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- Earlsart made the instructable School of Fish Sculpture
- Earlsart's entry School of Fish Sculpture is a finalist in the Metal Contest 2017 contest
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- Earlsart commented on Earlsart's instructable School of Fish Sculpture
No. Those are a list of options. I cut the fish out with a 4-1/2" grinder and 1/16" thick cut off wheel while trying to limit waste, then follow up with a nibbler I found online recently that connects to a standard drill. It's low cost, it works, but requires a bit of stabilizing. The nibbler gets me up pretty close to the line with some measure of control. From there, it's a step down of measures to get right up to the line using a bench grinder on down to a dremel to get into the tight spots behind the fins. Small mistakes show up in the end result. I think a plasma cutter would be the fastest and easiest.
View Instructable »Please review Step 6- Cutout
- Earlsart commented on Earlsart's instructable School of Fish SculptureView Instructable »
Welded art is both exciting to make and rewarding. Go for it!
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- Earlsart commented on Earlsart's instructable School of Fish Sculpture
My intent for making this 'ible' is so that others with the wherewithal can make some bucks. The cost of materials is low, but if one has the time and the proper equipment... Would love to see the end result of your work.
View Instructable »$850! You already got me beat. KOI are expensive either way. Go for it!
- Earlsart made the instructable School of Fish SculptureView Instructable »
Treasure, I could teach your Dad how to make a room full of realistic looking antlers. I invented the world's first backpackable hunting blind, so I understand the 'man cave' part. :e)
- Earlsart commented on Earlsart's instructable School of Fish Sculpture
Bang out a fish and see what happens. These school of fish sculptures can bring in some extra retirement income while having fun in the process. Go for it. You can always email me if you have questions.
View Instructable »Thank you for the nice compliment.
- Earlsart commented on Earlsart's instructable School of Fish SculptureView Instructable »
Rock on!
- Earlsart entered School of Fish Sculpture in the Metal Contest 2017 contest
- Earlsart posted an instructable School of Fish Sculpture
- Earlsart commented on Earlsart's instructable Tiffany-style light shadesView Instructable »
Thanks for your vote! The tree has been next to the Marquette post office since 2013. I hope it will still be there in 2525, if man is still alive. :e)
- Earlsart commented on Earlsart's instructable Tiffany-style light shades
A jellyfish tree! Now, that's something different.
View Instructable »Excellent instructions by Ben Starr. He's already got me trying to think of some way to work it into one of my Living Tree Art trees, but not as a ball shape. This may require some kind of welded fixture. If I can figure something out for this winter, you can be I'll make it into an instructable to share.
- Earlsart commented on Earlsart's instructable Tiffany-style light shades
I'm a big movie watcher. Will have to look that one up.
Thanks!
View Instructable »Very cool! Maybe that is something I could employ as a wintertime display idea on one of my Living Tree Art trees. Not sure what the fixture would have to look like to attach to the pin posts on the ends of each branch, but I'm sure I could figure out a way to make it work. Did you do an instructable on this?
- Earlsart commented on weldalot's instructable LIFE SIZE EAGLE IN STEELView Instructable »
Pretty awesome for a first attempt at 3-D metal sculpture. I used to use a ball peen hammer to make fish sculptures until a fellow artist suggested an air hammer like the body shops use. Way faster! Thanks for the follow.
- Earlsart commented on Earlsart's instructable Tiffany-style light shadesView Instructable »
I've heard that comparison before. As a matter of fact, my sister once commented that the extensions looked like testicles. She meant tenticles. :e)
- Earlsart commented on Earlsart's instructable Tiffany-style light shadesView Instructable »
Thank you. Glad you like it! I think there is potential for many variations.
- Earlsart entered Tiffany-style light shades in the Lamps and Lighting Contest 2016 contest
- Earlsart posted an instructable Tiffany-style light shades
- Earlsart commented on Earlsart's instructable Glamour GirlView Instructable »
Thanks, Penolopy! Although they might look fancy, material cost is negligible. A piece like Glamour Girl costs less than $.50 to make.
- Earlsart entered Glamour Girl in the String Challenge contest
- Earlsart posted an instructable Glamour Girl
This piece titled, "Rival Arrival," measures 11 inches tall, and is made of steel and brass. The antlers were made by melting flux coated brass rod onto an antler shaped piece of 20 gauge sheet steel using an oxyacetylene torch and then refining the shape later with a Dremel drill. With a clay model as a guide, I wrapped rebar tie wire onto a 'stick-man moose' figure that was pre-welded into the preferred pose. Once reaching a point just shy of the desired bulk and body shape, I started to tack weld narrow strips of 22 gauge sheet steel onto the wire in spots and to each other. Between adding strips to bulk up where needed and tapping with a small ball peen hammer, the piece is worked into the finished form. The antlers were silver soldered into prepared sockets last.