Sujet : Re: 1/4 mile of one inch wrought iron
De : mds (at) *nospam* bogus.nodomain.nowhere (Mike Spencer)
Groupes : misc.news.internet.discussDate : 22. Aug 2024, 21:56:52
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JAB <
here@is.invalid> writes:
Jan 30, 2020
Family duo takes wrought iron VW bug on famous Route 66
https://windsorstar.com/news/local-news/family-duo-takes-wrought-iron-vw-bug-on-famous-route-66
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https://smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital/windsorstar/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/beetle.jpg
Oh dear. I love the eccentricity and stubborn persistence despite
rain and road spatter. (Open-work fenders are problematic.) I'm a
former VW mechanic and this is the weirdest VW I ever saw.
But as an artist blacksmith, I find it kinda annoying.
+ It's all cold-bent, arc-welded steel rod. There's no forged
ironwork at all. The scrolls are all the same with no interesting
terminals. Great job matching the classic VW shape but boring
metalwork.
+ And they (or the journalist) perpetrate the popular mistake of
calling anything made from bent ferrous metal "wrought
iron". Wrought iron is a particular form of iron, no longer an
article of commerce and made in a now completely obsolete process.
-- Mike Spencer Nova Scotia, Canada
1/4 mile of one inch wrought iron
Re: 1/4 mile of one inch wrought iron