Metal Perch

[Slartybartfa]

This is something I've long wanted to try. Ran across this video today of a guy making a perch out of steel plate and I'm of the opinion that this guy is having way too much fun.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5Foz3yH5rY

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This is something I've long wanted to try. Ran across this video today of a guy making a perch out of steel plate and I'm of the opinion that this guy is having way too much fun.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5Foz3yH5rY

Pretty cool. I really like the stump with the hollow portion on the top. Perfect for making the curve and not getting a bunch of vibration back from the material.

You got an English wheel, Slartybartfa?

[Slartybartfa]

Pretty cool. I really like the stump with the hollow portion on the top. Perfect for making the curve and not getting a bunch of vibration back from the material.

You got an English wheel, Slartybartfa?

No, no English wheel, nor planishing hammer. But I'm pretty sure I could scare up a stump somewhere and gouge a depression in it. Did you notice that hollow tapers sort of like a 3-dimensional French curve? It has curves of different radii, so you can hammer on whichever part of it suits the sharpness of bend you want to impart. Pretty cool, but I bet it took him all day to make that fish.

Wife lives near Seattle (long distance 2nd marriage, 2 careers, my kids still in high school). When we got back together after 30 years apart (old G.F. that I shoulda' married the first time), I noticed all over the Seattle area you see metal fish (salmonids, mostly) sculptures like what Benny Hill Jr. was making. They're very popular. Some are crude, others are works of art. You see them at craft shows, in restaurants, public buildings, etc. As odd as it seems, the idea of crafting something like that out of steel is somehow calling me. Now it's got me thinking next time I see a downed tree that's been cut up, mebbe I'll grab a piece and practice making 3-D curves.

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[QUOTE=Slartybartfa;33692]Wife lives near Seattle (long distance 2nd marriage, 2 careers, my kids still in high school). When we got back together after 30 years apart (old G.F. that I shoulda' married the first time)

So nice that you got a second chance!

Now it's got me thinking next time I see a downed tree that's been cut up, mebbe I'll grab a piece and practice making 3-D curves.

I wish I saw this video last year! I've noticed a few stumps sitting by the curb since that time. The missus thinks (knows) I'm a bit of a packrat so I'm not sure how she'd react to seeing me drag home a stump!

[Brian Ski]

I wish I saw this video last year! I've noticed a few stumps sitting by the curb since that time. The missus thinks (knows) I'm a bit of a packrat so I'm not sure how she'd react to seeing me drag home a stump!

No problem dude... Stop on by and pick up this stump... Got a picture of my boy sitting on it. BTW 54 inches across... One of three I took out... Look how close it is/was to the garage.

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No problem dude... Stop on by and pick up this stump... Got a picture of my boy sitting on it. BTW 54 inches across... One of three I took out... Look how close it is/was to the garage.

Good job falling that tree. It DID go in the direction you wanted, right?

Thanks for the offer. I'll need to see if my local Fedex depot has a box I can put that in to ....

[Rambozo]

I'm of the opinion that this guy is having way too much fun.

He would probably have a lot more fun if he had a MIG or a TIG for that kind of work.

[Brian Ski]

This is something I've long wanted to try. Ran across this video today of a guy making a perch out of steel plate and I'm of the opinion that this guy is having way too much fun.

Well I am sure glad I looked at the video... I thought you wanted a human bird perch or a sex swing.....

The guy is really good at what he does... Long video but he should all the different ones at the end.

[CGCINC]

I like when he hammers.... It's like a Benny Hill show.
He does some nice work but I agree, Mig would be easier, at least for me. Looks like he knows how to stick weld pretty good though!

[everlastsupport]

That fast forward does have a hint of Benny Hill.. Just need that music. hahaha.

[CGCINC]

That fast forward does have a hint of Benny Hill.. Just need that music. hahaha.

http://www.televisiontunes.com/Benny_Hill_Show.html

[everlastsupport]

Yep. Now add the hot girls. You got it.