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  A Masonic Village retirement community in New Jersey was installing a new garden and courtyard area. They wanted a security fence and a garden fence for the separate areas. The desire was for the fence to be built with solid aluminum pickets for durability and longevity. For cost effectiveness and maximum strength, the pickets…

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After having a great 2018, building phenomenal Iron gates, pool fence and terrace railing, the entire Compass Ironworks team and family came together to celebrate the Christmas season. We had a local family cook as a great homemade meal. The Christmas presents to all the team members was the addictive corn hole game! What was…

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Our gallery area needed a spiral staircase to be able to access the double entry doors. Clients come from New Jersey, Delaware, New York, Maryland, Virginia and of course Pennsylvania to browse railing design samples and railing design images for inspiration for their own exceptional project. The space was somewhat restricted and the spiral stair…

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  The client was building a beautiful shore home and wrought Iron decor was desired to accentuate the architecture. But due to the harsh elements at the shore, we had to design everything in marine grade and aircraft grade aluminum. Powder-coated correctly, the wrought iron gate design was indistinguishable from Iron. This portion of the…

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A special item will be auctioned at the NEF (NOMMA Education Foundation) event at Metalfab in Indianapolis in March. A specially-engineered, articulating dual feed overhead boom welder unit, complete with Miller power source and feeders will be offered. Compass Ironworks, a multiple award-winning company, also awarded the 2016 Mitch Heitler Excellence in craftsmanship award designed…

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A Pre-War upscale apartment building had extensive garden areas and wanted an authentic looking wrought fence. The design was inspired by Ironwork at the Empire State Building and the peace symbol. After going through extensive design, they determined all posts to be solid material. The finish spec’d was CIW 2135-I which was for all the…

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Video Of Banding Tool For Centuries, these banding collars were a part of railing design for wrought Iron railings. After some brain-storming, looking at other tools, we developed a top of the line, best ever, banding collar tool. Instead of spending minutes clamping the collar into place, then hammering it over, we designed our own…

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A client had a beautiful shore home and had done beautiful forged aluminum deck railings. They had a gorgeous pool area between the house and sea wall. They wanted to preserve the panoramic views but have the safety of a railing on the sea wall. So glass was the material of choice, but again safety…

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An interior designer was completely redesigning a residence and really wanted to do something special with the stair railing. the desire was uber contemporary and linear. Different designs were explored and discarded. Then the idea was presented of mixing square bar material with rectangular bar material for a more dimensional visual experience.   Colors were…

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A client had a beautiful pool area that had originally been built by his father. All the old pool railing did not meet current codes. The desire was to meet today’s codes with a product that looked authentic and was true to the original design intent of the horse farm. So a new “old” Iron…

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