Welder Valley Welding 			and Machine Works Ltd.

Recent Project
Decorative Gate

     We recently fabricated a decorative Gate for a park in the Town of Sussex.
     Following are some photos showing the process.

Blueprint
A Blueprint to guide the work.

Pattern
A full sized pattern was created and modified. (The white lines.)

Discussing approach
How to bend the various pieces is discussed.

Bending Steel   Bending Steel
Jigs are made, steel heated and bent.
Bending Steel   Bending Steel

Cutting   Grinding
The pieces are cut to length and ground smooth.

Fitting Piece to Pattern
Each piece is checked with the full sized pattern.

Checking fit
Then the fit with the partially assembled tree is checked.

Welding   Dennis and Jim
Finally the piece is welded into place and the next step planned.

Partially Assembled
A tree appears!

On to Part Two or, skip to Installation

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