Making Saddle Hardware ⭐ How to Make Steel D Rings by Hand | Metal Working Video

How to Make Steel D Rings by Hand | Metal Working Video. Hand bent steel D's for a custom saddle I am making. Dee's feature antique brown finish by using Mark Lee's express brown number two metal finishing formula. Grinding and smoothing the hammer marks out on my new Beaumont Metal Works 2x72 belt grinder.
0:00 Start - Making saddle hardware in the metal working shop
0:06 Hand forged Saddle D's
1:02 Grinding Hammer Marks Out
2:30 Grinding Hammer Marks Out On 3 1/2 Inch Dee
6:02 Maker Marked Saddle D's
6:27 How to Antique Finish Metal
7:17 Applying Mark Lee Express Brown Solution
8:03 A Look At The Browned Saddle D's
Making handmade saddle hardware using shop made jigs and fixtures for bending and shaping the steel. Metals for saddle dee's can be 304 stainless steel or cold rolled steel like the ones made in this video. Heat and bend the Dee's around the fixture then remove and weld the seam at the top then hand forge a bevel on the D. After the bevel is hammered on then it's time to grind out the hammer marks using a belt sander. Go through the sanding belt grits 40, 80, 120 and 320 then buff to a mirror finish.

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