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Hand Forged, Hand Filed, Handmade.

• Full-time business specializing in custom ironwork, sculptures, and historical restorations of original pieces.

• Contact me today for any gates, railing, or other exterior ironwork that you may want!

10/24/2026

Little bit further on these rails

The last couple of years I procrastinated on getting more advertisements for my business, but recently I bit the bullet ...
10/22/2026

The last couple of years I procrastinated on getting more advertisements for my business, but recently I bit the bullet and ordered some. I re-designed my brochures a bit, bought some signs, Christmas cards (will be sent to those who have bought large quantities from me this year and those who have supported my business the most), and I had some sweatshirts made. I received most of the order today, but still waiting on the other sweatshirts to get here.

If you’re wanting a sweatshirt I have 3 choices as of right now to choose from.
* The Carhartt one (my business name and logo on the front with a plain back ($90.00 each priced higher because it’s Carhartt)
* Black or Brown sweatshirt with business name on the front and logo on the back in this style. ($50.00 each)
In the future I plan to add dark green, maroon, and blue but that won’t be until further down the road after I see how these do. May also do some hats too!

If you’re interested in one of the sweatshirts Venmo me the amount above and text me (515-249-9210) with your name, size, and which sweatshirt you’re wanting! I plan to place another order by November 1st so make sure I have all the information by then!

10/21/2026

Starting to fly through this rail, decided to go ahead with doing a test fit and it sat in great minus a small amount of adjusting to get it plumb. Tomorrow I’ll get the spindles in and get the other one to this point!

10/21/2026

When normal business hours end I like taking the time after to work on projects like this. For the last 8 years I’ve probably designed this over 100 times and could never fully get the idea right, and now I think I have a pretty good idea on how to execute it. Follow along to see what it is when completed!

10/20/2026

One week I’m restoring fence, the next it’s back to building railings. The life of a blacksmith never gets old!

10/17/2026

From mangled mess to looking like a fence again! Glad the weather today cooperated with getting it reinstalled and ready to last another 100+ years.

If you own a home with an old wrought iron fence or have a local cemetery that could really use a restoration call me today at 515-249-9210 I serve all of the state of Iowa and most of the surrounding states may travel farther depending on the size of job!

10/16/2026

Just a couple more things left to load in the morning then I’ll be heading to deliver this fence in the morning!

10/15/2026

It feels good to have this done and ready for delivery Friday. All that’s left is straightening the mid-posts but that has to be done on site, once they’re up they’ll be ready to last another 100+ years!

10/14/2026

Went and got the jig laid out for the curved rails that’ll be on the back steps, with any luck I should be able to get them both done within a couple of weeks as long as the curving goes good and stays consistent. There’s probably a million better ways to lay this out, but this works for me and like the old saying goes if it’s stupid and works it ain’t stupid.

Another day or so worth of work on this fence restoration project then it’ll be ready to deliver sometime this week!
10/12/2026

Another day or so worth of work on this fence restoration project then it’ll be ready to deliver sometime this week!

Address

2850 303rd Street
Menlo, IA
50164

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 6pm
Tuesday 8am - 6pm
Wednesday 8am - 6pm
Thursday 8am - 6pm
Friday 8am - 6pm

Telephone

+15152499210

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