to help, even invit-ing a new member into his shop to see how he works,” Carlsen said during the presentation.

Th e Cliff Brown Award is named for the founder of Hallmark Iron Works, Newington, VA, whose com-pany has provided an annual donation to the NEF since 2002.

Contact O’Malley Welding & Fab-ricating Inc., Yorkville, IL 60560, 630-553-1604, www.omalleywelding.com.


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2014 Ernest Wiemann Top Job Winnersn Winners received their awards at NOMMA’s annual banquet. Congratulations!

See the Top Job winners at the NOMMA Flickr account http://bit.ly/1oXpnS2.

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Above, Rob Keeler chats with Guy LaPore, Abrasive & Fastening Solutions.

Above right, attendees enjoy a demonstration during the exhibits.

Right, Anthony Miller, C & C Industrial Sales.

Above, Terry Spatz Coleman, left, Sumter Coatings, and Brian Maddox, NOMMA marketing manager.

Top left, the ETemplate Systems team gives a demonstration.

Left, Pam Beckham of Mittler Bros. Machine & Tool displays a notching system.


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CML USA Inc.Ercolina’s 050KD is ideal for bend-

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n If you were not able to attend METALfab, the only trade show for the ornamental and miscellaneous metals indust ry, here’s a sampling of the product s you missed, as well as a few words from the attending exhibitors.

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as small as two times diameter. Th e company says operator friendly control programs bend angles to 180° with individ-ual spring back setting.

Contact 563-391-7700, www.ercolina-usa.com

King Architectural MetalsVolume 4 of King Metals’ Design

Concepts Catalog is now available in print, CD and online, the company says. Th is 464-page book contains inspirations for staircases, railings, gates, fences, interior and exterior décor, and more — each with a down-loadable .dwg fi le when you request a free CD or visit the online catalog at http://bit.ly/1mT4up1.

Contact 800-542-2379, www.kingmetals.com

Architectural Iron Designs Inc. DuraGates Cantilever Gate

Hardware works for openings of up to 60 feet and a weight of more than 4,000 pounds. It is easy to install and durable with minimal visible hardware that avoids many of the usual main-tenance and effi ciency problems due to dust and snow, the company says. Th e hardware can be used on a variety of gate materials including steel, alumi-num, stainless steel, wood, chainlink, and vinyl. Th e prod-ucts are manufactured in Italy by Fratelli Comunello sPA.

Contact 800-784-7444, www.duragates.com

The Cable Connection

Th e company says since it saves labor time to drill both end posts of a cable railing installation to the same dimen-sions, Ultra-tec is now off ering Pull-Lock swageless fi ttings for 1½ -, 2-, 23/8 -, and 3-inch square tube. Th ese Pull-Locks match the OD and length of the Invisiware Receiver ten-sioning devices used at the other end. Both end fi ttings fi t fl ush through their respective tube with only the outside cap showing. Pull-Locks are made entirely of stainless steel, pri-marily Type 316, for 1/8 inch and 3/16 inch cable.

Contact 800-851-2961, www.thecableconnection.com

Colorado WaterJet Co.Abrasive Waterjet

can cut near-net or fi nal shapes, including holes, out of any material, any

thickness, without creating a heat-aff ected zone. Standard tolerances are ±0.010 inch for thickness up to 2 inches. Tighter tolerances of ±0.005 or better are achievable. Th e cut is smooth with no burr or slag. Th e cutting envelope is 78 x 156 x 8 inches. Th e new Dynamic XD Waterjet machine can cut without taper, yielding much higher precision than standard waterjet, the company says. Angles can be cut up to 45° to make bevels, countersinks, and angled holes.

Contact 970-532-5404, www.coloradowaterjet.com

Mittler Bros. Machine & ToolTh e company off ers a

single-speed Ultimate Tube Notcher for stairs, gates, and furniture work. Among the features, the company says, are: special end mills for 1.25-, 1.5-, and 2-inch pipe, which are designed for fast metal removal; vise capacity that can be upgraded from 0.75 inch to 2.375 inches; swivel vise with 1° increments; a V-block design for quick setup; maxi-mum diameter 2 inches OD standard vise, 2.375 inches OD upgraded vise.

Contact 800-467-2464, www.mittlerbros.com

Lavi IndustriesPrefabricated cable railing

posts simplify installation and eliminate welding. Th e com-pany off ers an aff ordable, low maintenance, and easy-to-in-stall railing option for resi-dential or commercial appli-cations, the company says. Durable and virtually invisible, they allow for unimpaired views. Th ey are available with many options, such as fl oor or facia mount, 36 inches or 42 inches post height, 1/8 -inch or 3/16-inch cable, and numerous handrail options.

Contact 800-888-2418, www.railings.lavi.com

Feeney Inc.Th e company’s CableRail

Quick-Connect fi ttings fea-ture a swiveling body allowing full cable tensioning in a more compact design. Th e patented, automatic-locking Quick-Con-nect jaws provide the fl exibil-ity and economy of assembling cables in the fi eld. Simply insert the cable into the fi tting and the spring-loaded jaws lock-on automatically, the company says. Th ey are made from 316-grade stainless steel with a tumbled

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satin fi nish for weather-tough durability, low maintenance. Contact 800-888-2418, www.feeneyinc.com

C & C Industrial Sales Th e company distributes a variety

of liquid and powder fi nishing equip-ment, spray booths, ovens, and fi lters. Th e Ransburg No. 2 Gun, an applicator for on-site fi nishing, off ers high transfer effi ciency, better productivity, reduction of operator fatigue, and higher quality fi nishes, the company says. Typical uses include metal furniture, lockers, fences, railings, tubing, and fi le cabinets.

Contact 855-ASK-CCIS, www.ccisinc.com

Alloy Casting Co. Inc. Alloy Casting Co.

produced the curved panel, part 9974. It was cast fl at in a pro-prietary bendable alloy, EC5. Aft er pouring, the panel was bent on a 3-foot radius, the company says. Dimensions are 26 x 26 x 3/4 thick; weight 14 pounds. It meets the 4-inch code.

Contact 800-527-1318, www.alloynet.com

The Wagner CompaniesWagner’s Slip-Fit Systems

use stock or custom Wag-ner rail ends, wall returns, fl anges, and pre-cut pipe that make assembly and installation quick and easy, the company says. Assem-ble and mount wall railing in a fraction of the time required for a welded railing with no unsightly gaps at butt joints, the company says. It also meets the graspability requirements of 2010 ADA. Combined with Lumenrail light sticks and hard-ware, you can create an LED lighted handrail assembly.

Contact 888-243-6914, www.wagnercompanies.com

Regency Railings Th e company off ers components for

any staircase regardless of radius, slope, and any level railing regardless of radius with the following limitations. Regency’s components are designed for use on any incline radius greater than 30 inches and inclines of 52° or less. Th e level railing components were designed for a radius

greater than 28 inches. Use on a tighter radius or greater degree of incline might require signifi cant modifi cation to allow installation and to pass codes, the company says.

Contact 214-742-9408, www.regencyrailings.com

ETemplate Systems ELaser is the combination of

state-of-the-art 3D laser tech-nology and custom designed Measure Manager soft ware that generates a 2D/3D CAD model as measurements are taken. Th e laser includes live video, photog-raphy for jobsite documentation, and zoom lens with cross-hair for precise targeted measurements up to 150 feet. It is suited for elevated or distant measurements as well as short range. It operates with Wi-Fi, and projects DXF data onto jobsite surfaces for installation layout, the company says.

Contact 919-676-2244, www.ETemplateSystem.com

Lawler FoundryTh e newest addition to the Law-

ler Gold Medal Hardware line is the Mammoth Self Closing Hinge, a hydraulic swing gate closer and bear-ing hinge in one aluminum housing and stainless steel mechanism. Th e Mammoth is ADA compliant, opens smoothly, and closes gates up to 330 pounds and 4-feet wide. Closing speed and fi nal closing action are independently adjustable, and it mounts easily with patented Quick-fi x hardware, the company says.

Contact 800-624-9512, www.lawlerfoundry.com

Sumter Coatings Inc.Metal Master Satin Shield Enamel

is a modifi ed resin blended with rust inhibiting pigments to provide a one-coat primer/fi nish especially for ornamental and miscellaneous met-als, the company says. Satin Shield is direct-to-metal and fast dries hard in 24 hours. In an assortment of colors, it is lead and chrome-free and can be used as a prime coat and/or top coat. Satin Shield can be used over most primers. Th e low gloss reduces damage caused by rough handling.

Contact 888-847-3662, www.sumtercoatings.com

HeboHebo Ornamental Machines can work with steel, alu-

minum, copper, bronze, brass, and stainless. Twist up to

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1.25-inches steel cold and 1.5-inches aluminum. � e scroll machine can scroll up to ¾ x ¾ -inches solid steel cold. � e embossing attachment can hammer up to 2 x 2-inches tubing and up to 1 x 1-inches solid square, and texture � at bar up to ⅜ x 2 inches, the company says. � e end-forg-ing attachment can forge solid square material up to 1 x 1 inch and � at bar up to ⅜ x 2 inches. � e hydraulic table has a 24-ton capacity that allows you to bend multiple sizes of steel cold.

Contact 503-722-7700, www.usahebo.com

Industrial CoverageUnder the guidance of

NOMMA, Industrial Cov-erage has created a specialty insurance plan o� ered exclusively through Fore-most Small Business, the company says. � e com-pany can quote your workers comp, general liability, auto, umbrella, and property insurance.

Contact 631-736-7500 x120, http://industrialcoverage.com

Guardian Gate Hardware

� e company’s Guardian and Gorilla hinges (as well as aluminum and aluminum/steel combos) may be mounted � at, round, or bolted on. Guardian hinges are fully lubricated, rated up to 3,000 pounds per pair. Guardian and Gorilla hinges have a roller bearing design with the largest weld sur-face, the company says. Gorilla hinges’ pin design works for high-security applications, such as detention centers and lux-ury homes. Hinges come with a lifetime limited warranty.

Contact 800-213-9525, http://guardiangatehardware.com

LiftMaster � e Li� Master

LA500 Residential Gate Operator runs on full-time AC power and uses full battery reserve for operation on battery backup. Equipped with MyQ Technology, users can monitor and control their gate from anywhere with a smartphone. Security+ 2.0 technology eliminates interfer-ence and provides up to 2x the range of standard remotes, the company says. An Electronic Limit System maintains accurate position throughout gate travel and Advanced Traf-� c Management Control prevents unauthorized gate access. Compactly designed, the LA500 features an AC run trans-former powered by either 120V or 230V single-phasepower for added installation � exibility.

Contact 630-516-5329, www.li� master.com

D.J.A. Imports Ltd.D.J.A. says it “is not your

typical distributor.” It has “an eclectic catalog of prod-ucts.” As a nationwide dis-tributor, it “supports high quality products.”

