Thanks Adrian, I've been trying to remember what the design reminded me of, and one of the first things suggested was vaulted ceilings. Not sure if that's where the design budded from or not, but I think it ended up working pretty well here.

Jake Balcom
Mettle Design
Lincoln, NE

Great looking railings, How did you fabricate them?
Mig welded? They have a great flow and look to them.

Chris Williams

Thanks Chris, the welding was done with a MIG. The pieces of the pickets were formed, welded, and ground at different times during the fab depending on the accessibility of the joint which unfortunately meant lots of spatter clean up on polished welds.

Jake

Jake Balcom
Mettle Design
Lincoln, NE

Stephen Fitz-Gerald
Jake,
What did you treat the surface with to blend the newly grount welds with the mill scale of the square stock?
Looks like lots of work for this design,but the cumulative effect is impressive and perfectly appropriate for a church...
Gothic Arch-yeah.
When you give the client the price estimate do you base it on price per lineal foot or on the job? Just curious...

Hi Stephen, no treatment, I just blended the transition with a flapper disc. As for my estimates I give both, but the price per foot comes from bidding out the whole job. I created a my own estimate worksheet that walks me through every step of the the process so I don't forget to charge for work that I'm doing. My business became profitable the day after I started using it, lol. I was really surprised to find out how much labor I was giving away.

Jake

Jake Balcom
Mettle Design
Lincoln, NE

Stephen Fitz-Gerald

Sounds vaguely familiar...LOL.