June 2006

Fabricator Highlight:    Metal Amore's fabricator base extends north to San Juan Capistrano; inland to Indio; and south into Mexico. With this large customer base we display, in the showroom, pictures of fabricator designs created from our vast selection of components.

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This railing design from Metal Mavericks of Escondido, CA incorporates our 1/2" square bar scrolls with 1/2" bushings on 1/2" square bar purchased from Escondido Metal Supply. The scrolls seem to flow from the bar stock creating a unique design.

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Did you Know:   What is the difference between wrought and cast metal?

Wrought is metal in the form of sheet, strip, or bar stock that is "hand-worked", or "hand-wrought," typically on an anvil. Using the skills of a blacksmith, the metal is heated in a forge and hammered to shape. A metalsmith can either forge the metal by hand over an anvil or by using a modern power hammer.

Cast is metalwork produced in a foundry. At the foundry, metal ingots are melted in furnaces and the molten metal is poured into molds. Cast metalwork requires the use of a "pattern" which is usually carved by hand or machine.