Here’s another video taken straight from the Iron Railing 101 course. In this video I show you exactly how to make your own reusable welding jig to make the perfect iron railing down rails every time.
Until I came up with this welding jig, I was spending way too much time checking everything over and over to make sure it all stayed in place before I welded it up. It would take forever to find the angles, mark everything out, and then try to clamp down all the metal and hope nothing moved in the process.
This video’s a little long, but it’s well worth it. I use this welding jig on every iron railing project I work on. I even use for other welding projects. It’s that good. If you plan on making money from building iron railing, this welding jig is a must for you.
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How To Build The Down Rail Welding Jig
Have you built a welding jig that’s saves you time and money?
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is it possible to make precise enough cuts with a chops saw with carbon blade,,and not the fancy diamond blade,, for the pickets if the railing or security bars are at 90 degrees????
Isaac – You can, but you need to take it slow. Carbon blades have a tendency the warp which will put an angle on your cuts.
I need to build some railing to match some that I already got (at the junk yard). It is 1/2″ bar, but every other bar is twisted. Do you know where the twisted bar might be available? Most of the ones that I found on the net are twisted at a different pitch than what I have. Also, can you buy the punched channel already made or is that a blacksmith job? Thanks!
Hi Chip,
The big problem with older twisted bar is that it hardly ever matches up with the new stuff. Much of the older bar was actually done by hand in smaller pieces. Now days you can buy 20′ sticks of the stuff that were twisted at the mill. I wish I had a better answer for you, but this is something that I deal with all the time.
Hi Andy,
Can you weld the down rails from the inside of the channel to make it look tidy or would that lead to problems later?
Thank you.
Hi Ben,
That’s a good idea, but I’m not sure how you’d be able to get to the inside. Unless I’m misunderstanding what you’re asking.