D.J.A. continues to diver-sify its inventory with a large selection of Cantilever Gate Systems for sliding gates, adjustable hinges, heavy duty overhead tracks, ornamental steel components, hard-to-� nd bar stock, and “golf ” components.

As an architectural steel and gate hardware distributor, and by bringing together artisans and ideas from across the world for your projects, D.J.A. provides industrial, com-mercial, and residential solution. Its newest component is the “Aluminum Split Shoe.” An installation demo may be viewed at DJAImports.com.

Contact 718-324-6871djaimports.com

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n McLellan Blacksmithing’s Top Job shows confi dence in ability, tools, and crew to quick-think the completion a fast -tracked, forged gate job.

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corners and slide latch.

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By John McLellan

In late May 2012, the architect for a residence in Santa Fe, NM, approached McLellan Blacksmithing, Loomis, CA, about a job for a set of forged gates and side panels to be installed at the end of a hall-way into an inner courtyard. Because we were 1,200

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miles away from Santa Fe, I asked the architect how he found out about us. He said he saw my name in the Anvil’s Ring, the publication for Art-ist Blacksmith’s Association of North America (ABANA).

Apparently, the original black-smith slated to do this job was going out of the country for an extended period, and the owner wanted the gate finished before he moved in. The architect had contacted numerous out-fits, but none thought they could get it done in time. At that point, it was about four weeks. I told them to send me the drawings and I’d take a look.

I got the drawings from the archi-tect by email the next day and reviewed the design. The concept was simple, but the execution would not be. The design was for a 12-foot-wide opening that was divided evenly into four pan-els: two gates and two side panels.

Using FabCAD, John McLellan drew the details for approval. “A lot of the functional details were pretty sketchy from the architect,” he says. At left, hinge detail. Below, section detail. Bottom, the entry gate interior.

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Th e end vertical pieces were 1-inch-square bar on each panel with 7/8 -inch-square bar vertical pieces spaced about 4 inches apart in between. Each piece had 16 holes punched through it to allow the passage of 7/8 -inch-square bars about 4 inches apart. Th e top and bottom rails were ½ x 2-inch fl at bar that were riveted to the vertical pieces.

A sagging challengeImmediately I saw a problem with

the gates: Th ey would have a tendency to sag signifi cantly. Moreover, the owner wanted the gates to be tradi-tional with no arc welding.

I sent the architects revised draw-ings showing ways to modify the design slightly to eliminate the sag. Th e owner was in London, how-ever, and couldn’t be reached eas-ily to approve changes. Th e architect insisted we keep the original design. I gave him a price and sent a contract noting that the gates would likely sag. At that point, we were down to about three weeks before the deadline.

Th en I waited for a few days for the architect to settle things with the owner. Th e owner called me from a restaurant in London and wanted a guarantee that we would be done on time. I told him he could keep the last payment of $8,000 if we didn’t com-plete it on time. We were stuck with the sag problem because the architect didn’t want to raise the issue.

Gathering the crewFortunately, this job came up when

no one had much work. I assembled a crew of experienced blacksmiths, all members of the California Blacksmith Association and ABANA — Mark Aspery, School of Blacksmithing, Springville, CA; John Barron, Barron Creations, Georgetown, CA; Dennis Dusek, Th e Artistic Blacksmith, Pla-cerville, CA; and Brett Moten, Infi nity Forge, Reno, NV to start, and Mark Kochen, Placerville, CA, joined in the second week. Th ey would work with my normal crew.

And just to make things interesting, I tore the rotator in my left shoulder a couple days before I fl ew to Santa Fe to measure . . . so I couldn’t use my left arm for much . . . and I’m left handed.

Two weeks to goAft er the owner approved the job, I

fl ew to Santa Fe. Now, we were down to two weeks. Th e house looked like a tra-ditional adobe structure but wasn’t. It was insulated concrete forms fi lled with concrete plastered on the outside of the walls with adobe. Th e fl oors were brick set in sand, and they were perfectly fl at. Th e workmanship on this project was some of the best I’ve ever seen.

Th e general contractor helped me measure everything, but I could have

Immediately I saw a problem with the gates: Th ey would have a tendency to sag signifi cantly. . . . We were st uck with the sag problem because the architect didn’t want to raise the issue.

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saved the trip. The measurements he’d sent me earlier were spot on, no sur-prises. We discussed the installation plans, and I flew home to get started.

The issue now was how were we going to accomplish this in two weeks? We threw around numerous ideas to shortcut it.

Waterjet cutting the vertical pieces seemed like a viable way to speed things up. I got a waterjet outfit in Sacramento to cut parts for us, but it wasn’t working well. They weren’t coming out clean, and it was taking too long. Right away, we gave up on having them cut the holes, just the outside profile.

We found cutting the outer shape didn’t provide any advantage because of the time it takes to cut such long, thick pieces on the waterjet. To get them in a reasonable time, they had to speed up the cut and the quality went downhill fast. My shop guys spent days cleaning up the bars before we could start the holes.

We found a much better way was to use 7/8 x 1½-inch bars and forge down to 7/8 inch square between the holes with a power hammer — much cleaner and faster.

We wanted to use an ironworker to punch the rough holes, but 7/8-inch-square holes through 7/8-inch and 1-inch, thick material wasn’t really going to work.

From previous experimenting, I’d found that drilling a ½-inch hole through the bars allowed the punch to go through the material easily, even though we were using 5/8 x 3/4 punches — smaller holes than the material thickness (a “no-no” in punching holes with an ironworker).

Punching square slots on the iron-worker allowed us to go a lot quicker once we got the pieces in the forge. We didn’t have to worry about lining up the punch or finding where the next hole would go. I did some test pieces

Cleaning up the sides of a hole with a drift in it. Mark Aspery, background, is heating bars. Brett Moten, left foreground, is holding the bar while Dennis Dusek, right foreground, is striking.

Adjusting between holes on the power hammer, below left: Dennis Dusek, left, and John Barron.


and made some gauges for the hole spacing so we could determine how much the bars would stretch to allow for that.

Th e Sacramento area in the sum-mer can be nice or really hot. Th e week we started forging was over 105° all week, but we settled into a routine quickly.

One crew member kept a hot piece ready all the time in the coke fi re. Th e coke fi re gave us the best heat, and we confi ned it to the area we were work-ing on. Another blacksmith pulled the pieces from the fi re and placed the punch, and two guys were strikers to drive the punch through.

With this system, we could punch and drift the hole to the correct size and adjust the length to the gauge in two heats per hole. Th ere were 512 holes to do.

One week to goBy the end of the fi rst week, we

had all the holes punched, and all the horizontal bars forged. Th ey had upset ends and were hammered for

texture. We thought we were doing well. How ever, we lost Mark to a serious burn when he grabbed a bar on the wrong end when it went back into the fi re. Easy to do at a black heat.

Assembling. Th en we started to assemble. Right away we discov-ered a big diff erence in length between hot and cold bars — even at only 4 inches apart on the holes. Th e gauge fi t perfectly when the bars were hot, but wouldn’t go when they were cold.

So, we stretched a bit between each hole. Th at was easy with the power hammer. Even though the gauge hit four holes at a time to maintain consis-tency, it wasn’t close enough. Th e holes could be off a ⅓ inch and still fi t the gauge, but over 16 holes, nothing fi t.

The solution. Pick one bar as the “best,” and then fi t each bar to the best

one so the horizontal pieces would run through them all. Unfortunately, that meant shrinking the distance by hammering on the end of the bar to make the hot area shorter and fatter between most of the holes to correct the lengths.

Enter new technology. We got an induction forge to heat between the holes. What a wonderful tool. We needed to get a good heat between the holes without getting the area around

All the vertical pickets ready to adjust


Assembling the gate.

Top left, left to right, Andrew McLellan, Brandt Peterson, and John Barron. John is driving in the horizontal pieces. Brandt and Andrew are spacing the vertical parts.

Dennis Dusek, top right, is upsetting the ends of the horizontal bars in the gates. The assembled panel in front is ready to be drilled and riveted.

Mark Kochan, left, is riveting the top bar on a gate.

the hole hot. A torch was a possibility, but the induction forge worked won-ders. We could get a good yellow heat for a couple inches between the holes in a minute or less. It took three days to get everything adjusted and ready to put together.

Four days to goTime was getting short, but we

were still on track. It was Thurs-day afternoon and the gate had to be installed by Tuesday. I needed two days to drive to Santa Fe with the gate, so I was hoping to get out of Loomis on Saturday.

New requirement. The architect called to say the owner wanted han-dles on the gate now. I got an extra day for that.

Now I’m frantically forging handles (my shoulder was marginally better; I could at least pick up a hammer) while the other crew was putting everything together by sliding all the horizontal bars through the vertical ones, drilling all the holes, and riveting everything together.

By Saturday afternoon, everything was assembled, but the finish still had to be done. Everyone was worn out by then. We worked straight through

since starting and the crew was ready to be done.

The finish. My shop crew had worked hard on this also, drilling holes, running the ironworker, wire wheeling everything so it was ready for the wax when we got the gates assembled, and keeping the other jobs in the shop going. I told them I’d take care of the finish and let everyone go home.

Brett Moten from Reno flew to Albuquerque to help me do the instal-lation. My son Patrick, who is my full-time shop foreman, came in Sunday morning to help wax everything and

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load the truck. Each panel weighed over 300 pounds, not easy to move around. By Sunday afternoon, I was finally on the road.

I made it to Kingman, AZ, to stop for the night. Monday morning I headed to Albuquerque to meet Brett. I had NOMMA member Don Best, who has a shop in Albuquerque pick him up at the airport because I wasn’t going to get in until late. I met Don at the NOMMA Convention in Tulsa, and he let us use his place as a base in case we needed a shop.

The real finish: InstallationOn our original deadline day, Tues-

day morning, we left for Santa Fe. We still had the one-day extension leaving us with two days for installation and to handle any new problems should

Induction forges heat small areas of a piece without affecting rest of itInduction heating offers a controlla-ble and localized method of heating without contact to the parts (compo-nents) being heated.

High-frequency electricity heats materials that are electrically conduc-tive.

Because this heating is non-con-tact, the process does not contami-nate the material being heated.

It is also efficient because the heat is generated inside the workpiece.

This can be contrasted with other heating methods by which heat is generated in a flame or heating ele-ment, which is then applied to the workpiece.

For these reasons, induction heat-ing lends itself to some unique appli-cations in industry.

How does induction heating work?

A source of high-frequency elec-tricity drives a large alternating cur-rent through a coil, known as the work coil.

The passage of current through this coil generates an intense and rap-idly changing magnetic field in the space within the work coil. The work-piece that is to be heated is placed

within this intense alternating mag-netic field.

What are the advantages?Induction forges are efficient at

heating small areas to a high tem-perature without having much effect

on the rest of the material. For processes such as forging

tenons on the end of a bar or mak-ing sharp bends where a longer heat would make the bend difficult to con-trol, an induction forge can’t be beat.

It is also has the fastest start-up time — less than a minute from turn-ing on the machine to having a part ready to forge.

