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ACCOYA
 Lovely new lock. We applied the patina by tumbling, not chemistry. With the use of slotted screws it looks the part on a 100 year old window. This classic lock design needs no improvement. We use it on 90% of our work.           View fullsize
 Beautiful. From Fort Washington's Officers Barracks c. 1837. Lock makers are learning from firearms producers about mass production. Fifty years earlier these parts would be cut and filed by a smith. The lift off hinges feel Blacksmith-made, but in View fullsize
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DSC00755.JPG View fullsize
 Hundreds of pounds of solid bronze hardware from the old Department of Agriculture, now the GSA Headquarters. All was stripped, tumbled, lubricated, and used again.    View fullsize
IMG_0085 (1).JPG View fullsize
 GSA locks during tumbling process. Those little green tetrahedrons are the tumbler media. View fullsize
 This is a nice look, though not historic. The cast iron pulleys are tumbled, cleaned, and lacquered. Solid brass and slotted screw finishes it off — works even better in a stained jamb. View fullsize
 My experience in motorcycling, which started at nine years of age, has informed our restoration of architecture — metallurgy, physics of spinning, heat, fluids, friction, and much more. Purpose driven aesthetics and the glee of the making and fixing View fullsize
 The bike pictured here and the previous is a 1962 Triton. For me, in the late 80's, it started as a Norton frame and Triumph engine. I made all the bracketry and seat, and collected parts far and wide from many bikes. That is a wide-line Featherbed View fullsize
 These are now not produced. Note the lefts and rights. They are laylight pivot hinges with detents.  Most row house skylights were meant to function as chimneys. The curbs were ventilated and the laylight sealed things off in the summer. This excell View fullsize
 Baldwin hardware is good. This stuff, from the P. House in Georgetown, is getting a revitalization after 50 years of service. View fullsize
 Just a door knob. Florence, Italy. View fullsize
4.22.16 560 (1).JPG View fullsize
 This photo and following are from the Andrew Mellon Residence at 1785 Massachusetts Avenue NW.  We have restored most of this material and it is available for reuse.    View fullsize
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 Series of pulleys from the Octagon House c. 1803. View fullsize
IMG_6147.JPG View fullsize
IMG_6153.JPG View fullsize
IMG_6151.JPG View fullsize
IMG_4120.JPG View fullsize
 The locks pictured here have a secondary function where they clasp the sash together — not widely used though effective where components no longer align. View fullsize
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 These glass knobs and brass back plates are an American classic. Common in the 20s and 30s and often mounted to doors with a Deco influence, there are Victorian Regency influences here.  Good stuff — a cleaning and lubrication can put another ninety View fullsize
 This image and the next three are an expression of what we will do to broaden our skills base at a bit of financial loss. These escutcheons could have been bought with the latches, but at the job we only need these. We fabricated a punch die from ha View fullsize
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100_2598.jpg View fullsize
 The pivot axel mounts from the jamb exterior and the receiver mounts to sash edge.      View fullsize
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100_0234-1.jpg View fullsize
 Craftsmen using our preferred brass and bronze cleaner. View fullsize
 This is bronze c. 1900 period. Bronze can carry more of a golden hue rather than the yellow of brass. View fullsize
4.22.16 339.JPG View fullsize
 On large projects every single piece of hardware is numbered per its opening. View fullsize
 While the hardware industry has gone to making many finishes available on brass and bronze as seen here in a selection of sash chain available to us, we prefer solid bronze or copper-plated for most projects with chains. View fullsize
 This hardware is from a cow barn in Rockville, Maryland c. 1930.  We stripped, tumbled, and lacquered these original pieces for their now new use as a music venue. View fullsize
 Hardware in process from the former Textile Museum. View fullsize
 Hardware finished. View fullsize
IMG_0427.JPG View fullsize
 Bronze freshly out of the tumbler.  View fullsize
 Chain does not completely clean in the tumbling process. Embedded paint is removed by hand. View fullsize
 These are riveted pulley housings from the mid-19th century.  Later, single piece cast design was most common. View fullsize
IMG_4040.JPG View fullsize
IMG_4041.JPG View fullsize
KEL_2501.jpg View fullsize
IMG_4242.JPG View fullsize
IMG_1258.jpg View fullsize
IMG_4304.jpg View fullsize
IMG_5431.jpeg View fullsize
 Lovely new lock. We applied the patina by tumbling, not chemistry. With the use of slotted screws it looks the part on a 100 year old window. This classic lock design needs no improvement. We use it on 90% of our work.
