Friday Art Expo-early bird version

Get a nice one made up out of 1/4" plate.

Go ahead.Just try and smash it.

 

I hope you guys who dig Ray's work get a chance to see him lay on some lines in person. I've seen him do several projects (including my '37 ) and I'm blown away each time how easy he makes it look and how quick he is. If you ever get the chance to see him work be sure to take advantage of it.
BTW Ray I'm gonna needs some lines on my ragtop this summer.

 

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Get a nice one made up out of 1/4" plate.

Go ahead.Just try and smash it.



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and mounted on 4" solid bar concreted 3' in the ground.
I tried for months to learn how to lay strips Never again! Drove myself crazy. Could never get the damn design even. That left/right mirror image just amazes me.

 

Speaking of mail box's, and thick plate......

Think 1/8" Stainless plate, flames ground in with a die grinder.........maintenance free.....

Cheers,

Drewfus

 

Appoligies for the dodgy photo's, hard to get a good shot of the S.S......

Cheers,

Drewfus

 

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Speaking of mail box's, and thick plate......

Think 1/8" Stainless plate, flames ground in with a die grinder.........maintenance free.....

Cheers,

Drewfus

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Now that is a TRULY beautiful piece of work!What did you use for the number?From the photo it looks to be flake but is it paint or what?Just out of curiosity how long did it take to cut in the flames?Did you use a ball mill?
I'm curious because I tried doing some etching on aluminum with an old style tool etcher and it didn't look too bad as long as I only had to make one p***.

 

A T-Bucket Concept I was werking on ages ago.<img src=http://img2.photobucket.com/albums/v11/ataribaby/bucket.jpg>

<img src=http://img2.photobucket.com/albums/v11/ataribaby/bucket-1.jpg>

 

you guys still rule.

here's one from the Mooneyes Xmas show.

 

Shortbus, you still kick ****....

Safariknut, honoured that you like my box, as your stuff is awesome. In answer to some of your questions, the grinding took about 1 1/2 hours.
Very easy to stuff up if you have a brain fade, as the grinding bit tends to want to 'walk', hence I found it best to just take a few light &amp; slow strokes, and once the basic pattern is laid out, keep going over the lines a few times till yo reach the desired depth.
The cutting tip was the shape of a small cone with a small radius end.
Cheated on the 5, sticker cut on a metalflake base, with black pinstriped edge.

Cheers,
and happy christmas,

Drewfus

 

HI THIS BUTCH

 

HI BUTCH. please post an intro and tell us about you and your interest in traditional hot rods. oh yeah. that pic is'nt coming up for me...


Mike

 

Safariknut, would you mind showing a picture of the hood of the Poncho on which the mailbox is placed? Looks like some serious art on there as well...

 

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Safariknut, would you mind showing a picture of the hood of the Poncho on which the mailbox is placed? Looks like some serious art on there as well...

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These are the only pix I have stored in the computer and they're kind of old but here goes:I'll have to post three times as I don't know how to string pictures in here.

 

The center

 

and the right

 

A better pic of the left side

 

Painting of my 39 convertible ...that i had 20 years ago...
Is this good enough for friday art show? HRP

 

Thanks safariknut, those are great!