My second project is underway - Door stops...

[kelvinjouhar]

I bought two cast iron dachsund bootscrapers from a garden centre. The bottom plate is 5mm thick - I want the door stops to be a reasonable weight. I haven't yet decided on a handle for the top, but I am thinking maybe something with a scroll each side of the twisted section, and a curved piece across the top to hold onto.

The upright is 12mm square bar, and the vertical piece welded to the base plate is square tube, so I can slide the solid bar up until I get the right height before I weld that. I am deciding between JB-Weld and proper weld to attach the dog's paws to the base plate. It will be then painted black.

The dog is cast in two pieces and I am filling the joints with car filler before I paint it.

 

[kelvinjouhar]

OK - I have finished the two doorstops. I ended up sticking the dogs paws to the base plate using JB Weld, and I painted them with satin finish Hammerite. I primed them with aerosol etch-primer. The most important thing is that my wife is very pleased with them, and has asked me to make another, with a shaped base plate... I told her that I would really need to buy a plasma cutter for that.........

Here is a picture of one of doorstops.