 Beautiful. From Fort Washington's Officers Barracks c. 1837. Lock makers are learning from firearms producers about mass production. Fifty years earlier these parts would be cut and filed by a smith. The lift off hinges feel Blacksmith-made, but in
DSC00757.JPG
DSC00755.JPG
 Hundreds of pounds of solid bronze hardware from the old Department of Agriculture, now the GSA Headquarters. All was stripped, tumbled, lubricated, and used again.
IMG_0085 (1).JPG
 GSA locks during tumbling process. Those little green tetrahedrons are the tumbler media.
 This is a nice look, though not historic. The cast iron pulleys are tumbled, cleaned, and lacquered. Solid brass and slotted screw finishes it off — works even better in a stained jamb.
 My experience in motorcycling, which started at nine years of age, has informed our restoration of architecture — metallurgy, physics of spinning, heat, fluids, friction, and much more. Purpose driven aesthetics and the glee of the making and fixing
 The bike pictured here and the previous is a 1962 Triton. For me, in the late 80's, it started as a Norton frame and Triumph engine. I made all the bracketry and seat, and collected parts far and wide from many bikes. That is a wide-line Featherbed
 These are now not produced. Note the lefts and rights. They are laylight pivot hinges with detents.  Most row house skylights were meant to function as chimneys. The curbs were ventilated and the laylight sealed things off in the summer. This excell
 Baldwin hardware is good. This stuff, from the P. House in Georgetown, is getting a revitalization after 50 years of service.
 Just a door knob. Florence, Italy.
4.22.16 560 (1).JPG
 This photo and following are from the Andrew Mellon Residence at 1785 Massachusetts Avenue NW.  We have restored most of this material and it is available for reuse.
4.22.16 232.JPG
4.22.16 364.JPG
 Series of pulleys from the Octagon House c. 1803.
IMG_6147.JPG
IMG_6153.JPG
IMG_6151.JPG
IMG_4120.JPG
 The locks pictured here have a secondary function where they clasp the sash together — not widely used though effective where components no longer align.
100_0235.jpg
 These glass knobs and brass back plates are an American classic. Common in the 20s and 30s and often mounted to doors with a Deco influence, there are Victorian Regency influences here.  Good stuff — a cleaning and lubrication can put another ninety
 This image and the next three are an expression of what we will do to broaden our skills base at a bit of financial loss. These escutcheons could have been bought with the latches, but at the job we only need these. We fabricated a punch die from ha
100_2592.jpg
100_2596.jpg
100_2598.jpg
 The pivot axel mounts from the jamb exterior and the receiver mounts to sash edge.
100_0191.jpg
100_0192.jpg
100_0186.jpg
100_0234-1.jpg
 Craftsmen using our preferred brass and bronze cleaner.
 This is bronze c. 1900 period. Bronze can carry more of a golden hue rather than the yellow of brass.
4.22.16 339.JPG
 On large projects every single piece of hardware is numbered per its opening.
 While the hardware industry has gone to making many finishes available on brass and bronze as seen here in a selection of sash chain available to us, we prefer solid bronze or copper-plated for most projects with chains.
 This hardware is from a cow barn in Rockville, Maryland c. 1930.  We stripped, tumbled, and lacquered these original pieces for their now new use as a music venue.
 Hardware in process from the former Textile Museum.
 Hardware finished.
IMG_0427.JPG
 Bronze freshly out of the tumbler.
 Chain does not completely clean in the tumbling process. Embedded paint is removed by hand.
 These are riveted pulley housings from the mid-19th century.  Later, single piece cast design was most common.
IMG_4040.JPG
IMG_4041.JPG
KEL_2501.jpg
IMG_4242.JPG
IMG_1258.jpg
IMG_4304.jpg
IMG_5431.jpeg

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