Hi all, thought I'd post a project from a bit earlier this summer which ended up being the toughest project I've worked on yet. Although I've never done a curved railing before, it was the logistics of the project that made it so difficult. First off, I came in late on the project, the steel worker on the job wasn't able to fabricate it, so I wasn't involved with the design process and all I had to go off of for a set of plans was a couple of photos from a magazine. At this point the rail had to be fabricated on site, had i been involved with the project from the get go, i think we could have figured out a way to build it in the shop and then crane it up, but it was too late for that. Second, the project was already 6weeks behind and the clients were living in a motel room bc their previous house had sold and they were chomping at the bit to move in. The job site was in one of the Penthouse Condos on top of a 14 story building requiring two elevators to get up to the site, one to the 12th floor and then another very small elevator(or stairway) to the 14th floor. This second elevator was too small for 8' materials and as slow as you can imagine, 30 feet per minute which seems like an eternity in a small stuffy box.

Hi All, I've been trying to respond to Crquack's thread on photo etching but none of my posts have gone through. I'm posting this to see if it will go through and find out if anyone else is having troubles posting.

Here are some pictures of the Ascension sculpture that was just dedicated. Overall size is about 10' in diameter and about 7' tall. The material is 304 Stainless Steel with a ground finish and a vertical grain that was free handed to give it more of a wild organic look. The whole thing was then treated with Citrisurf to passivate the stainless and brighten/polish it up. Anybody who wants to make their stainless steel projects pop should definitely look into Citrisurf. It was easy to use, environmentally safe, economical, and the results were amazing.

Wow Loorie, the booth looks great. Thanks so much for all of your time organizing this show. None of our pieces would be there without your hard work.

thanks again

Jake

Thought I'd start a Gallery Page to post picts of the work being sent up to the Artomatic419 show. I know rick already posted a couple of picts, but maybe he can repost them in this thread as well. Can't wait to see everyone's work.