Giant Kinetic Praying Mantis Sculpture from found materials

Step 6 Final assembly

The title of this step is a little misleading as it did not signify the completion of the project. In order to move on to the actual final step, the electrical work, I had to be sure I was done with all the welding and cutting. Once motors, switches and wires are involved it is no longer safe to add the heat that welding requires. So, at this point I had to shift gears and settle on how to build and attach the legs, and mount the motor that would drive the front pinchers.