Armstrong and Carter Ironworks

Armstrong and Carter Ironworks Traditional hand forged architectural and sculptural ironwork
hand hammered copper
blacksmithing / coppersmithing

Our neighbour down the road is a meticulous wood worker. We're so happy he trusted us to burn holes in his newly restore...
06/05/2026

Our neighbour down the road is a meticulous wood worker. We're so happy he trusted us to burn holes in his newly restored sugar shack! This building is going to live on for generations to come thanks to his careful work.
- hinges installed
- mike making a round hole square
- and the artifact example our neighbour asked us to use as reference for the strap hinge style and scale. He found this on the property!

06/04/2026

Burning round holes to be square.
This is part of the process for installing bolt through hinge pintles into a doorframe.
We definitely did some practice burns before the real installation. Figuring out the details like:
- making the burning tool to transition from round to square
- determining the perfect pilot hole size
- wetting the wood to minimize burning
- practicing keeping the tool square so that the pintle pin is perfectly straight up and down.

It happens fast. Much faster than a hammer and chisel. Besides, we're not really wood workers.

We've had some fun hardware work recently - big strap hinges and masonry pintles for a timber frame gate- strap hinges a...
06/03/2026

We've had some fun hardware work recently
- big strap hinges and masonry pintles for a timber frame gate
- strap hinges and bolt through pintles for barn doors
- spring bolts and hasps.
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Georgetown, ON

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905 691 8101

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