DOOR HANDLES
Stock: 5⁄8 in. round, 6 ins. long, of soft steel or wrought iron.
Directions: The piece of stock is drawn from the centre 23⁄4 ins. both ways to 5⁄16 in. in diameter. This will leave a piece of the full size material on each end of the rod. Flatten this out from the wide ends. Heat the iron very hot and flatten it down so that the width will be not less than 11⁄2 in. to 2 ins., to 1⁄8 in. thick. Cut the design out. Any one of the designs shown can be used. The bosses are drawn up from the under part by using the peen of the hammer and driving it into a hard wood block, or on an iron stake, as explained in the article on embossing. A very blunt chisel, like a fuller, will give the centre effect. The handles are now bent into shape. Some handles are twisted out of flat stock.
DRAWER PULLS
Drawer pulls are made in much the same way as door knockers. There are the escutcheon plate, bolt, and ring. They may be made to push through a drawer of any kind. The design depends much upon the use the drawer pull is put to. They can be made out of round iron, flat iron, twisted iron.
Stock: Escutcheon plate, 1⁄8 in. soft steel, 21⁄4 ins. round. Bolt, 1⁄2 in. square on the bar. Ring, 1⁄4 × 61⁄2 ins., all of soft steel.
Directions: With a cold chisel cut a piece of flat soft steel 21⁄4 ins. round and make a disc. Divide the disc as shown by the drawing. File out the escalloped edges and with a small hand chisel chase the lines so as to form the design. The small half-round chisel will form the ovals and a centre-punch will form the dots. The ring is made by drawing each end of the 61⁄2-in. piece to a taper, leaving about one third of it for a centre. The ends should be tapered to 1⁄4 in. round. These ends fit into the bolt. Bend the ring into a circle. Engrave the design as you did on the escutcheon plate, using the same tools. The eye bolt is made from the 1⁄2-in. square bar by drawing out the end of the bar 2 ins. or less in length, 1⁄4 round, the length depending upon the thickness of the drawer. This bolt is to go through the drawer and be screwed tight in place with a nut. The large part is now cut off 1⁄2 in. in length and the four corners knocked down. A 1⁄4-in. hole should be drilled through the bolt to receive the ring. Heat the ring red hot at the heavy part and with a pair of tongs open it out just wide enough to receive the eye bolt. Then the ring is pushed into place.