Free ironworker SVG files

Thin steel and how large to cut it

Steel work is all long, thin lines, so the beams, cables and bracing here are drawn stouter than life. On the ironworker on a beam the flanges of the beam are lines about 1.3 mm wide when the design is 100 mm tall, and the straps of the harness are much the same. Cut that design at 100 mm or more in vinyl. The tower crane and the steel frame have bracing and cables about 2 mm wide at 100 mm and want 150 mm or more: both suit wood, acrylic and card better than small iron-on.

For small work use the spud wrench, the structural bolt, the hard hat over crossed wrenches or the silhouette, which have nothing fine in them. The beam on the hook is wide and level, so it sits well over a name.

Adding a local, a name or a year

Union seals and local numbers belong to the unions, so none is drawn here. The beam name frame is open in the middle for a name, a local number or a year of service that you set yourself, and the monogram ring takes one to three initials. On the heart, a short name fits under the beam.

How to open the files

• Cricut Design Space: choose Upload, pick the SVG, and add it to the canvas. Set the width you want; the shape is already welded.
• Silhouette Studio: Designer Edition and above open the SVG. The free Basic Edition does not, so open the DXF instead.
• LightBurn, xTool Creative Space and Glowforge: import the SVG, then set the layer to cut, score or engrave.
• Inkscape, Illustrator and Affinity: open the SVG. It is a plain filled path, so you can recolour it, add a stroke or combine it with your own work.
• Printing or sublimation: use the PNG, which has a transparent background.

Each design page lists the file’s narrowest part at seven sizes, so you can tell whether it will survive at the size you plan to cut.

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