— John McLellan

Front of induction unit. Foot pedal controls on-off or can be set up to turn on a set amount of time for each heat. Photos at right, show a piece inserted cold and the heat on this piece after about 30 seconds.


For your information

About the authorJohn McLellan is owner of McLellan Blacksmith-ing, Loomis, CA.

In the fourth grade, McLellan found a few old books and started playing with blacksmith-ing. In high school, he learned welding and horseshoeing, putting himself through college. McLellan continued as a farrier for 25 years, always working on small forged projects.

By the late 1980s the market for architectural metalwork was coming into full swing. McLellan got a con-tractor’s license and went to his first NOMMA convention in 1989.

McLellan is president of the Califor-nia Blacksmith Association and on the board of ABANA. His company, McLellan Blacksmithing, has four full-time em-ployees and a few part-time as needed.

nOn site: side panels and one gate installed. The contractor took out some bricks in the floor and poured footings for us to attach the posts to.

they arise. When we arrived at the site, the

landscaping crew helped carry the pieces in. We started by drilling the holes in the wall for the horizontal pieces. Then we set the posts and put in all the horizontal pieces in the side panels. They were left loose on the side panels to make them easier to install.

Once the horizontal pieces were in, we hung the gates.

With all the sweat and heartache we had invested in building the gates, we were amazed how well everything went. All the horizontal pieces in the gates lined up with the side panels when the gate was open. We weren’t sure that was going to happen.

Oh, about the saggingBy 3 p.m. we had it all in and every-

thing worked. The gate did sag, as pre-dicted, but it was less than 3/8 inch and didn’t interfere with the function. We messed with the finish a bit and showed the grounds maintenance person how to reapply the wax to maintain the fin-ish. By 5 p.m., we headed back to Don’s in Albuquerque to celebrate.

We got it done and didn’t need the extra day!


By Peter Hildebrandt

The skills that fabricators have are plentiful and the resources they have as NOMMA members are sig-nificant. A most useful resource is the members themselves. For while they are quite busy with their own work, many members never fail to help a member colleague in need.

One of the more lucrative benefits NOMMA offers is networking because it has resulted in job collaborations between two members.

One member, Past President J.R. Molina, Big D Metalworks, Dallas, even points out that aside from using the NOMMA website member locator, contacting Todd Daniel, NOMMA’s executive director, might yield the name of someone who can help you.

For a variety of reasons, members can’t always do an entire job by them-selves. Often a member’s first look is to another NOMMA member with whom to partner. Reticence is not an appropriate trait when looking for help. A member often can work more quickly, less expensively, or more effi-ciently with the help of another shop’s services, equipment, or work force. Simply typing a quick email or picking up the phone works wonders.

Let’s take a look at a few member collaborations, how they came to be, and what the specific benefits were.

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A partner for special workBailey Metal Fabricators,Keeler Iron Works

NOMMA Board of Director mem-ber Greg Bailey, Bailey Metal Fab-ricators, Mitchell, SD, worked with another NOMMA member and Immediate Past President Will Keeler, Keeler Iron Works, Memphis, TN, on a structural fall-protection framework that was shipped only 40 miles from Bailey’s location to Salem, SD.

For Keeler, the shipping cost alone from his Memphis shop would have been almost as much as what the proj-ect cost.

Keeler asked Bailey to bid on the project, and the two ended up working together. Bailey fabricated the proj-ect in his South Dakota shop and then shipped it to be galvanized in Omaha, NE, before shipping to the final loca-tion in Salem, SD. The shop in Omaha, Valmont Coatings, was the closest gal-vanizer that could do 50-foot material. The cost of the shipping was included in Bailey’s bid to Keeler. It would have been too expensive for Keeler to ship the 5,000 pounds of material from Memphis to South Dakota.


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Some of the pieces on this job were 50 feet long, something that typically cannot ship inexpensively, Bailey says.

“It seemed to work out well for both of us,” adds Bailey. “Th e work consisted of some structural beams and columns for a fall-protection device used in the process of loading semi trailers; if they fall when they’re working high above the ground, the lanyard will catch them.”

Bailey doesn’t have many resources close by because he is in a remote location. Other members have more of those resources closer. Th ey might have another fabricator in the same town that can do some of that forging, braking, rolling, and other tasks.

“I can’t say enough about NOMMA, it’s helped us a whole lot

because we don’t have the resources in this area that some of the other mem-bers have,” Bailey says. “But despite that, we still have access to those things, via NOMMA members, with-out a problem. I can get anything I want from another NOMMA member in a timely manner. It makes life easier for us and allows us to off er things that we normally would turn away.”

Taking over a jobBailey Metal Fabricators,Structural Components Fabrication

For another job, Bailey had a refer-ral from Darrell Jerden, Structural Components Fabrication, Martins-ville, IN, who he met in Orlando at a NOMMA convention aft er a shop tour at the meeting.

Later in 2012, Jerden had a contrac-tor friend from the Indianapolis, IN, area who was working in Sioux Falls, SD. Jerden contacted Bailey for struc-tural steel, installation, and other rail-ing work on a loading dock.

“He sent that contractor to us because we were local rather than trying to ship it from Indianapo-

lis to here,” explains Bailey. “Th is was a specialty remodel project involving a lot of fi eld-fi tting. He sent the project to us, and we fabricated the project here and went and installed it.”

Th is project came during a slow December. Th is was a nice project, Bailey says, because it came when they typically don’t have a lot of work.

Jerden describes this job as a simple operation: A contractor he’d worked with for 35 years in central Indiana had a job in South Dakota. Th e con-tractor wanted Jerden to provide the steel and install the job.

“It was a relatively small project that was going to be time-intensive . . . as well as something where we couldn’t do all the work at one time,” Jerden says.

“But it just didn’t make any sense for me to do that; I couldn’t aff ord the time it would require to do that job,” Jerden says. “I told [the contractor] I’d see if I could fi nd one of my NOMMA associates who would be interested in doing the job. I’d met Greg [Bailey] and his wife at a NOMMA convention and remembered that they were nearby. I called, sent them the drawings I had, and they said they’d be interested. Th e rest as they say is history.”

Jerden is doing another job for that same contractor who has nothing but positive things to say about Bailey and his crew, Jerden says.

“I didn’t make any money off this,” Jerden says, “but I kept my contractor happy, kept this relationship in place. I was the one that had the contact with the contractor; I was the ‘matchmaker’.”

Jerden believes that the interaction at NOMMA conventions is a key to establishing relationships. NOMMA members get to know each other, know what type of person they are, sit in seminars for hours at a time with them, and listen to one another talk about fabrication.

As a result, a member learns who is qualifi ed to do diff erent types of work. It is easy to suggest a valued client to a NOMMA brother, Jerden says,

Greg Bailey Will Keeler Darrell Jerden


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A job too farWiemann Metalcraft,Zimmermann & Hughes Landmark Design

Doug Bracken, Wiemann Metalcraft, Tulsa, OK, is also far from the coasts where there are many resources for fab-ricators. Bracken has come to truly rely on collaborative efforts with NOMMA member shops to grow his business.

In 1999, Chris Hughes, Zimmer-mann & Hughes Landmark Design, Hawley, PA, at that time a fellow NOMMA member, contacted Bracken, who had a substantially larger shop and crew than Hughes. But Hughes’ shop was closer to the east coast where many of Wiemann’s customers are located.

Over the next 14 years, Bracken has worked for them, and they have worked for Bracken, perhaps some 10 times on projects all over the country that are quite extraordinary, Bracken says.

Helping competitor: good willWiemann Metalcraft,DeAngelis Iron Work

In 2009, when Bracken was working near Boston on a large residential proj-ect, circumstances demanded modi-fication of an involved section of stair railing that would have to be done with heat in a proper shop. He called on his friend and former NOMMA board member Chris Connelly, DeAngelis Iron Work, South Easton, MA.

Bracken was working as a competi-tor in Chris’ own backyard.

“I called Chris and told him I was in the area and wanted to buy him lunch,” Bracken says. “Then I told him I was in a tough spot and needed a table in his shop for a day. Chris invited me into his shop to finish the work.

“We have a great relationship through our years of working together on the NOMMA board. Still, this [was] work we competed with him for, and yet he was kind to let me make the modifi-cations in his shop. I couldn’t have done it anywhere else,” Bracken says.

Whenever Bracken has been in a jam, he’s found partners through the NOMMA ListServ, a vibrant online question-and-answer discussion

5 partnership pointers and benefits1 Provide product samples so

the company you’re working with understands the quality of the work you are expecting to provide.

2 Collaboration helps when you’re in a bind. It could mean you can sell more product because Company XYZ can actually build this project for you.

3 Writing a contract for col-laborative work includes cover-ing the same things included in any other contract you deal with, some NOMMA members say. Members typically rely on people in their sales departments who already assemble such documents to do the same with a contract for collaborative work.

4 Some NOMMA members feel that collaborative efforts show non-members another

incentive for joining NOMMA. As NOMMA members, they can find additional work by forming relationships with other members.

5 NOMMA members have directly improved revenues by finding work partners via the association’s highly regarded inter-active programs:

n METALfab: the association’s annual convention and trade show.

n ListServ: the active online dis-cussion forum.

n Top Job competition: the entrants and award winners.

n Find a Member: a function on the NOMMA website.

n NOMMA committees and officers: meet people by volunteer-ing to serve.

n O&MM Fabricator magazine: reading this magazine for names of potential partners.


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forum only for members, and through the member locater on the NOMMA website. He also uses his knowledge of the entrants to NOMMA’s Top Job competition, people he’s met at con-ventions, and others who through his time with the association do work similar to his.

“I just network,” adds Bracken. “I pick up the phone and start calling people. We define the work in contrac-tual form; it’s just like subcontracting anything else, going to a machine shop or to some other vendor that’s doing some custom work for you. You’ve got to define the scope, put a price tag and time frame to it and keep everybody accountable.”

Benefits include developing rela-tionships with people who are in a similar industry and who understand each other’s strengths and weaknesses so that you can call on them when you need help; then they can call on you.

“Once you get [a collaborative job] behind you, the next makes more sense and is a better fit,” adds Bracken. “A col-la boration is not as strange the second or third time. That’s the benefit of build-ing stronger business relationships.”

Taking over a jobBig D Metalworks,Art’s Work Unlimited

J.R. Molina at Big D has used NOMMA members for project help. His company, though based in Dallas, works in Washington, California, the Carolinas, Atlanta, and Florida.

A recent project in Miami Beach involved a glass rail system that another company — not a NOMMA member — had installed. The cus-tomer wasn’t happy with the quality of work and contacted Big D to remove the existing rail, fabricate a better

one, and install it before the crowds of Cinco de Mayo revelers would make the work impossible — a tight sched-ule. Molina had actually bid on the project originally but did not win it because his price was too high.

The glass and cladding onsite had been fabricated improperly. Molina had to order glass that would not be ready for a week.

