Monday, February 18, 2013

Musical Metal!

Most folks who know me know my metal work. I purchased a CNC plasma cutter a couple of years back, and have been designing metal art and furniture since. Here are a couple of projects I've completed.

Our Ranch Logo

H-D Ranch Logo - My wife was born and raised in a small town in northern Utah, near Bear Lake. My family spent many summers there during my childhood. One summer, my fanily moved into town because my father was helping to manage a resort on the lake, and we met and fell in love. 34 years later, we've inherited a bit of land and my wife's childhood home. We spend the summers there, and my shop is located there as well. Her maiden name is Hodges, my last name is Davis, and our first names both begin with J. We both love to ride motorcycles. Shes plays guitar, I work metal, and we love each other to death. So, the logo seemed pretty self evident. This one hangs on the front of the main garage/shop.






Musical Guitar Hangers

Guitar Hangers - My wife has quite the collection of guitars (almost as many guitars as I have computers!). When she was looking for a way to store and display them, this idea popped into my head. These are hand cut 1/8" sheet metal backed with 1/4" round metal rod, and covered with a liquid silicone dip. One of these days I'll get around to putting these on Etsy, but if you're interested in something along these lines, you can drop me a line and let me know what design you'd like. I can make pretty much anything you can imagine for any instrument or item that you'd want to display on a wall.

I'll be posting more completed projects soon, including a ski chair, and some additional 2D and 3D metal art pieces.









Saturday, February 9, 2013

Three's a charm (or not)...

I finished the Mk VII, and I'm very happy with it. I think I've finally got the hang of this pep thing.


The new Mark VII

Unfortunately I am now so irritated by the flaws in the first two that I'm going to re-do them. But hey, it's only paper - and time - and skin... And it'll keep me busy until the new 3d printer shows up.