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Barking Mat
Cuddler of hedgehogs.
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That's a good start.
Do you get everything you need in the kit - just needs welding together.. Graham
Barking Mat
Cuddler of hedgehogs.
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Google 'simple garden metal work projects' and hit 'images'.
My Old Landy
Engineering Mayhem
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Yes it is a simple six sided dice. It is good for welding practice as you need to tack it together square before fully welding.
Barking Mat
Cuddler of hedgehogs.
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Scrapyards are full of interesting 'scrap' normally you collect the bits that interest you and they either weigh it, or just pick a random price, I've had good experiences of this.
Mick Annick
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Barking Mat
Cuddler of hedgehogs.
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Indeed.
Barking Mat
Cuddler of hedgehogs.
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An angle grinder and some experience welding, yeah, some years admittedly, and I can make £300 a day, at reasonable rates.
Not including materials.
Dev
8th generation, Weyland type
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Paging @chunkolini
Barking Mat
Cuddler of hedgehogs.
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Smallfry
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An ex colleague of mine started making laser cut kit things like firepits and garden ornaments, he did a giraffe which was about eight feet high (sheet size) a bit like the rusty flasher, but different and smaller.
Not seem him for a while, so I don't know if it took off, but I could find out.
Only thing is, that we are in Kent.
Not seem him for a while, so I don't know if it took off, but I could find out.
Only thing is, that we are in Kent.
chunkolini
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Well spotted Dev
I spotted this earlier and forgot all about it
Poshbit would hubby be interested in a sculpture making class?
I work full time as a metal sculptor and as part of my practice I run classes for beginners.
here is a link to the page on my website https://www.artinsteel.co.uk/metal-sculpture-classes-for-beginne
A bit of a trek from Scotland but we have lots of scenery and stuff in South Wales.
All of the pieces below were made by complete beginners with no experience.
This one stunned me, fabulous piece of work
Another great piece of work
by a couple
Then we have an elephants head
All of these are recent classes
Feel free to contact me direct
I think this is the best way to learn this type of work. Making a project involves much more self learning than just doing welding exercises
I spotted this earlier and forgot all about it
Poshbit would hubby be interested in a sculpture making class?
I work full time as a metal sculptor and as part of my practice I run classes for beginners.
here is a link to the page on my website https://www.artinsteel.co.uk/metal-sculpture-classes-for-beginne
A bit of a trek from Scotland but we have lots of scenery and stuff in South Wales.
All of the pieces below were made by complete beginners with no experience.
This one stunned me, fabulous piece of work
Another great piece of work
by a couple
Then we have an elephants head
All of these are recent classes
Feel free to contact me direct
I think this is the best way to learn this type of work. Making a project involves much more self learning than just doing welding exercises
julianthegypsy
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A credit to the students, and their tutor.
slim_boy_fat
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chunkolini
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Also makes a great family bonding activity. And you get some great artwork that is Yours.
zzr1200
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I know it's advanced for Mr Poshbit, but even scrap car parts are very useful, a few thing from my son Engineering Academy days built by the instructors.
I lack the vision for this sort of thing unfortunately...
I lack the vision for this sort of thing unfortunately...
Maker
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I wonder if there would be much demand for that? I quite like the idea of designing some low-poly animals to be laser cut and welded up. Would anyone pay two hundred quid for a corten fox at the end of the garden? There's got to be a lot of Middle Lidl MIG welders out there which were bought on a whim, sitting un-used.
