1 st "scrap sculpture"

[rosinante]

Hi All ,
Here is my first go at a sculpture/model from scrap components, it is for my brother in laws 60th birthday as he has rediscovered his youth and got back into motorbiking, it is made almost entirely of parts that were left as is, they come from test pieces from our metallurgy lab, an old pair of slip joint pliers, the seat is a box catch, the gears are from heat treatment trials ,the headlight a tap reseat cutter that had come from a batch again for heat treatment, rear mudguard a pipe clamp, the tank and engine from diesel injectors that had been cut for hardness test, frame a couple of brackets ,the welding is a bit blobby but it should hold, about 18ins long
I tried to use the bits without to much reshaping,
What should I do to finish it? leave it ,rust it , get it gently bead blasted,

Is there any one with an engraver on the forum who would make me a number plate SJA 60 for a small consideration? Needs to be about 1 inch x 3/4 inch
Collecting more bits now for the other brother in law !
thanks for reading

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[chunkolini]

Thats nice, much less clunky than some of this kind of thing.
Love the forks.

 

[rosinante]

Thank you Chunko,
Makes a change from turning birdboxes
Cheers
chris

 

[Wallace]

Is there any one with an engraver on the forum who would make me a number plate SJA 60 for a small consideration? Needs to be about 1 inch x 3/4 inch

I have an engraving machine, what material do you want it engraved on?

 

[chunkolini]

Regards finish? I would just brush it with Jade oil, it looks nice and industrial as it is, bead blasted it might lose the shadows and highlights. I had a piece bead blasted and had to spend ages with a wire wheel on a bench redoing the whole thing.
A top piece of work.

 

[rosinante]

Hi Wallace,
thanks for reply, I think that ally would be ok to look like the old style no plates, I think they were silver on black, what would you want for doing it?
Thanks
Chris

 

[TAITSIE]

Looks nice , I would be pleased to get one for my 60th in August

 

[Wallace]

Hi Wallace,
thanks for reply, I think that ally would be ok to look like the old style no plates, I think they were silver on black, what would you want for doing it?
Thanks
Chris

Let me have a look at the fonts and see if I have something similar to number plate letters. I need to get on the machine as I have a couple of jobs on the boil and as the footie is on tonight I can stay in the workshop & run the machine to the wee hours too!

Mike

 

[rosinante]

Hi Wallace, you have a tv in the workshop? I have a beer fridge!!
cheers

 

[Wallace]

Hi Wallace, you have a tv in the workshop? I have a beer fridge!!
cheers

No TV, I'll let the missus watch the footie with the kids! Jealous of the beer fridge though.....

 

[gordon stephenson]

Lovely sculpture, very nice indeed, You do realise every single member of the family will now want a birthday gift themed on their particular life style.

 

[TAITSIE]

No TV, I'll let the missus watch the footie with the kids! Jealous of the beer fridge though.....

I have a freezer in mine, cools the beer quicker !!

 

[outofthefire]

Thats cool, I started off making bikes like that. I like the forks as well what were they in their former life?

 

[brokenbiker]

Thats cool, I started off making bikes like that. I like the forks as well what were they in their former life?

appears to be some pipe grips

 

[outofthefire]

appears to be some pipe grips

Of course they are i've just looked at the image from the other side

 

[Wallace]

Had a bit of a play, I think the font is pretty close. The left two have letters engraved into painted sheet, the right one is engraved to leave the letters proud then filled with paint but the cutter needs to be smaller as the letter width has reduced and there is hardly any paint depth. It would come out great full-size!

 

[outofthefire]

They look great

 

[Robotstar5]

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Had a bit of a play, I think the font is pretty close. The left two have letters engraved into painted sheet, the right one is engraved to leave the letters proud then filled with paint but the cutter needs to be smaller as the letter width has reduced and there is hardly any paint depth. It would come out great full-size!

You should have put a rule in the pic to give an idea of scale.

 

[Wallace]

They look great

Cheers.

You should have put a rule in the pic to give an idea of scale.

Will do for the next photo, did think about a ten bob bit but I'm so broke.....

 

[Robotstar5]

Will do for the next photo, did think about a ten bob bit but I'm so broke...

That's 50p for you young 'uns