“But it didn’t make sense for us to send three guys back to Miami with the costs of traveling, per diem, hotels, and all that is involved with that to do eight hours of work,” Molina says. “We went to the NOMMA website, got on the member loca-tor, and found Art’s Work Unlimited, only a half hour away from the jobsite in Miami Beach.”

Molina knew the company did quality work, the type of work Big D is accustomed to doing. It worked out. Art’s Work Unlimited met the chal-lenges involved. And Big D sent only one employee to the jobsite from Texas, instead of three, and met the deadline.

Art’s Work Unlimited “saved us a great deal of money from traveling out that way,” Molina says. “It was a win-win for them, too, because they were only a half hour away from the proj-ect. [Art’s Work Unlimited] got taken care of for a day’s worth of work.”

Molina feels that without his affil-iation with NOMMA, Big D wouldn’t have the contacts necessary to help the company quickly find help. Though you can search the Internet for other fabricators, you won’t have the per-sonal history or experience with the fabricator that you get when you are a NOMMA member.

Recommendations get jobsBig D MetalworksAlamance Iron Works

Another collaborative project for Big D was in North Carolina. It dealt with 60 feet of glass rail, which was not a large enough project for Big D to travel to. For this job, Molina contacted NOMMA’s Todd Daniel who sent him a few North Carolina contacts.

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Partnering with your nonmember competition can be benefi cialHeirloom Stair & Iron,J.T. Cooper Studio

Ben Moseley, Heirloom Stair & Iron, Campobello, SC, and longtime NOMMA member has found good luck collaborating with local metal-working establishments — not neces-sarily NOMMA members.

Moseley understands that local fabricators may view themselves as competitors. He feels another way to view your competitor is as a resource for information or project help.

Every company has strengths and weaknesses, Moseley says. Moreover, he feels that for people to think they have all the strengths and your com-petition has all the weaknesses may not always be the best way to think about a rival business.

“Th ey’re in business and they’re making it for a reason; they are doing something right,” Moseley says.

“If you look at them and say ‘what kind of resources can I pull from them?’, if you are able to establish that relationship where they will trust you to work on a project with you rather than view you only from a negative aspect, [then] any smart business person will tell you competition is not a bad thing.”

Competition is good for the econ-omy, good for the client base, and good to help you stay sharp. View-ing competitors as a resource, not a threat, changes the entire dynamic of the relationship.

“Once you get past the ‘I’m the best there ever is’ attitude, you can take advantage of other resources,” adds Moseley.

One project that Moseley col labo-rated on was a huge light fi xture to a hotel in Vail, CO. A shop close to Moseley’s, J.T. Cooper Studio, Tryon, NC, actually won the project but were unable to fi nish it. Th ey are copper-smiths, and since they were awarded the bid on the project, they were able to involve Moseley. J.T. Coo per Stu-dio had a good reputation and is UL Listed, which Moseley is not.

On this particular job, J.T. Coo-

per Studio brought their all-hand-forged, 8-foot-diameter chandelier to Moseley. “J.T. Cooper Studio didn’t have the background to forge out the steel for this structure, being a coppersmith,” explains Moseley. “We in turn, did not have the know-how or the UL Listing to do the electrical wiring on this fi xture.”

Th is entire project was built and fabricated within Moseley’s shop.

Since the completion of the light fi xture, Moseley has collaborated on several proj-ects. If a light fi xture needs to be UL-certifi ed, he can get that for a customer because J.T. Cooper Studio will now wire and certify the fi xtures for him. Moseley now has a new product to sell — UL Listed lights.

“Th at’s been phenomenal for our business to be able to ride his coat-tails so to speak and sell projects that I just would not have been able to sell before, and I now have this relation-ship with him,” Moseley says.

Heirloom Stair & Iron,Creative Ironworks

Another collaboration involved a competitor, Creative Ironworks, Greenville, SC.

Th is shop is also in Moseley’s area but is smaller. Because of the limited size of his shop, owner Ryan Callo-way now works in Moseley’s shop and helps Moseley with project manage-ment every Monday and Tuesday.

Th at is extremely benefi cial, says Moseley, because Calloway works the two days with an ownership mentality.

“Instead of viewing him as a threat, I view him as a resource help-ing me manage these more custom projects on those days that he’s in my shop. I am able to do other things,” Moseley adds.

Calloway has brought Moseley some substantially sized projects to his shop because Calloway did not have the work force to handle them. Th e level of give-and-take, and trust,

lets the two competing business col-laborate on projects they may not ordinarily have worked on together.

Th e competition is viewed as a resource rather than the enemy.

One particular project the two companies worked on involved a large staircase for a private school in downtown Greenville, SC. Moseley admits that if he hadn’t had the rela tionship with Creative Iron Works he doubts he would have got-

ten the work. “Why in the world would

you let the job go to your competitor if you don’t already have that connec-tion already in place. In this case, Calloway and I worked together.”

In essence, Calloway could not handle the staircase job by

himself for three reasons: 1 Th e architect needed AutoCAD

drawings — something Moseley could provide but Calloway’s could not.

2 Th e shear size of the staircase meant Calloway didn’t have the room to handle the job.

3 Calloway did not have the work-ers to build the staircase as well as move it into place with the required vehicles.

But Calloway was still able to get the job because of his relationship with Heirloom.

“Th is was a case where a major project came to you that you didn’t have to sell or manage, someone else [Calloway] was managing it. So you are doubling your output, increasing your income and profi tability,” Mose-ley says.

“In eff ect you are Xeroxing your-self as a business owner for a short time period,” he says. What shop owner would not like to have such an opportunity?

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One, Kurt Lents, Alamance Iron Works, Greensboro, NC, was willing to help. Everything was done on time. Molina became friends with Lents because of that job, and they later met at a NOMMA convention.

In 2010, Big D won a railing job in Vail, CO, after Doug Bracken recom-mended Big D when Bracken’s com-pany, Wiemann Metalcraft, couldn’t do that project themselves. Even though the two companies didn’t work together on the project, Big D still

won the project because of a NOMMA member recommending them.

Too many projects to completeBig D Metalworks,Keeler Iron Works

Last year, Big D was in the middle of a project working on 27 archways in a Dallas park. Due to work on other proj-ects at the time, the company couldn’t fabricate the arches in time. They also knew that Keeler Iron Works in Mem-phis had a large structural outfit that could fabricate the arches for them.

Big D sent a sample archway to Keeler to work from. Keeler built all 27 arches and shipped them to Big D. They were installed on time.

“If it wasn’t for that NOMMA connection and knowing that Will [Keeler] had the resources and the facilities to fabricate something that large and in that time frame, we would have been in a real bind,” Molina says. “We’ve done it both ways: had NOMMA members fabricate product for us, and we’ve had NOMMA mem-bers install product for us.”

This is a nice resource to have, Molina says. There will always be bumps in the road and with Big D doing a lot of work far away from Dal-las, it’s nice to call someone you know and trust for help, he says.

Request placed on NOMMA ListServ finds a partnerGermantown Iron & Steel, Arc Angels Inc.

NOMMA President Mark Koenke’s company, Germantown Iron & Steel, Jackson, WI, had an order to produce

aluminum pipe railing for a school located near Germantown. Specifica-tions called for the materials to be TIG welded, ground, polished, and then clear anodized. He needed an alumi-num fabricator with experience in pipe railing systems.

Koenke posted a request on NOMMA’s ListServ, the online Q&A discussion forum only for NOMMA members. Member Bill Coleman, Arc Angels Inc., Dunedin, Fl., responded: “I have over 40 years in aluminum

rail construction and hold a patent for inventing a mechanically connected pipe rail system.”

Germantown Iron & Steel sent Cole-man a copy of the shop drawings and specifications. Coleman then bid the work and was awarded the subcontract.

Most steel fabricators are not set up to fabricate aluminum, Coleman says. “Normally, if they are set up for alu-minum, a separate area is used to cut and weld the aluminum. Methods and equipment are different enough with aluminum work as opposed to work-ing with iron to cause a problem for fabricators who are not experienced with aluminum.”

Coleman feels the job came to him because he is active on NOMMA’s ListServ. “The ListServ is a truly won-derful benefit of being a member of NOMMA’s family,” adds Coleman. “It gives our members the benefit of hun-dreds of years of combined experience in metal fabrication. Too bad we can’t add up, in dollars, the savings and being able to ‘do it right the first time’ rather then reinventing the wheel and learning by experimentation.

“Relationships between fabricators are, definitely, a positive thing. We all have the same goal in mind, providing a quality product at a reasonable price,” Coleman says. “NOMMA and its ListServ are here to assist.”

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C.T. and S. MetalworksIrving, TXBruce Witter

