Welding week 6
I missed last week as I was away on a business trip but it turns out there was a fun demo of a plasma cutter. This might be repeated before the end of the course if we have time. This
Welding Week 4
This week we had a demo of stick (arc) welding and got to practice vertical welds. I also repaired the welded bars that had caused problems the week before. Thanks to all the suggestions from MIG Welding Forum on why
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Other Furnace Users
I’m not the only person using a small furnace in my back garden. West Texas RC Dog has made his own furnace and completed some lost foam casting. He’s created some tools and some orniments for the house. The site
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Casting results and metal candy canes
Here’s the polished up results of the aluminium R made during the other weekend’s casting session with the flowerpot furnace. I used files to remove any spru and large bumps then a couple of sizes of sanding drum on a
Welded Sculptures
I was reminded earlier this week that my welding course is actually “welding for artists” so I thought I’d look up some other artists who make welded sculptures. Johan JonssonJeff OwensDerek ArnoldKendall B. Polster – The Weld Guy Raking ManDavid
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Welding Week 2
For our second week of Artist Welding we got started with MIG welding and between the three of us managed to tack together a nautically inspired design seen at the front of the phonephoto below. We then moved on to
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Sunday sandcasting
It’s been over a year since I last fired up the flowerpot furnace. A multitude of factors have got in the way from weather to needing to work on the gates to being too busy enjoying other things. I switched
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Materials: Aluminium
Tags: Flowerpot furnace, petrobond, sand
Rusty old art?
Most shed based engineers spent a lot of effort avoiding getting their work and tools rusty. Artist Tom Deko has however, actively sought rust to give colour and life to his recycled metal sculptures. These can been seen until 17th
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Tags: rust, Steel
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Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
