Portland Industrial District

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Kettner Ironworks engineers structural staircases, precision joinery, and custom metal fixtures for Pacific Northwest architects and interior designers.

Custom Specialties

Bespoke Architectural Metalwork

From heavy load-bearing structural elements to delicate hand-waxed interior accents, every piece is built to drawing specifications.

Structural Steel Stairs

Interior Brass Joinery

Heavy Steel Tables

Floating stringers, mono-stringer beams, and custom steel risers fabricated to exact structural engineering tolerances.

Solid brass door casing, handrails, and cabinet frames aged with chemical patinas and sealed with hand-rubbed wax.

Plank-top cold-rolled steel dining and executive tables with blackened oak inlays and industrial base frames.

Portland Workshop

Raw Metallurgy Meets Precision Detailing

In our industrial district workshop, we bridge heavy structural metal fabrication with delicate architectural finishes. We work in quarter-inch steel, raw brass, and blackened oak, transforming cold-rolled stock into permanent architectural features.

Every patinated surface is aged using proprietary chemical formulations and sealed by hand with natural beeswaxes. We build directly from structural engineering drawings, CAD files, or initial architectural sketches.

Material Commitment

Quarter-inch steel, hand-rubbed brass, and blackened oak engineered for architectural endurance.

No stamped metals or synthetic finishes. Only solid regional steel, natural patinas, and joinery peened to tight tolerances.

Operational Standards

Shop Precision Metrics

1/16 in

fabrication tolerance

100%

regional steel sourcing

1/4 in

minimum steel thickness