I wrapped up my first every firewood stand. I’ve been wanting to make one for years now. Like so many things I’d love to do I just need someone to commission me for one and I finally got that chance.
The goal was something simple and clean. Sheetmetal was used on the bottom to capture the little pieces of wood and bark that always makes a mess. That was an idea by the client and a genius one at that.
Also, the client didn’t want scroll work, or anything overly elaborate, so we settled on flattening the tips and giving it a bit of a curl. The feet match the top, though you can’t really see them.
I’m a huge fan of traditional joinery so the supports were joined with tenons to the frame and rivets were used for the sheetmetal. Traditional blacksmith joinery just adds a rustic charm that I love.
Lastly, they wanted the firewood stand to be painted a dark bronze so that’s what they got.
This firewood stand needed to be shipped from Maine to Wyoming. Long story short, in the end I had to build a box from scratch. The dimensions had to be just-so in order to ship standard UPS instead of freight. That was a learning experience but in the end I built the box and sent this off to the customer.
I’m really happy with how this came out. It’s a heavy piece at 42lbs but much lighter than many other firewood stands I’ve seen. I’m a firm believer is making something to do the job without over engineering it. I’ve seen some items in my time made of steel that’s way bigger than is required. Then you have something that weighs 8lbs instead of 2lbs just because that smith likes working in that stock size. Steel is heavy and going beyond the requirements and delivering an item 4 times heavier than it needs to be isn’t acceptable to me.
If you’re interested in having something custom made, then definitely reach out to me. You can also see other commission work I’ve done in my portfolio.
