73rd day of Summer, 514
The Forge was slow to awaken, yet under Valdr’s experienced hands it soon came to life. He raked yesterday’s embers to make room for the new charcoal and to get some air to feed the fledging fire, so that it may grow into the roaring blaze that he needed to do his work. This was the third day into his assignment; a new chain railing to be placed somewhere within the city, the exact location being irrelevant. The order had come in for the railing, and that was all that mattered. The first day, after the task had been assigned to him, was spent mostly preparing the materials and the metal he would need. The rail itself only needed to be three feet in height and 7 feet long, and since the order had come in for a chain rail, there wasn’t too much metal to prepare. As it were, he chose to work with iron for this project; strong enough to meet the demands of its post, yet not too expensive or flashy enough to warrant any special attention; no need to waste when iron was perfect for the job.
He had smelted the iron and cleaned it of any impurities, while at the same time turning the many ores into billets. By the end of the first day he had prepared all the metal he estimated he needed, having several different piles of billets depending on what he was to forge them into; the iron supports, or the links to connect them. The first half of the second day was spent planning the rail itself; the width of each link in the chain, the amount of links to use between each post, and the total size of the posts themselves. It all had to be planned out in order to achieve the desired result. The latter part of the day was spent on work itself.
He first worked on the posts, a total of three needed to be done, with the chain between them. He used a stack of four iron billets for each, giving him enough metal to shape it the way he desired. It was relatively simple work. Starting by hammering the heated billets into one glowing piece of iron, he quickly drew it out to length and shaped it. Each post was to be 4 feet long, which allowed the post to be driven into the rock far enough to be stable and also allowed him enough metal on the top end to bend into shape where were the chains would link to, all while keeping to the three foot height requirement. He had done this for all three posts. He even had time to get started with the links before weariness took its toll. Today on the third day he hoped to finish.
The Forge was slow to awaken, yet under Valdr’s experienced hands it soon came to life. He raked yesterday’s embers to make room for the new charcoal and to get some air to feed the fledging fire, so that it may grow into the roaring blaze that he needed to do his work. This was the third day into his assignment; a new chain railing to be placed somewhere within the city, the exact location being irrelevant. The order had come in for the railing, and that was all that mattered. The first day, after the task had been assigned to him, was spent mostly preparing the materials and the metal he would need. The rail itself only needed to be three feet in height and 7 feet long, and since the order had come in for a chain rail, there wasn’t too much metal to prepare. As it were, he chose to work with iron for this project; strong enough to meet the demands of its post, yet not too expensive or flashy enough to warrant any special attention; no need to waste when iron was perfect for the job.
He had smelted the iron and cleaned it of any impurities, while at the same time turning the many ores into billets. By the end of the first day he had prepared all the metal he estimated he needed, having several different piles of billets depending on what he was to forge them into; the iron supports, or the links to connect them. The first half of the second day was spent planning the rail itself; the width of each link in the chain, the amount of links to use between each post, and the total size of the posts themselves. It all had to be planned out in order to achieve the desired result. The latter part of the day was spent on work itself.
He first worked on the posts, a total of three needed to be done, with the chain between them. He used a stack of four iron billets for each, giving him enough metal to shape it the way he desired. It was relatively simple work. Starting by hammering the heated billets into one glowing piece of iron, he quickly drew it out to length and shaped it. Each post was to be 4 feet long, which allowed the post to be driven into the rock far enough to be stable and also allowed him enough metal on the top end to bend into shape where were the chains would link to, all while keeping to the three foot height requirement. He had done this for all three posts. He even had time to get started with the links before weariness took its toll. Today on the third day he hoped to finish.
