An old friend of mine was looking for a industrial looking guardrail for his home, and asked me if I would be interested to fabricate it for him. He showed me some pictures of a railing he liked, and I drafted something quickly for him in CAD. He was really excited about the look, and I ordered the materials the following day. Here are the pictures to show the process of fabricating this guard rail. Another fun project, and a first for my little shop! Enjoy!
Cutting all the steel tubing to length for the guard rail on my dry cut saw.
The cuts on the top of the posts to receive a C-channel as a top rail
Welded all the base plates to the posts.
A closeup of the welds.
After that I cut some spacers to set up the railing sections for tack welding.
My welding table is invaluable for jobs like this.
Everything is flat and square because of clamping everything in place before tack welding.
Finish welding the first section.
Another closeup.
Both outside sections are done!
Setup time for the center section.
Another view, showing my recently purchased and enhanced pipe stands in action.
Tack welding the center section.
Finish welding the center section.
I like to be comfortable when I’m welding, and it was easy to get all the way around each piece.
Ready to weld the C-channel for the top rail to the railing sections.
I made this little hidden mounting bracket to anker the railing to a wall on one side.
The same, just right side up!
I capped the face of the channel for a more finished appearance.
