Bryce Masuk Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 I would say this is about 1/2 done maybe less its going to be a small lamp we will see where it goes making the fern has been tedious I havent been able to use my hammer all that much hopefully this will turn out nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryce Masuk Posted July 7, 2010 Author Share Posted July 7, 2010 not sure if i included the pic of the offset Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gayle Brooks Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 looking forward to seeing the progress of this Bryce! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beth Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 me too bryce - love the fern piece actually although i can see it must have been tedious to make- think it will be well worth it... :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryce Masuk Posted July 14, 2010 Author Share Posted July 14, 2010 I havent gotten much done on this I was thinking of building the lampshade but instead I am going to buy one, a nice one though or as nice as I can afford at least with something like this I cant preemptively decide how things should be I have to develop the little pieces and play with it until its what I want Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurlyGeorge Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 Bryce, that's what make some projects fun and special. You don't know where you are really going with it until you just happen to get there. Looks like you're doing a good job on it. Don't forget to post the pix of the completed lamp. Thanks for sharing that. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryce Masuk Posted September 27, 2010 Author Share Posted September 27, 2010 Bryce, that's what make some projects fun and special. You don't know where you are really going with it until you just happen to get there. Looks like you're doing a good job on it. Don't forget to post the pix of the completed lamp. Thanks for sharing that. I finished it awhile ago I dont have a computer really anymore or television, I spend more time with hammer and pencil, I make alot of stuff but dont sell much usually I just give it away like this lamp and the stand and the cross the gate wont be free though lol I am working on a winerack with alot of offsets right now the neck of the bottle goes into a 1 1/2 flatbar slit and drifted to 1 3/8 inch its pretty medevil, hopefully soon i can get a computer again but i am not rushed I plan on heading stateside soon for as long as i can until i am broke Ciao, Bryce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B Posted September 27, 2010 Share Posted September 27, 2010 Hi Bryce, Nice work, In picture 5 of the lamp base where the wire enters the body, do you have any grommets or protection to prevent the wire/flex chafing through and shorting out the electric? In the UK it is mandatory to have a cable securing method, and protection to stop chafing where wires enter or are attached to the workpiece, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tzonoqua Posted September 27, 2010 Share Posted September 27, 2010 Wow, I love the fern... time very well spent I would say!! It's the detail that turns things from ordinary to extraordinary!! Love it, keep up the good work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strube1369 Posted September 28, 2010 Share Posted September 28, 2010 Lotta work but really nice result! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dillon Sculpture Posted September 28, 2010 Share Posted September 28, 2010 Crank it out Bryce! Lookin good, The cross looks clean and the scrolls are well made. The lamp show a good sense of composition but the way its attach to the base didn't look thought out. You can tack stuff together to get a look at it but you may want to consider drilling and taping or through holes with plug welds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryce Masuk Posted September 29, 2010 Author Share Posted September 29, 2010 Hi Bryce, Nice work, In picture 5 of the lamp base where the wire enters the body, do you have any grommets or protection to prevent the wire/flex chafing through and shorting out the electric? In the UK it is mandatory to have a cable securing method, and protection to stop chafing where wires enter or are attached to the workpiece, [/quote your right john the pipe it goes into is quite a bit larger but its not secured i havent given it away yet so i can fix that up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryce Masuk Posted September 29, 2010 Author Share Posted September 29, 2010 Wow, I love the fern... time very well spent I would say!! It's the detail that turns things from ordinary to extraordinary!! Love it, keep up the good work! the fern was way way nicer though I liked it before I fell on top of it when it was welded together and bent and broke it, at some point when stuff is free i really just have to finish the project and begin the next or finishing the next. Crank it out Bryce! Lookin good, The cross looks clean and the scrolls are well made. The lamp show a good sense of composition but the way its attach to the base didn't look thought out. You can tack stuff together to get a look at it but you may want to consider drilling and taping or through holes with plug welds. at some point I was thinking the same thing I guess inpatience got the better of me i was thinking I could grind/polish the welds I would have needed at 1/4 inch angle grinder or the right abrasives for a die grinder to do it though to be honest I really had no drawing or idea's I just started making parts at one point and some were added to the lamp some not, I vaguely pictured it in my head at the anvil and just started pounding it out. usually I am unhappy with what I make in a few ways hopefully I will become better I am really hoping to journey the states but I might do ontario first because I can legally work there and down south I work for food and maybe shelter I really want to do craftsman style work and learn how to be really accurate and make elaborate symetrical stuff with jigs and eventually come back to more free flowing alive natural stuff later on once I have good skills at that. I am hoping to be making that big gate for a customer its more of a fab job than anything but the customer wanted that design and really that is the most productive way to build that gate for sure. the blacksmithing lifestyle really seems to me to be a juggling act of sorts I really dont know where I am going... I am just chasing the phoenix so to speak I am supposed to be a artist, craftman, and business person and to know when to give and when to take. it makes it tricky to be focused entirely on anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuge Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 the blacksmithing lifestyle really seems to me to be a juggling act of sorts I really dont know where I am going... I am just chasing the phoenix so to speak I am supposed to be a artist, craftman, and business person and to know when to give and when to take. it makes it tricky to be focused entirely on anything thats pretty solid thinking. keep working man! nice stuff! I really like the roughness of the lamp. sometimes our earliest work is the most visceral because we dont know any tricks or techniques and therefore just go for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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