The photos I took of the shelves with my pieces on, most were blurred. So, I carry only one here.
Actually, there is another one here. This item is a mini Christmas tree I made late last year. It is an LED lit metal rose, imitating petals. These metal petals and the bras stem were precision welded, using oxygen and gaseous propane. My design was such that the illumination provided colour changes.
Coating continues with wet sanding as you see here again.
My polyurathane coating uses a simple brush, hand-made. It is a small piece of cotton on a stick, and yet it is very effective. I can coat large areas with this small brush as you see below.
These are waiting to be coated again (and again, and again...) by this small brush. When wrapped up around the stick (with a rubber band) my brush looks like this one below.
It is a throw away brush, does not cost you anything. Mind you, even the cheapest proper brush from a 100 yen shop will set you back by at least 100 yen.
Anyway, I concentrated myself today on hashi making and welding of a rose arch for my garden. I could not spend any time on the jigs. They were simply neglected like you see below.
This was the first of my serious attempts at hashi making (utility hashies, at 33cm in length). A starting material is seen here. It has been planed, forming a tapered piece, waiting to be disected.
Upon disection they look like,
At this stage, they are square shaped in cross section at any point all the way down the length.
When one of a pair has been sanded down they look like,
I think you can see the difference. Cross-sectionwise they look like,
They were coated immediately as next three pairs are in the pipe line.
I had some time left to spend on snack beds. These have been planed and sanded, ready to be cut out and then cut to 45 degrees.
The last photo for today is the rose arch. Soft iron bars and meshes were arc welded.
I think I will have to explain how easily (?) you can do it. That will have to be a separate article, though. Arc welding of this kind is somewhat different from bat welding of band saws and I am sure there are many who would like to do it themselves.
I will be using a movie and close up photos about important issues and elements in arc welding so that the whole thing becomes very easy for anybody, including even house wives. I will also talk about safety precautions.
Actually, there is another one here. This item is a mini Christmas tree I made late last year. It is an LED lit metal rose, imitating petals. These metal petals and the bras stem were precision welded, using oxygen and gaseous propane. My design was such that the illumination provided colour changes.
Coating continues with wet sanding as you see here again.
My polyurathane coating uses a simple brush, hand-made. It is a small piece of cotton on a stick, and yet it is very effective. I can coat large areas with this small brush as you see below.
These are waiting to be coated again (and again, and again...) by this small brush. When wrapped up around the stick (with a rubber band) my brush looks like this one below.
It is a throw away brush, does not cost you anything. Mind you, even the cheapest proper brush from a 100 yen shop will set you back by at least 100 yen.
Anyway, I concentrated myself today on hashi making and welding of a rose arch for my garden. I could not spend any time on the jigs. They were simply neglected like you see below.
This was the first of my serious attempts at hashi making (utility hashies, at 33cm in length). A starting material is seen here. It has been planed, forming a tapered piece, waiting to be disected.
Upon disection they look like,
At this stage, they are square shaped in cross section at any point all the way down the length.
When one of a pair has been sanded down they look like,
I think you can see the difference. Cross-sectionwise they look like,
They were coated immediately as next three pairs are in the pipe line.
I had some time left to spend on snack beds. These have been planed and sanded, ready to be cut out and then cut to 45 degrees.
The last photo for today is the rose arch. Soft iron bars and meshes were arc welded.
I think I will have to explain how easily (?) you can do it. That will have to be a separate article, though. Arc welding of this kind is somewhat different from bat welding of band saws and I am sure there are many who would like to do it themselves.
I will be using a movie and close up photos about important issues and elements in arc welding so that the whole thing becomes very easy for anybody, including even house wives. I will also talk about safety precautions.