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Moose For Moose

I didn't have any bar stock on hand of the diameter I needed. So I inserted a 1/4' bar inside of a tube, welded the two together and ground the ends off to make them look like they were made from bar stock. Wrapping 1/8" fill rod material around the outer tube, I cut them into pcs. to make the eye lids. Finally tack welding these into position.

Ouch!

Someone, who shall remain nameless, was on facebook and clicked on the Scan for virus button that popped up and my computer has been down till today. It replaces the search engine with its malware. After a professional spent 3 hours running different programs, he finally cleaned up my computer. Don't click on anything is the lesson here!

A Moose For Moose

A moose hood ornament

Christmas lights

Christmas project

I'm only taking close-up pictures of this project untill after Thanksgiving. Then the project will be revealed. Any guesses?

Pizza Amore

The complete project is approximately 40" wide, 48" tall and weighs 50 pounds.

Pizza Amore

60 grit flap wheel. I took this picture outside hoping there would be a little more light from the sun. There was a big black cloud at the time though, looks like a big heart on a beach.

4.5" 40 grit flap wheel on a right angle grinder.

The welds caused a little warping, but not as much as I feared. I was able to pound the material back to shape from underneath.

Pizza Amore Logo

Now to weld off and grind and grind and then grind some more.

The top right corner off the heart will be covered by the chefs hat so there's no need to complete the shaping in this area.

As you can see, I still have to weld off all the joints. My hope is to minimize heat warpage by tacking all the pieces together thus giving the metal less area to expand

Pizza Amore

Even though I shape each part on an anvil as close as possible, in this tight curve I need a little help using Vise grip pliers, tack welding between.

After all the pieces are in place, I will finish welding each butt joint.

After each piece is tacked, I grind the tack down and use body working tools to smooth the joint between pieces.

Pizza Amore Logo

Now I start working the pieces to a more convex shape a little at a time. Each piece is 3 to 4 inches wide.

Connecting to the outside ring, the first piece on the lower left of this picture is concave.

I used 1/4" round stainless bar stock to give me the desired height from the table. The bottom and top halves are slightly convex.

Pizza Amore Logo

New Project: 3 dimensional representation of Of "Pizza Amore" Logo.

Currently measures 30" wide and 34" tall.

Mayfly Lodge Logo

I will post the customers installed pictures ASAP.

The finished Mayfly measures 60" long and 34" tall

Mayfly Lodge Logo

These pieces were shaped on an anvil. Welded from behind because the material doesn't wrap all the way around. Since the back will be up against rock above a fireplace, a shaped piece will be added behind after welding.

Mayfly Lodge Logo

Steve and Deb Bentz, Owners of Mayfly Lodge, located in Vernon County in southwest Wisconsin, asked me to build a replica of their lodge logo, a Mayfly.

Although a challenge, I accecpted. It just has to be BIG. Maximum length, 63".

I will combine mild steel, 18 guage sheet and stainless steel.

Just for fun