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Need advice fast

Hi all, I need some advice on permalac and buffing/additional coats.

Backround:

I took a job to refinish a steel chair made by another artist out of railroad components. The steel had been ground with a swirl finish and clear coated with a clear powder coat. The chair was used outside and over the years had started rusting of course. The client contacted me to have it stripped, remove the rust and put the swirl finish back on, and have it clear coated with powder coat.


Vermont trip

Hi folks!
I'm leaving for Vermont for a couple of weeks on Monday. I was hoping (not the strict purpose of the trip…) to check out what the artists and metal bangers were up to in the North East while I was there. Any one have any suggestions for the Brattleboro, VT area to check out some metal work?


Never tried to go to 200 tons

The hose coming off of the vickers pump is not the high pressure hose I have other hoses that go to the otc 10,000 psi pump. I use the 5hp vickers pump for everything,I have found it to be more than adequate for anything I could ever want to do.


Advertising my art

According to you guy's, what would be the best way to advertize my art and myself as a sculptor? Are there any magazines or places that you would recommend?

gillis


compressor filter

I'm looking for this water filter for my compressor, the one that uses the toilet paper kind of. It's for my plasma cutter. Would anybody have a picture of that filter and can anyone tell me where I can order it?


Concerning solder

Good day all, I am very inexperienced with connecting ferris to non ferris. As I understand it, copper brass bronze etc. may be braised to steel with a standard flux coated bronze rod. On occasion I use bronze rod to just fill in to add color. Could I use a non lead solder for color and get the same results. Example being; I just completed a beefalo as half the people that viewed it saw it as a bull the other half a Bison. I used a piece of bus tail pipe for the body and a 45 degree pipe fitting for the head then layered the head end with bicycle chain tapering down to mid-way of the back. I filled in most of the chain links with weld bead leaving what was hanging over the sides untouched so they would move. Filling in with mig bead gave the appearance of fur. Then I splashed the top hump with bronze rod giving a more rustic look. Is this a practical way to add texture and color or is there a better way. Someone gave me 2 silver braising rods, would they have worked for color as well? Could I drip low temp solder to fill in? Oh, I used XL draft horseshoes for legs and bead covered bolts for holves. (sp)?


A pair candle sticks

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This is a set of candle stick I did today. They are about 15" tall and the cup is forged from a piece of iron pipe. They were fun and a nice distraction from the paying projects.


Idyllwild brooches

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I created 5 brooches for exhibit at the Idyllwild Exhibition Center during the Metals Week workshops. I also took a brooch made for an exhibit in New York a few years ago. I was thrilled to have sold 4 of the six brooches during the exhibition.


Bucky at the Whitney

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At the Whitney is an exhibition called "Buckminster Fuller:Starting With The Universe". I can't attend but in honor of Bucky I made a stand to exhibit one of my sculptures based on a Dymaxion(cubo-octahedron), an octahedron, and of course a tetrahedron.


FINALLY FINISHED!

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Here it is! I took this pic. after I tumbled it-it was one last glance at it before the Blackened Satin finish was to be done.Fluer De Lis almost there!: I took this pic. after I tumbled it-it was one last glance at it before the Blackened Satin finish was to be done. This is it!  The final piece!  I think the customer is gonna love it!  I had a hard time shipping it out to her...Fluer De Lis is Finished!: This is it! The final piece! I think the customer is gonna love it! I had a hard time shipping it out to her...


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