/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>1616069
"Wrought" means "worked" as opposed to cast. For comparison, most steel is wrought, whether with rolls, presses, drawing dies, etc. To make "wrought iron", you take iron with too little carbon to be considered a steel, and work it into something. Typically with a blacksmithing setup (forge, anvil, various hammers and other paraphernalia). But if you're going for functionality rather than historical accuracy, just use mild steel. It's pretty similar, and is a lot easier to acquire these days. Making a wrought iron lamp involves shaping the iron into suitable shapes and typically forge welding them together (though more efficient techniques are available today). Note that your pic is not wrought iron. It appears to be a cast post holding a steel sheet enclosure.