Fabricator

Cable Art Inc.Valencia, CADaryl Parker

Nationwide Supplier

The Cable ConnectionCarson City, NVLou Marino

Nationwide Supplier

Capitol City Iron Works Inc.Indianapolis, INKip Gootee

Fabricator

Capone Iron Corp.Rowley, MAStephen J. Capone

Fabricator

Cardine Studios LLCBealeton, VAPatrick Cardine

Fabricator

Carell Corp.Stapleton, ALDavid T. Donnell

Nationwide Supplier

Carfaro Inc.Hamilton, NJJoseph Carfaro

Fabricator

Carl Stahl DecorCable InnovationsChicago, ILPatrick S. Kelly

Nationwide Supplier

Century Group Inc.Sulphur, LARob Robinson

Nationwide Supplier

CEO Steel Fabrication Inc.Redwood City, CAChuck Ogren

Fabricator

Chancey Metal Products Inc.Jacksonville, FLLee Chancey

Fabricator

Chapala Iron & Mfg. Co.Ventura, CAPatrick Davis

Fabricator

Chicago Metal Rolled Products Co.Chicago, ILGeorge Wendt

Nationwide Supplier

Chicago Ornamental IronChicago, ILJonathan Samek

Fabricator

Ciccone Custom Railing & Mfg.Toms River, NJRobyn Ciccone

Fabricator

Circle M ContractingPortsmouth, VARay Moore

Fabricator

City Welding WorksSelwyn, ON CanadaLeo Gabourie

Fabricator

Clark & Wilkins Industries Inc.New York, NYKen Flowers

Fabricator

Classic Metal Craft Inc.St. Louis, MOPeter Zadrozinski

Fabricator

CM Iron Supply LLCTempe, AZRichard de Faria

Nationwide Supplier

CML USA Inc. ErcolinaDavenport, IAKim Stevens

Nationwide Supplier

Coast Iron WorksWilmington, CAJames Peterson

Fabricator

Coastal Fabrication Co.Carmel, CAThomas George

Fabricator

M. Cohen & Sons Inc.Broomall, PAAllen J. Cohen

Fabricator

Colorado Waterjet Co.Berthoud, CODan Nibbelink

Nationwide Supplier

Compass IronworksGap, PAAmos Glick

Fabricator

Complete Metal SolutionsFort Lauderdale, FLTom McDonough

Fabricator

Concept Steel Inc.Gastonia, NCMichael Ryan

ChapmanFabricator

Construction Services Inc.Decatur, ALTom Place

Fabricator

Couturier Iron Craft Inc.Comstock Park, MIDaniel Couturier

Fabricator

Creative Forge - Reichert Corp.Telford, PAJ. Edward Clemens

Fabricator

Creative Metal Products & Fencing Inc.Boynton Beach, FLJoshua Aaron

Fabricator

Creative Metal WorksGulf Breeze, FLRobert Preston

Fabricator

Crusader Fence Co. Inc.Rancho

Cordova, CABrent Henderson

Fabricator

Crystal MetalworksHatfield, PAMichael Smith

Fabricator

R.J. Cunningham DesignsSalt Lake City, UTR.J. Cunningham

Honorary

Cuper Studios LLCEaston, PAEric Cuper

Fabricator

Curtal Corp.Rockton, ILLee Curtal

Fabricator

Custom Iron by Josh LLCWestlake, LAJosh James Guillory

Fabricator

Custom Iron Inc.Zumbrota, MNTerry Driscoll

Fabricator

Custom Metals Inc.Madison, WITony Cole

Fabricator

Custom Orn. Iron Works Ltd.Richmond, BC

CanadaMarvin Henschel

Nationwide Supplier

Custom Ornamental Iron Inc.Glen Allen, VAJohn Price

Fabricator

Custom Steel Designs LLCShipshewana, INPaul Miller

Fabricator

Cyclops WeldingPeru, ILJoe Piano

Fabricator

D & D Technologies (USA) Inc.Huntington

Beach, CAJim Paterson

Nationwide Supplier

D.B. Welding & Fab.Sarasota, FLDavid Brisson

Fabricator

D.J.A. Imports Ltd.Bronx, NYGina Pietrocola

Nationwide Supplier

DAC Industries Inc.Grand Rapids, MIDan Hickey

Nationwide Supplier

D’Agostino Iron Works Inc.Rochester, NYKen D’Agostino

Fabricator



Dave’s Architectural Iron LLCPaterson, NJDavid Friessen

Fabricator

Dean Derge Orn. Iron Works Inc.Kewaskum, WIDean Derge

Fabricator

DeAngelis Iron Work Inc.South Easton, MAChris Connelly

Fabricator

Decor IronworksDyer, INRobert Brunner

Fabricator

Decorative Iron WorksHibernia, NJJoseph Monga

Fabricator

Design MetalsPortland, ORBrad Carlson

Fabricator

Disenos Ornamental IronDetroit, MINieves Arzola

Fabricator

Distinctive MetalDunnellon, FLLeonard

DutkiewiczFabricator

Distinctive WeldingFt. Collins, CORandy Owsley

Local Supplier

Division 5 MetalworksKalamazoo, MIGreg Terrill

Fabricator

Dixie Metal Products Inc.Boynton Beach, FLJohn Philip

SchnorrFabricator

DKS, DoorKing SystemsInglewood, CARichard Sedivy

Nationwide Supplier

Dominion Steel Erectors Inc.Woodbridge, VADarwin G.

HarefordFabricator

DoorKing of Texas Ltd.Dallas, TXPaula R. Reese

Fabricator

Downtown Ornamental Iron Inc.Bend, ORRonald

RichardsonFabricator

DuBose National Energy ServicesClinton, NCRichard Rogers

Fabricator

Dudney OrnamentalsLoughman, FLDale Dudney

Fabricator

Duwe Metal Products Inc.Menomonee

Falls, WISteve Garrison

Fabricator

Eagle Bending Machines Inc.Stapleton, ALDavid T. Donnell

Nationwide Supplier

Eagle Machine & Welding Inc.Newark, OHWade Ranck

Fabricator

Eastern Metal SupplyCharlotte, NCOlivia Bacon

Nationwide Supplier

Ebinger Iron Works Inc.Schuylkill

Haven, PAWilliam L. Miller

Fabricator

Eldridge Welding & Orn. Iron Inc.Eldridge, IAWayne R. Patzer

Fabricator

Elegant Iron StudiosWest

Alexandria, OHAmanda Dalton

Fabricator

Elephant IronSanta Barbara, CAPeter Grim

Fabricator

Elite Architectural Metal Supply LLCElk Grove

Village, ILLynn Parquette

Nationwide Supplier

Emerald Ironworks Inc.Woodbridge, VAJustin L Pigott

Fabricator

Engineered Building Products Inc.Bloomfield, CTJoel Smith

Fabricator

Ephraim Forge Inc.Frankfort, ILRoger Carlsen

Fabricator

EPiNew Berlin, WIEric Olander

Nationwide Supplier

ETemplate SystemsRaleigh, NCNick Nichols

Nationwide Supplier

Eureka ForgePacific, MOMichael Kinnikin

Fabricator

Evans Metal Products Co.Elkhart, INDavid Evans

Fabricator

FabCAD Inc.White Stone, VADavid G. Filippi

Nationwide Supplier

FabCorp LLCHouston, TXAllan Hohman

Fabricator

Fable Inc.San Carlos, CAA.J. Guaspari

Fabricator

The Fabrication StoreChester, PAPadraig Kelly

Nationwide Supplier

Falling Hammer Productions LLCWolcott, CTPeter Thatcher

Swarz-BurtFabricator

Feeney Inc. (Feeney Architectural Products)Oakland, CAAndrew Penny

Nationwide Supplier

Fence Crafters Inc.Riviera Beach, FLLouis F. Yodice

Fabricator

Fenceworks Inc.Riverside, CAJavier Valenzuela

Fabricator

Fierro Iron WorksNorristown, PAJim Haggerty

Fabricator

Filippi Brothers Inc.Philadelphia, PASam S. Filippi

Fabricator

Fine Architectural MetalsmithsChester, NYRhoda Mack

Fabricator

Finelli Architectural Iron & StairsSolon, OHFrank M. Finelli

Fabricator

First Impression Security Doors Inc.Gilbert, AZTim Cornelius

Fabricator

Flaherty Iron Works Inc.Alexandria, VAFrancis X. Flaherty

Fabricator

Florissant Ornamental Iron Works Inc.Florissant, MOWayne L. Bowman

Fabricator

Foreman Fabricators Inc.Saint Louis, MORob Rolves

Fabricator

Forest Mfg.Punxsutawney, PADavid Miller

Fabricator

Fox Valley Sandblasting & Powder CoatingYorkville, ILJim Schwebke

Local Supplier

Future Fence Co.Warren, MIRick Russel

Fabricator

Gallery SteelWaterford, MITom Myers

Fabricator

Gaspar’s Inc. dba Gaspar’s Fine Architectural MetalworksNorth

Hollywood, CAArtur Gasparyan

Fabricator

The Gate Co. Inc.Rochester, WADavid G. Bailey

Fabricator

The G-S Co.Baltimore, MDTom Schap

Nationwide Supplier

Gates That Open LLC (GTO)Tallahassee, FLAndy Hanlon

Nationwide Supplier

Geo. Bezdan Sales Ltd.Burnaby, BC

CanadaMargaret Bezdan

Nationwide Supplier

Germantown Iron & Steel Corp.Jackson, WIDavid Gutbrod

Fabricator

Gerow PropertiesLafayette, CARick Gerow

Fabricator

Gjertson MetalworksWard, COSteve Gjertson

Fabricator

Gold Coast Metal Works Inc.Huntington

Bay, NYAlain Olivier

Fabricator

Goldens Bridge Unit Step Co. Inc.Carmel, NYDoug M. Weck Sr.

Fabricator

Gonzales Iron WorksAustin, TXAndrew Ewig

Fabricator

Grainger Metal WorksNichols, SCCarl Grainger

Fabricator

Great Southern Iron WorksRoswell, GATerri Dolive

Honorary

Grizzly Iron Inc.Phoenix, AZRodger LaBrash

Fabricator

Groll Ornamental Iron WorksPittsburgh, PAJohn A. Groll Jr.

Fabricator

Grunau MetalsOak Creek, WIBrad Landry

Fabricator

Gulf Coast Railings Inc.Tomball, TXNic Hurst

Fabricator

Gutierrez Studios Inc.Baltimore, MDJohn K. Gutierrez

Fabricator

H.R. Leuenberger Inc.Allison Park, PARobert J.

LeuenbergerFabricator

Hallmark Iron Works Inc.Newington, VACharles D. Mercer

Fabricator

Harbor Metal Works LLCBaltimore, MDJoseph M.

MarinelliFabricator

Hartford Standard Co. Inc.Simpsonville, KYRussell Broady

Nationwide Supplier

Hayn Enterprises LLCRocky Hill, CTCarl Hayn

Nationwide Supplier

Hebo/Stratford Gate Systems Inc.Clackamas, ORRobert Rayson

Nationwide Supplier



Heckelmann Metal Works LLCAtlanta, GATJ Heckelmann

Fabricator

Heirloom Stair & IronCampobello, SCAllyn Moseley

Fabricator

Hemi SystemsCommerce, GATom Duello

Fabricator

Hercules Custom IronWalkersville, MDEvan Winston

Fabricator

Heritage Cast Iron USATulsa, OKDouglas E.

BrackenNationwide

Supplier

Heritage Industries Inc.Pittsburgh, PARob Gladu

Fabricator

Herndon & Merry Inc.Nashville, TNBill Merry Jr.

Fabricator

Hess Ornamental Iron LLCFelton, PAScott Hess

Fabricator

Hiller’s Heating & A/CBerwick, PADavid Hiller

Fabricator

Historical Arts & Casting Inc.West Jordan, UTRobert Baird

Fabricator

Hoffa Inc.Houston, TXSteve Hoffa

Fabricator

Hubbardton ForgeCastleton, VTGeorge B.

ChandlerFabricator

Lloyd K. Hughes MetalsmithingLexington, KYLloyd K. Hughes

Fabricator

Hughes Metal Works LLCGreensboro, NCBryan James

Fabricator

Illinois Engineered Products Inc.Chicago, ILUnited StatesDean Wynne

Nationwide Supplier

Illinois Metalwork & Custom Design LLCChatham, ILRay Anderson

Fabricator

Imagine IronworksBrookhaven, MSJames W.

Minter Jr.Fabricator

Indiana Gratings Inc.Martinsville, INDoug Maginn

Nationwide Supplier

Industrial Coverage Corp.Patchogue, NYJoe Romeo

Nationwide Supplier

Industrial Metal Center Co. WLLKuwait City,

KuwaitGiragos

KuyumjianNationwide

Supplier

Innovative Metal Design Inc.Troutdale, ORBrad Carlson

Fabricator

Integrity Ironworks LLCBrooklyn, NYUnited StatesAaron M. Giauque

Fabricator

International Creative Metal Inc.Woodside, NYSetrak Agonian

Fabricator

International Forge LLCHaskell, NJJoan Shuhnicki

Fabricator

Interstate Mfg. Associates Inc.Newport, NHCraig R. Jennison

Nationwide Supplier

Iron Age Architectural MetalsApopka, FLSteven M.

