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double golden ellipsoids @ maximum tilt

ScottTheSculptor - Monday, September 12, 2011 - 3:14pm
Fabrication | Whitesmithing | |

Just need to work out how to hang it elegantly

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More sidetracks, sort of

ScottTheSculptor - Sunday, July 3, 2011 - 1:34pm

My weld tests.
Figured that I didn't want to waste *any* titanium.
Crudly bent rings, welded, then cold forged round.
If the weld holds, I'm on the right track.
Figured this out a few years ago. This batch of ten was to "warm up" for welding the trike.


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Non-Metal Sidetrack

ScottTheSculptor - Friday, June 10, 2011 - 2:27pm
Fabrication

Already fired up the next sculpture . . . back to metal :-)

Titanium tricycle - have it all planned and have all the metal.

This is Eve. Needs a base and just a bit of tweaking. "Soaking" for now.


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Burnout Kiln

ScottTheSculptor - Sunday, April 3, 2011 - 1:45pm
Casting | |

In a pause so I thought I'd get these up . . .finally :-)

These are of the burn out kiln.
My homemade ceramic shell process isn't up to speed yet. The first batches made weak shell.

Old mini fridge.


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Portable foundry furnace

ScottTheSculptor - Friday, January 21, 2011 - 8:04am
Casting | | |

Fully portable bronze furnace.
Smallest gas powered leaf blower I could find - plenty of air at idle.
Stainless cover with refractory slathered kaowool weighs less than 20 lbs.
harbor freight weed burners are way simpler than making your own.


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Cold formed 7 guage Stainless

ScottTheSculptor - Sunday, January 2, 2011 - 3:40pm
Whitesmithing |

Just learned a new word. "Whitesmithing" Guess this counts?

Big hammer, tree stump.


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Olive and stainless

ScottTheSculptor - Sunday, January 2, 2011 - 3:30pm
Fabrication | |

Base is cold formed 7 guage stainless (3/16").
the pipe is 1/8" wall.
lots of stainless rod reinforcing underneath.

I hand slabbed an olive tree trunk ages ago and finally used up the last slab.


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Dressing a Nimba

ScottTheSculptor - Wednesday, December 29, 2010 - 4:49am
Blacksmithing |

I just got a used Nimba Centurion.
Used but had never been dressed.
So I've;
removed the pitting and hand ground the face flat with lots of water and flat diamond stones,
got the horn back to symmetrical using a portable slack belt grinder and big diamond files,


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