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bronze pine cone
Stephen Fitz-Gerald -
Friday, October 16, 2009 - 1:21pm
Sculpture Gallery | bronze sculpture | sculpture  web_0.preview.jpg "bronze pine cone") This is the first iteration of a little design problem I gave myself,namely ,how to (fabricate) a fairly realistic pine cone...  pine cone
Stephen Fitz-Gerald -
Friday, October 16, 2009 - 9:28pm
Stephen Fitz-Gerald Good advice Rich, » reply  plug weld
enchanted iron -
Friday, October 16, 2009 - 9:55pm
hey stephen, did you also punch a hole in the middle? im sure im not tellin you anything you havent done before but why cant you plug weld the center of the stack of punched parts and then "open" up each layer of petals? then there is no evidence of the weld or splatter. if the stack is too tall that it would get too hot for a weld that tall i would insert a rod that was tight in the hole and weld the top and bottom? » reply pine cone
enchanted iron -
Friday, October 16, 2009 - 9:58pm
actually if you left the rod long enough that you put through the center you could use it for the stem? » reply pine cone
Stephen Fitz-Gerald -
Friday, October 16, 2009 - 11:46pm
Stephen Fitz-Gerald Brilliant Neil, » reply  I like it! Working
Dick C -
Sunday, October 18, 2009 - 12:34pm
I like it! Working upside-down, top to bottom is also how I go about making a "tree" for casting. These sprues, especially with the parts clipped off, often remind me of a pine cone. I've thought about doing a wax cone in pretty much the same manner to cast in bronze, but have never gotten around to it. The cast trees can have a pretty nice sounding ring when struck. » reply |
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Stephen, It's pretty pine
Stephen,
It's pretty pine cone-like, alright.
I think it might look even more like a pine cone if the ends of the "petals" were pointed a bit, kind of like the "}" symbol. Also, if you taper them so they're narrower at the opposite end, that might give you a bit more room to get in there and TIG them together.
Rich