GoldmanLocal Supplier

Iron Art & DesignNew Holland, PASteve Huyard

Fabricator

Iron CraftTulare, CAChuck Simonian

Fabricator

Iron DecorTulsa, OKJason Axtell

Fabricator

Iron Innovations Inc.Clinton, MSScott Colson

Fabricator

The Iron HammerMurray, KYGeorge Bandarra

Fabricator

The Iron ShopBroomall, PASam Cohen

Nationwide Supplier

The Iron Works Ltd.Des Moines, IACharles R. Punelli

Fabricator

Iron Touch LLCLouisville, KYSherman

BlankenshipFabricator

Iron Workers District CouncilLakewood, WARon Piksa

Affiliate

Ironfab LLCLancaster, OHJoey Stepleton

FabricatorJ.B.

Metal Works Inc.Des Plaines, ILSteven Burval

FabricatorJackson Steel Inc.

Hendersonville, NC

Doyle JacksonFabricator

Jansen Ornamental Supply Co. Inc.El Monte, CAMike Jansen

Regional Supplier

Jayco Hawaii Inc.Waipahu, HIMarc Delay

Fabricator

Jensen’s Ornamental Inc.Napa, CALance Stafford

Fabricator

Jerry Cardullo Iron Works Inc.Bay Shore, NYJerry Cardullo

Fabricator

Jerry Grice Welding Inc.Woodville, FLTycee Grice

Affiliate

Jesco Industries Inc. - Wire & Iron Products Div.Litchfield, MIBonny DesJardin

Fabricator

John F. Graney Metal DesignSheffield, MAJohn Graney

Fabricator

Johnston Products of Dallas Inc.Cedar Hill, TXGene Johnston

Fabricator

Jon Edwards SteelColumbus, OHJon Edwards

Fabricator

Kammetal Inc.Brooklyn, NYSam Kusack

Nationwide Supplier

Kasper Fabrication & DesignWickliffe, OHFred Kasper

Fabricator

Keeler Iron WorksMemphis, TNWill Keeler

Fabricator

Kelley Ornamental Iron LLCPeoria, ILBreck Nelson

Fabricator

Kervin Bros. Ornamental Iron Inc.Portland, ORGary Kervin

Fabricator

Kettleson Custom IronKingston, ILAndrew Kettleson

Fabricator

Keystone Metals Inc.Pittsburgh, PAChristopher D.

ReilingFabricator

Kientzy Machine & Fabrication Inc.Troy, MORobert Kientzy

Fabricator

King Architectural MetalsDallas, TXCathee

Speaks-FosterNationwide

Supplier

King Architectural Metals - CABuena Park, CAMichelle MacLeod

Nationwide Supplier

King Architectural Metals - MDBaltimore, MDSteven Wilkinson

Nationwide Supplier

Klahm & Sons Inc.Ocala, FLJack Klahm

Fabricator

Bob Kline Quality Metals Inc.West Palm

Beach, FLBob Kline

Fabricator

Koppers Fabricators Inc.Forestville, MDJoseph Koppers

Fabricator

Krando Metal ProductsBroomall, PADominic

DiAngelusNationwide

Supplier

L & L Ornamental IronCleves, OHRandy Seiler

Fabricator

L.E. Sauer Machine Co.St. Louis, MOWarren Sauer

Nationwide Supplier

La Forge De Style LLCSouth

Hackensack, NJDavid B. Gore

Fabricator

Lambert’s Ornamental IronHaltom City, TXChris M.

GruensfelderFabricator

Lawler Foundry Corp.Birmingham, ALStan Lawler

Nationwide Supplier

Leesburg Concrete Co.Leesburg, FLShawn Thomas

Fabricator

Legna Iron Works Inc.Roselle, ILSylvia Torres

Fabricator

Lewis Brass & Copper Co. Inc.Middle Village, NYRichard Bacharach

Nationwide Supplier

Liberty Aluminum Co.Lehigh Acres, FLJames E. Lowndes

Fabricator

Liberty Home ProductsDenver, COKit M. Markgraf

Fabricator

Lift MasterElmhurst, ILPat Evans

Nationwide Supplier

Lightning ForgeMurray, UTPaul DiFrancesco

Fabricator

Liles Welding Service Inc.Stonewall, LARaymond Liles

Fabricator



Living Design StudiosLafayette, COJonathan Falk

Fabricator

LMF Co.Laurel, MSP.E. Mulloy

Fabricator

Locinox USACountryside, ILRobert Cooke

Nationwide Supplier

Lockport Steel Fabricators LLCLockport, ILVincent Di

TommasoFabricator

LongfordsLongford, IrelandTony Nerney

Fabricator

Louis Emmel Ornamental Iron Inc.Coraopolis, PARonald E. Koller

Fabricator

Louis Hoffmann Co.Menomonee

Falls, WIUnited StatesBryan Hermus

Fabricator

Loyal Wrought Iron Co. Ltd.Guangzhou, ChinaJames Yan

Fabricator

LSIMacungie, PAJustin Huddleston

Fabricator

Mac Metals Inc.Kearny, NJMark Sisson

Nationwide Supplier

Madden FabricationPortland, ORDave Gonzalez

Fabricator

Magnum Companies Inc.Phoenix, AZGreg Brockman

Fabricator

Mainer Iron Works Inc.Fort Smith, ARMark Mainer

Fabricator

Majka Railing Co. Inc.Paterson, NJKeith Majka

Fabricator

Mark Fence & Railing Inc.Fort

Lauderdale, FLMark Hastings

Fabricator

Marks U.S.A.Amityville, NYWilliam Sporre

Nationwide Supplier

Marric LLCOrange Park, FLEd Powell

Affiliate

Maynard Studios Inc.Lawrenceburg, KYKarine Maynard

Fabricator

McKey PerforatingNew Berlin, WIDan Lesniak

Nationwide Supplier

McLellan BlacksmithingLoomis, CAJohn L. McLellan

Fabricator

McNichols Co.Des Plaines, ILWade Repavich

Nationwide Supplier

MCT Sheet Metal Inc.Katy, TXPatrick F. Coussens

Fabricator

MDO Welding & FabWheaton, ILMatthew Olseng

Fabricator

Metal Head Inc.Lafayette, LARandy LeBlanc

Fabricator

Metal Market Inc.Fort Payne, ALRoland Anderson

Fabricator

The Metal Works Inc.Lexington, SCTroy Dixon

Fabricator

Metal SpecialtiesMonterey, CAJohn Dotto

Fabricator

Metalcrafts Inc.Youngstown, OHRichard Evans

Fabricator

Metalo StudioMonterrey, MexicoFrancisco Rene

Medina GarzaFabricator

Mid State WeldingOxford, MADaniel Seaver

Fabricator

Mid-Carolina Steel Co.Columbia, SCBrenda Fortner

Local Supplier

Middleton & Company InsuranceNewton, NJRichard Gaynor

Local Supplier

Midwest Fence Corp.Chicago, ILTimothy Bell

Fabricator

Midwest Stairs & Iron Inc.Milwaukee, WIHoward Wurgler

Fabricator

Migala Metal DesignsHarvard, ILMichael Migala

Fabricator

Mineola Iron Works Co.Mineola, NYHelmut Dill

Fabricator

Missouri Ornamental Iron Co. Inc.Saint Louis, MOJames E.

DeatherageFabricator

Mittler Bros. Machine & ToolForistell, MOPam Beckham

Nationwide Supplier

Modern Railings & Metalcraft Ltd.Aurora, ON

CanadaK.T. Lilley

Fabricator

Mofab Inc.Anderson, INMax W. Hains

Fabricator

Moore & Morford Inc.Greensburg, PAJames P. Morford

Fabricator

Mott Iron WorksNorth Orange, MARonald Mott

Fabricator

MTI Industries Metal StudiosNorth

Falmouth, MAMarc LaRochelle

Fabricator

Mueller Ornamental Iron Works Inc.Elk Grove

Village, ILRob Mueller

Fabricator

Multi Sales Inc.La Palma, CABrent Reid

Nationwide Supplier

Myers & Co. Architectural MetalsBasalt, COGib Plimpton

Fabricator

N.U.M.A.R.Carmel, NYDavid

Ceckanowicz Jr.Fabricator

National Ornamental Iron Inc.Standish, MIThomas F. Rowell

Fabricator

National Ornamental Metal MuseumMemphis, TNCarissa Hussong

Honorary

Nationwide IndustriesTampa, FLStuart Itzkowitz

Nationwide Supplier

NC Tool Co.Pleasant

Garden, NCDenise Jones

Nationwide Supplier

Neiweem Industries Inc.Oakwood Hills, ILKurt M. Neiweem

Fabricator

New Hampshire Steel Fabricators Inc.Goffstown, NHMark Ginnard

Fabricator

Nick’s Metal Fab. & Sons Inc.Brookfield, ILNick

Tepavchevich Jr.Fabricator

Northeast Iron Works Inc.Washington, DCSilvio Pronio

Fabricator

Nueva Castilla Co.San Francisco, CAF. Javier Alvarez

Fabricator

O.K. Foundry Co. Inc.Richmond, VAJames O’Neil

Nationwide Supplier

O’Brien Architectural Metals Inc.Chicago, ILJohn O’Brien

Fabricator

Ocean Machinery Inc.Fort Lauderdale, FLHunter Fry

Local Supplier

Offenhauser Co.Houston, TXRobert Dillard

Fabricator

Ohio Gratings Inc.Canton, OHCarl Griffin

Nationwide Supplier

OIK Industries Inc.Kalamazoo, MITim Scheffers

Fabricator

Old Country Ornamental Iron Supply Co.Thunder Bay, ON

CanadaJack H. Eberhardt

Fabricator

Old Dutchman’s Wrought IronGetzville, NYKeith Deck

Fabricator

Olde Iron ShoppeMosinee, WIDon Prohaska

Fabricator

O’Malley Welding & Fabricating Inc.Yorkville, ILMark R. O’Malley

Fabricator

Ornamental Gate & FenceMead, WARick Nelson

Fabricator

Ornamental Metal Institute of NYNew York, NYGary Higbee

Affiliate

Oscar’s Custom Iron WorksSan Antonio, TXOscar

Hernandez Jr.Fabricator

Outland Steel Inc.Caldwell, IDSonya Roman

Fabricator

Owens Welding Inc.Cleveland, GARobert A. Owens

Fabricator

Pace Metal FabPinnacle, NCTom Pace

Fabricator

Pacific Stair Corp.Salem, OREd Gunning

Nationwide Supplier

Paco Corp.Bridgeview, ILGreg Paice

Fabricator

Padilla Designs LLCKihei, HIMary Jo Padilla

Fabricator

Palmer Marble & Tile Inc.West Palm

Beach, FLDavid L. Palmer

Fabricator

Paramount Iron & Handrail Inc.Carson City, NVJames M.

