Crafty Basterds -- The Stuff I made thread

[77south]

My hat's off to you, that's some quality artwork.

[triangleforge]

That's very cool, Memper!!!

The summer pretty much went to hell on me, so I didn't have as much time in the shop as I was hoping. But I did get a couple of new things knocked out.

An award for the local bike/ped organization to honor a person who'd done standout work over the past year for bikes & pedestrians:



And my third iteration of the moon door knocker I did way back when for Gerry via Nate:

[ducpainter]

Still a beautiful piece Brad.

[Grampa]

need a cat/dog knocker

[memper]

Thanks folks. Heres some moto inspired stuff

[Speedbag]

Hmm.....tf, I think I might need one of them there moon knockers for my upcoming new front door.....

[triangleforge]

Hmm.....tf, I think I might need one of them there moon knockers for my upcoming new front door.....

I know a guy - just sayin'.  

Here's last weekend's work; the Arizona High School mountain bike league hired me again this year to make the awards for their races (don't tell anybody, but it's a fun enough project I probably would have done it for free...)  These are the team trophies for the season-opening race this weekend. The spaces at the bottom are for the engraved plaques the organizers are having made. For scale, the wrench in the first place trophy is probably 15" long.

[Autostrada Pilot]

Love it, Triangle Forge.  Maybe I need to move to AZ, go back to high school and start Mtn biking again so I can win won of those bad boys. 

Those are some of the best trophies I've ever seen (and wish I could win one).

[triangleforge]

Some work from this past week:

I did another set of trophies for the AZ High School Mountain Bike League (racing today up in Flagstaff)



Very little actual metal work on these this time around, though it was fun - the fasteners are long brass screws and the heads looked big & ugly, and I didn't want the screwdriver slot. I turned them down to the size I liked on the machinists lathe a friend has parked in our shared workshop, then ground away the slot & peened the remaining head to look like a brass rivet.

And then yesterday I got out to the forge to catch up on some projects, including this cool new collaboration with a friend who's become fascinated with taxidermy, and particularly the preservation of skulls and bones. She's going to supply the bones, I'm going to do the metal work.





Our next project together - a metal base for lamp that incorporates a pronghorn skull!

[Grampa]

http://biertijd.com/mediaplayer/?itemid=50756

I would have made this guy dead.

[Speeddog]

http://biertijd.com/mediaplayer/?itemid=50756

I would have made this guy dead.

Not sure this thread is the one you wanted to put that vid in.

But yeah, I'd make it clear to that bozo that he's over the line.

[Grampa]

it's the stuff I made thread... I make a-hole die.

[Ducatamount]

@ tri-forge :
The bone stand in the second pic is a serious art piece.
My brother has done some "unusual" pieces combining Adirondack birch furniture with brightly colored translucent vinyl air filled cushions or small abstract sculptures carved in bone and polished then mounted in a wooden box that unfolds into the sculpture base.
The juxtaposition makes you take notice.

[lazylightnin717]

Forge: I have a piece that I'm slowly working on that involves the skull from a deer. Shellac works really well for finishing bones and giving it a little extra edge.

Great metal work though. What type of steel rod would you recommend that can be bent without heat?

[silas]

Very impressed w/ the work here.
Love this place, great thread.   This is a cedar shelf system I designed and had a few biker friends help me build. 4x4's and 2x12". I'm not much of a carpenter but I enjoy it and had skilled help.










Happy Halloween (image & pumpkins from 2 yrs ago)