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| L. A. Ornamental & Rack Corp 3708 NW 82nd Street Miami, Florida 33147 Office: 305-696-0419 Fax: 305-696-0419 |
| Wrought Iron Fences | Ornamental Wrought Iron Fences | Steel Fence Designs | Decorative Security Wrought Iron Fences |
Development of ferrous metals technology and misleading new
usages of the term "wrought iron" have created a dangerous
confusion about the equivalence of today's commercially available
architectural iron, known as mild steel, and true historic "wrought
iron". Replacements in mild steel are fated to a short, ugly career if
it is assumed that measures sufficient to protect the original
historic work will be adequate for the replicated elements. While
these metals can both be "wrought" (archaic for "worked",
according to Webster) by the smith with equal artistry, true
historic "wrought iron", earned its name not on the
blacksmith's anvil at all but in the smelting process itself! Modern
mild steel is a high carbon steel possessed of an urge to recombine
with oxygen and to return to its natural state, iron oxide, as rapidly
as possible. True historic "wrought iron" is a stable very low carbon
iron that is capable of standing centuries to the elements as long as
its surfaces are well drained and ventilated. Carbon atoms, it turns
out, are the constituent element that induce ferrous metals to crave
oxygen. In general, true historic "wrought iron" was smelted at
relatively low, sub-molten temperatures and then "wrought",
hammered while yet a red hot solid to beat out impurities. These low
temperatures result in a carbon content of about one twentieth that
of mild steel. At higher temperatures, more carbon from the fuel is
incorporated into the metal which both increases the strength of the
material (good for structural applications) and the rate at which the
metal will oxidize. So while true historic "wrought iron" will indeed
rust, it does so in a very slow process without the reckless
enthusiasm of mild steel.
usages of the term "wrought iron" have created a dangerous
confusion about the equivalence of today's commercially available
architectural iron, known as mild steel, and true historic "wrought
iron". Replacements in mild steel are fated to a short, ugly career if
it is assumed that measures sufficient to protect the original
historic work will be adequate for the replicated elements. While
these metals can both be "wrought" (archaic for "worked",
according to Webster) by the smith with equal artistry, true
historic "wrought iron", earned its name not on the
blacksmith's anvil at all but in the smelting process itself! Modern
mild steel is a high carbon steel possessed of an urge to recombine
with oxygen and to return to its natural state, iron oxide, as rapidly
as possible. True historic "wrought iron" is a stable very low carbon
iron that is capable of standing centuries to the elements as long as
its surfaces are well drained and ventilated. Carbon atoms, it turns
out, are the constituent element that induce ferrous metals to crave
oxygen. In general, true historic "wrought iron" was smelted at
relatively low, sub-molten temperatures and then "wrought",
hammered while yet a red hot solid to beat out impurities. These low
temperatures result in a carbon content of about one twentieth that
of mild steel. At higher temperatures, more carbon from the fuel is
incorporated into the metal which both increases the strength of the
material (good for structural applications) and the rate at which the
metal will oxidize. So while true historic "wrought iron" will indeed
rust, it does so in a very slow process without the reckless
enthusiasm of mild steel.
Lucky Horse Shoe: This style is not available in 6ft OR 5ft in height, it's only
available in 4ft and 3ft. The width of the panels is 6ft but we can custom make it
to any width that is required. Posts are 2"x 2", Top and Bottom horizontal are
1"x 2".
available in 4ft and 3ft. The width of the panels is 6ft but we can custom make it
to any width that is required. Posts are 2"x 2", Top and Bottom horizontal are
1"x 2".
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