EdmondsFabricator

Paramount Steel Inc.Houston, TXSteve Lee

Fabricator

Patina Metals Inc.Houston, TXJeff Emmott

Fabricator



Peck & Co. Inc.Houston, TXBill Peck

Fabricator

Pelet Welding Inc.Coatesville, PADouglas Pelet

Fabricator

Perpetua IronSt. Louis, MOJanet Sanders

Fabricator

Phoenix Fence Co.Phoenix, AZDoug Mastin

Fabricator

Picasso Gate Inc.Cheyenne, WYBrent Nichols

Fabricator

Piedmont MetalworksDurham, NCRon Hamilton

Fabricator

Pinpoint SolutionsJupiter, FLTerry Barrett

Fabricator

Pool Custom Iron Work Inc.Conroe, TXDusty Adams

Fabricator

Post Road Iron Works Inc.Greenwich, CTJohn Gasparrini

Fabricator

Powder-X Coating SystemsLaVergne, TNJoey Golliver

Nationwide Supplier

Precision Glass Bending Corp.Greenwood, ARRussell Alder

Nationwide Supplier

ProCounselDallas, TXBuzz Taylor

Nationwide Supplier

Q-Railing USA Co.Tustin, CAKati Chappell

Nationwide Supplier

Quality Arch. & Fab. Inc.Franklin, OHDemme Davis

Fabricator

Quality Welding LLCBristol, CTSamuel A. Walters

Fabricator

R & F Metals Inc.Clinton, MDRoger Flynn

Fabricator

R & H Co. Inc. Metal FabricatorsEaston, PABill Kowalchuk

Fabricator

Raber Industries Inc.Alva, FLTom Raber Jr.

Fabricator

RansburgToledo, OHLinda Hester

Nationwide Supplier

Raulli & Sons Inc.Syracuse, NYRich Raulli

Fabricator

Raysteel Inc.Albuquerque, NMKenneth Ray

Fabricator

Red Pepper Forge Inc.North East, MDJames V. Bomba

Fabricator

Red River Fabricating Inc.West Fargo, NDCharles Gilleland

Fabricator

Regency Railings Inc.Dallas, TXTom Weaver

Nationwide Supplier

Rens Welding & Fabricating Inc.Taunton, MAUnited StatesRens Hayes

Fabricator

Republic Iron Works Inc.Chicopee, MAUnited StatesGary Visconti

Fabricator

Richard R. Pucci & Associates Inc.Ivyland, PAUnited StatesRichard Pucci

Fabricator

Ring of Fire ForgeCanton, GALinda

Holmes-RubinFabricator

Robert James Custom Metal Fab LLCJensen Beach, FLJim Reitz

Fabricator

Robinson Iron Corp.Alexander City, ALLuke Robinson

Nationwide Supplier

Robinson Laser LLCEast Chicago, INHenry Goff

Nationwide Supplier

Rockite, Div. of Hartline Products Co. Inc.Cleveland, OHChris Hart

Nationwide Supplier

Rod Iron Rod Inc.Odessa, TXRod Lambirth

Fabricator

Rogers Mfg. Inc.Mineral Wells, TXLeah Gillespie

Nationwide Supplier

Rosebud MetalworksSt. Louis, MOJessie Cargas

Fabricator

Ryan Iron Works Inc.Raynham, MAPaul Berube

Fabricator

S & S Mfg.Edison, NJSteve Silverman

Fabricator

Salco Inc.Prairieville, LAGordon Salbador

Fabricator

San Gabriel OrnamentalLeander, TXCharles V. Cate

Fabricator

Sanger Iron Works Inc.Sanger, CAJoe Kacerek

Fabricator

Savannah River ForgeAugusta, GAMike Ivey

Fabricator

SC Metalworks LLCHouston, TXShawn Cogburn

Fabricator

Scranton Craftsmen Inc.Throop, PAUnited StatesJay Frye

Fabricator

Sculpt NouveauEscondido, CARon Young

Nationwide Supplier

SECO SouthLargo, FLRodney Owen

Nationwide Supplier

Sender Ornamental Iron WorksJohnstown, PAWilfried Sender

Fabricator

Sentry Steel Inc.Martin Thieneman

Fabricator

Sergey Sakirkin BlacksmithSalt Lake City, UTSergey Sakirkin

Fabricator

Sharpe ProductsNew Berlin, WIPaul Krickeberg

Nationwide Supplier

Shawnee Steel & Welding Inc.Merriam, KSCraig Pardue

Fabricator

Shrock FabricationBird In Hand, PAStanley Shrock

Fabricator

Shut It Gate HardwareTucson, AZSkip Bengtson

Local Supplier

Sigma Metals Inc.Colorado

Springs, COGary Gaulke

Fabricator

Sippel Co. Inc.Sewickley, PADavid J. Sippel

Fabricator

Skyline Steel Corp.Brooklyn, NYArthur Rubinstein

Fabricator

Smith Architectural Metals LLCGreensboro, NCStephen H. Smith

Fabricator

Snyder Engineering Inc.Columbia, MOMark Snyder

Fabricator

Sorge Industries Inc.Shelton, CTThomas L. Sorge

Fabricator

South Camden Iron Works Inc.Mickleton, NJMitch Kowal

Nationwide Supplier

Southeastern Stair & RailAugusta, GAGary L. Cowart

Fabricator

Southern StaircaseAlpharetta, GAMichael Hanagriff

Fabricator

Southern Star Steel Services LLCLorena, TXBobby Meador

Fabricator

Southern Style Iron WorksByron, GAMichael

BilderbackFabricator

Southwest Architectural MetalsHenderson, NVTom Morgan

Fabricator

Southwest Metalsmiths Inc.Phoenix, AZBradford Wines

Fabricator

Specialty EngineeringWaterford, CAKevin Bauche

Fabricator

Specialty Iron WorksGreat Falls, MTSteve Benjamin

Fabricator

Specialty Iron WorksPort Allen, LAJay Leblanc

Fabricator

Spirit IronworksBayport, NYRachel Miller

Fabricator

SRS Inc.Metuchen, NJDan Bellware

Fabricator

St. Louis IronworksSt. Peters, MOTony Hargiss

Fabricator

Stainless FabricationsBrockton, MAJim Madden

Fabricator

StairCrafters Inc.Easley, SCLeslie J. Jayne

Fabricator

Stairways Inc.Houston, TXJohn Anderson

Nationwide Supplier

Stanco Mfg. Inc.Salem, ORSteve Stanley

Fabricator

Star Wire Mesh Fabricators Inc.New York, NYJoe Pavur

Fabricator

Steel Geisha Designs Inc.Sonoma, CASteve Chiurco

Fabricator

Steel Magnolia Inc.Blaine, WAKen Miller

Fabricator

Steel WeldingFreedom, PAJohn Steel

Fabricator

Steely Don’s Inc.Jupiter, FLDon Shedlock

Fabricator

Stodtmeister IronSparks, NVRod Stodtmeister

Fabricator

Strampe MetalcraftEden Prairie, MNScott Strampe

Fabricator



Structural Components Fabrication Inc.Martinsville, INDarrell Jerden

Fabricator

Suburban Steel Supply Co. LLCGahanna, OHMark DeBellis

Fabricator

Suburban Welding CompanyAlexandria, VAPaul Ponzelli

Fabricator

Sumter Coatings Inc.Sumter, SCChet Dinkins

Nationwide Supplier

Sunbelt Metals & Mfg. Inc. Apopka, FLBill Harbin

Fabricator

Sunset MetalworksBurlington, IAKirk J. Beckman

Fabricator

Superior Fence & Orn. IronCottage Hills, ILGreg Tennikait

Fabricator

Superior Iron Works Inc.Sterling, VAGary W. Essex

Fabricator

Superior Steel Service LLCBatavia, OHJeffrey Brewsaugh

Fabricator

Sure Iron WorksBrooklyn, NYSteve Horn

Fabricator

T. Johnson DesignHopewell, NJTerrence Johnson

Fabricator

Tacoma Iron WorkTacoma, WAJohn Leskajan

Fabricator

Tallahassee Welding & Machine Shop Inc.Tallahassee, FLKenny Small

Fabricator

Tampa Steel & Supply Inc.Tampa, FLBruce Goldman

Local SupplierTAS Enterprise

Metter, GATimothy A. Smith

FabricatorTed Turner

Company Inc.Beltsville, MDTed Turner

FabricatorTesko Enterprises

Norridge, ILBob Skonieczny

Fabricator

Thrifty Iron WorksHyattsville, MDRichard Thrift

Fabricator

Titan Industries Inc.Deer Creek, ILRyan McQueary

Fabricator

Transpacific Industrial Supply Inc.Rancho

Cucamonga, CAHong Wei Li

Nationwide Supplier

Trinity Iron ImagesLubbock, TXJason Lee

Fabricator

Trinity Stairs Inc.Frisco, TXRichard Bush

Fabricator

Tri-State Shearing & BendingBrooklyn, NYAlan Blaier

Nationwide Supplier

Tri-Steel FabricatorsTrenton, NJJames Werosta

Fabricator

Tropical Welding & Fabricating Co.Orlando, FLBud Crowther

Fabricator

TrylonLyndhurst, NJRalph Marchione

Fabricator

TS Distributors Inc.Houston, TXBrad Stein

Nationwide Supplier

Turner Mfg. Co.Fresno, CAJose L. Turner

Fabricator

Unique Iron Design Ltd.Burnley, Lancashire

EnglandRichard Twiddy

Fabricator

United Iron Inc.Mount Vernon, NYRandy Rifelli

Fabricator

United Steel Inc.East Hartford, CTKeith Corneau

Fabricator

Universal Steel Inc.Lithonia, GAWilliam B.

Bourne IIIFabricator

Universal Supplies AssociatesBrooklyn, NYYaron Pinson

Local Supplier

Unlimited Welding Inc.Winter Springs, FLBrian Smith

Fabricator

Upright Iron Works Inc.Griffith, INElizabeth

Mate-BiasFabricator

Upright Steel LLCCleveland, OHGerald Quinn

Fabricator

V & R DesignsPerth Amboy, NJVictor Carollo

Fabricator

Van Dam Iron Works Inc.Grand Rapids, MIJames Stickland

Fabricator

Van Linda Iron Works Inc.Lake Worth, FLBruce Van Linda

Fabricator

Varis Iron WorksPilot Point, TXMike Crow

Fabricator

Vasquez Custom Metals Inc.Tampa, FLPedro Vasquez

Fabricator

Viva Railings LLCCarrollton, TXHuzefa Tinwala

Fabricator

Vogel Tool & Die LLCAddison, ILLarry Siegal

Nationwide Supplier

Vulcan Fabricated Metals dba Daniel IronBirmingham, ALMichael McDowell

Fabricator

The Wagner CompaniesButler, WIKeri Gregg

Nationwide Supplier

Wally’s Iron Works Inc.Mount Airy, MDDennis W. Wallace

Fabricator

Warren’s WeldingThomas, OKWarren Crain

Fabricator

Warrenton Steel LLCWarrenton, MOGary Carter

Fabricator

Wasko Iron WorksWhitehall, PABernie Wasko

Fabricator

Waukegan Steel LLCWaukegan, ILUnited StatesWayne Griesbaum

Fabricator

Waverly Iron Corp.Medford, NYAnthony

PizzichemiFabricator

Welding Works Inc.Madison, CTWalter P. Camp

Fabricator

Weldon Welding & Inspection Services Inc.Sterrett, ALDerek Weldon

Fabricator

West End Iron Works Inc.Albany, NYSteve Frey

Fabricator

West Memphis Fence & Construction Inc.West Memphis, ARSteven Bius

Local Supplier

West Tennessee Ornamental DoorMemphis, TNJames Hoffa

Nationwide Supplier

Wheeler Ornamental MetalsDothan, ALHenry Allen

WheelerFabricator

White’s Steel Inc.Indio, CAJohn Bonafede

Fabricator

Why Not Iron Inc.Chicago, ILPatricia Kelly

Fabricator

Wiemann MetalcraftTulsa, OKDouglas Bracken

Fabricator

Wm. Horn Structural Steel Co.Geneva, ILBetty J. Horn

Fabricator

Wonderland Products Inc.Jacksonville, FLRobert L.

