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View fullsize Night mode... Art by @petegoldlust Fabrication of orange guys by @so.metal, @dirty_bicycle_co, @codykimedesigns, Salem Olson, @elliottspecialtymetal Paint by @cuttingedgeillusions, @oregonpowder Tube rolling by @albina_co_inc #allyourbasearebel
View fullsize Wild installation for artists @petegoldlust and @melanie.germond for Valley Metro in Phoenix, AZ. 16 aliens of various size commemorate the 1997 UFO sighting known as the Phoenix Lights. Over a 1/2 mile of TIG welding on this project! Fabrication by
View fullsize Starting to get into the guts of this commission for Park City, UT with Joe Mross of @archivedesigns. The Daly-West headframe (swipe for pics) collapsed a few years back and we have been tasked with turning some of the mangled beams into a new piece
View fullsize This week was awesome! I got to attend METALfab 2024 in Nashville with the National Ornamental and Miscellaneous Metals Association. I took classes on glass handrail, helical stair stringers, electroplating, brass fabrication, contract law and spoke
View fullsize Hanging out at @nomma1958 METALFAB in Nashville this week with @maynardstudios @armadillometalworks @larrainmaker and Tony Martinez from Big D Metalworks. Any other metal nerds here? #metalfab #fencetech
View fullsize Riveting videos shot from the inside of the horsehead. 💨 😜 @archivedesigns feeding hot rivets, @dirty_bicycle_co with the bucking bar, and @barbaracounsil with 📸. #rivets #forged #metalfab
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View fullsize 3 color samples. Left is patina with one dry coat of clear, middle is bare patina, right is patina with wet coat of clear. #patina #rivets
View fullsize 9000 lb copper nugget in Calumet, Michigan.
View fullsize Stopped in Iron Mountain, Michigan to see this behemoth steam powered pump. Flywheel is 40 feet. Me for scale.
View fullsize Just wrapped up a week in Indiana, teaching welding to 20 students @marcadamsschoolofwoodworking-- always fun to share some knowledge and passion for metal. We took a field trip down to Columbus to check out Jean Tinguely's Chaos I, built about 50 y
View fullsize Relics of steam power at Collier Logging Museum