Finished Sculpture

The work that Matt and I had labored so intensely on through the summer of 2011 is now in the open air for the sun, the wind, and the pedestrian. Note the plumbing by the hubs - special hydraulic motors to control rotational speed. All moving parts are stainless steel with stainless bearings. Built to last.

sculpture progress

A wainwright original now an artifact on the wall.

The new:
Machined stainless hubs with included angle for spokes, and welded to rolled 1" stainless tube "tire." hubs get special end caps with welded shaft collars.

Personal Projects

This tank received a lot of love, cutting out the old channel, new fuel tap and filling hole, dents erased and profile narrowed.

Recent Work

I built something small and something big.

These are special brackets to mount the windmill speed control to the outside of the tower. A hydraulic motor that couples to the windmill bearing shaft slows the rotation by resistance of the hydraulic fluid.


This tower is 26 ft tall, welded construction, ready to be hot-dipped galvanized.

Working

This is model in progress for a local sculptor.. its brother is similar, try 20ft longer.
The piece pictured needed a little stretch so i chopped the top, bent up a new dome with slightly taller geometry and welded it back up.

Nautical Lamps

Parts are coming together for a custom nautical style "explosion proof" lamp project. Consider something like this:
Matt's design is simpler, heavier and includes beautiful milk-colored hand blown glass. I spent this week in the machine shop making parts and here is a little progress.

silicon bronze welding on bulb socket holders:

detail for countersinking assembly screws:

result:

Matt and I put our heads together, and he came up with a unique metal spinning set-up on a Logan engine lathe.

The product:


PARTS!

The lamps will be incorporated with original sea-fairing hardware.

More progress coming next week, at the shop of Bobs Welding.

Motor build.

First legit go at it. I have a few skeletons in my closet as far as engine rebuilds go. but this one is for real..

sludge trap bad bad bad, crank needs reground. new pistons found at mid-ohio. new bores thanks to hutch.

this transmission was BAD. main bearings shot. shift forks did not budge. selector plate in rough shape. plunger pitted. the whole nine yards. good replacements found on the internet. sigh of relief.

more progress coming soon.