Ponsler Jr.Fabricator

World Fence NewsAustin, TXRodger Duke

Fabricator

Wrought Iron Art Ltd.Oakville, ON

CanadaOleg Shyshkin

Fabricator

York Metal Fabricators Inc.Oklahoma City, OKDavid York

Fabricator

Zion Metal WorksClackamas, ORLarry Jenks

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Call for Entries from the Center for Metal ArtsEntry deadline to the third annual Lewton-Brain Foldform Competition is midnight Monday June 16, 2014 ET. Winners will be announced on Aug 1, 2014, at the Friday night preview dinner of CMA’s annual Lewton-Brain Foldforming Intensive.

The Center for MetalThe Center for Metal Arts has partnered with Charles Lewton-Brain to release a retrospective art book Foldforming at 30 this summer to celebrate the winners of the inaugural years, which includes some metalsmith explorations in working large.

TO ENTER http://www.centerformetalarts.com/foldform-competition.htmlVIDEOS of past winners and the Annual CLB Workshop are a click away.

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Demonstrators Show manage-ment is negotiating with smiths from South America, UK, Europe, and the U.S., including the Colo-nial Williamsburg Smiths and the Patient Order of Meticulous Met-alsmiths and is looking for demon-strators covering a range of styles using tools from hand hammers to forging presses and power ham-mers; an iron smelt; and copper and silversmiths.

Teaching Tent Mark Asprey and Darryl Nelson head the Teaching Tent with an expanded format to allow more attendees to participate.

Vendors and Tailgating There will be air conditioned indoor ven-dor spaces with tables and chairs. Outdoor vendors and tailgaters on an as-available basis will be housed in a large pavilion. Tailgaters and outdoor vendors operating power hammers will be on an adjacent parking lot.

Family Activities will include arts and crafts projects.

Iron In The Hat Fundraiser Three big-ticket items are secured: a Clay Spencer Tire Hammer made and donated by Clay; a Nimba Titan 120-pound anvil donated by Nimba Anvils; and a BAM box made and donated by Pat McCa-rty. Consider making a donation of quality, well-made tools.

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Electron Beam Tech-nologies Inc., a worldwide OEM supplier of coaxial/ composite welding cables and Fast ’N Easy conduit systems for automation, has promoted Valgene E. Raloff to president and Bob Tokoly to chief financial officer/chief operations officer upon the retirement of Paul Wlos.

With the company for 18 years, Ral-off has held engineering, sales, and marketing positions. Before joining Electron Beam, Raloff was an engineer-ing manager at Bernard Welding Equip-ment Co. Raloff will spearhead new sales and administrative initiatives.

Tokoly has been with Electron Beam for six years as CFO/human resources manager. Previously, he was with Amer-ican Maize Products/Cerestar USA as vice president, finance/IT, for 24 years.

Wagner makes several personnel moves

Cousineau gets Canada territoryRyan Cousineau has been named to

the newly created position of Canadian account executive for The Wagner Com-panies. Based in Toronto, Cousineau will oversee a sales area that includes central Canada. This position has been years in the making with export initia-tives now supporting a full-time liaison.

Cousineau will focus on growing the territory, creating sales channels with architects, general contractors, and fab-ricators. He has a bachelor’s degree in commerce management from the Uni-versity of Ottawa.

Wagner hires modeling engineers Stephen Frey and Yer Vang are new

modeling engineers in the architectural railings system division of The Wag-

ner Companies. Each has 10+ years of drawing, design, and CAD experience.

Frey’s educational background focused on engineering and technol-ogy. He joins Wagner after working at Siemens, Rockwell, and TJ Hale. He is a mechanical designer and brings manu-facturing ability into design.

Vang has an associate degree in industrial model building from North-east Wisconsin Technical College and is enrolled in the mechanical engineer-ing program at the University of Wis-consin, Milwaukee. He has design soft-ware experience from Georgia Pacific, Palmer Johnson, and Key Technical Solutions of Milwaukee.

Frey and Vang will work primarily with architects, customers, and manu-facturing to create designs that satisfy end users’ custom specifications of handrail systems from a functional and aesthetic perspective. They will also serve in electronic database adminis-tration, incorporating new technolo-gies into the design process.

Durow joins production controlDean Durow is a new production

control manager for The Wagner Com-panies. He has more than 25 years in production planning, including 15 years at the West Bend Co. and most recently with Milk Specialties of Adell, WI.

Durow will serve as the master planner for Wagner’s production lines, including second-shift operations. He will have two directly reporting staff members assisting him. Durow will work with purchasing, sales, and departmental supervisors to coordinate on-time delivery to customers.

Durow is a graduate of the Univer-sity of Wisconsin, Whitewater, and has a Planning Industry certificate.

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40 Scotchman Industries ............................................. scotchman.com

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35 Stairways Inc. ........................................................... stairwaysinc.com

28 Sumter Coatings Inc. .......................................sumtercoatings.com

72 Traditional Building...................................traditional-building.com

30 Tri-State Shearing & Bending ................................... 718-485-2200

29 TS Distributors Inc. ............................................... tsdistributors.com

70 Vogel Tool & Die LLC ...................................................vogeltool.com

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11 Alloy Casting Co. Inc. .................................................... alloynet.com

6 Architectural Iron Designs Inc. ......................archirondesign.com

72 Artist-Blacksmith’s Assoc. of North America Inc. ........abana.org

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22 Big Blu Hammer Mfg. Co. / Oak Hill Iron Works .......................................... bigbluhammer.com

20 Blacksmiths Depot / Kayne & Son Custom Hardware Inc. ..... blacksmithsdepot.com

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36 Eagle Bending Machines Inc. ........eaglebendingmachines.com

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11 Electron Beam Technologies Inc. ...................electronbeam.com

21 FabCad Inc. .........................................................................fabcad.com

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9 Feeney Inc. .........................................................www.feeneyinc.com

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Metal Moment

Lynden Garden renovation is LEED inspiredEditor’s note: In the January-February 2014 issue of O&MM Fabricator, Bighorn Forge’s Dan Nauman wrote about his company’s work helping to renovate the Lyndon Sculpture Garden in Milwaukee, WI. Here’s the rest of the story.

The Lynden Sculpture Garden was the estate of the late Harry Lynde Bradley and Margaret (Peg) Blakney Bradley.

Inventor and industrialist Harry Bradley founded the Allen-Bradley Company with his brother Lynde in 1904, mak-ing it one of the state’s successful manufacturing concerns.

Harry married Peg in April 1926, which is commemorated on the wooden bench by the fireplace, as is the year they purchased the property and named it “Lynden.”

An architect with 40 acresThe Bradleys took the nearly 40

acres of farmland, and with the help of Chicago landscape architects Lang-ford & Moreau, created an English country park with gently rolling hills, trees, and flower beds. The lake and the rustic bridge spanning the water were designed to match Harry Bradley’s memories of the grounds in Kansas City where he swam as a boy.

In April 1934, the Bradleys hired Carl Urban, a fourth generation gar-dener, to supervise the crew and the planting of the garden beds and trees.

Trained in Germany and the U.S., Urban observed that when he first saw the acreage behind the house it consisted mainly of corn fields with horses, sheep, goats and 13 oak trees. Over time, nearly 4,000 trees were planted on the property — several varieties of elms; Norwegian, Austrian, and Scotch pines; Norway maples; a Danish plum tree; seven varieties of birch trees; and Kentucky coffee trees.

Urban remained on the staff and resided in the apartment in the barn until his death in 1991.

Sculptures cement reputationIn 1962, Peg Bradley — already an experienced art col-

lector — began collecting the contemporary monumental sculptures that secured Lynden’s international reputation. She collected actively until her death in 1978.

The collection includes sculptures by Alexander Archipenko, Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth, Clement Meadmore, Marta Pan, Tony Smith, and Mark di Suvero.

After the purchase of the works, Peg sat on her porch to direct the location of wood models constructed by the staff as she chose sites for the sculptures. Some of the artists traveled to Lynden to assist with the siting and to assemble their work.

The original farmhouse, built in the 1860s, was enlarged to accommodate Harry, Peg, and their daughter Jane.

Local architect Fitzhugh Scott provided drawings for the alterations to the barn, the bathhouse, and a diving pier and slide.

Decades later, architect David Kahler designed an addition at the west end of the house for an indoor swimming pool, providing more space for the growing collection.

Public gets insideIn 2009, Lynden opened to the pub-

lic after an extensive renova tion of the house and some of the grounds.

The house has been transformed by Uihlein-Wilson Architects using sus-tainable building practices. The newly created public spaces include a confer-ence room, a large classroom/studio, a gallery, and a glassed-in function space overlooking the large patio.

The project was designed to achieve LEED certification. A large proportion of the existing struc-ture was re-used or maintained, and more than 75% of the construction and demolition waste was recycled, re-used, or otherwise diverted from landfills.

Among the many sustainable features is a state-of-the-art geothermal heating system. Eco-sensitive landscaping designed by Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates includes pervious asphalt pavement that promotes drainage, the preservation of mature trees, the re-introduction of native species, and sustain-able drainage and care strategies, including pervious asphalt pavement and a rain garden in the new parking area.

The Lynden Sculpture Garden is now home to exhibitions, temporary installations, performances, an artist residency program, and a range of education programs. The renovated residence is available for conferences and event rentals.

— Special thanks to JoAnn Youngman for the history.

Something on your mind? Got something to say? Got an idea? Got a tip? Got a gripe? Do you have a story to tell?Fabricator magazine would like to interview you for a Metal Moment story. Please contact editor Todd Daniel at [email protected].

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Detail of entrance gate that won

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Bighorn Forge’s work on this gate and the perimeter fencing was part of the renovation project at the Lynden Sculpture Garden.


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