Hey guys, thought you might like to see this octopus I made recently. 

 

 

Mighty fine Mollusk you made Joshua.

Frosty The Lucky.

Fantastic! Looks like it's moving.

Yes Josh I like this!

What material do you use for it? Looks like sheet steel.

Well done looks great.

Thanks guys! 

 

I used bar stock for the arms, probably like 5/16 or something, and I used 16g sheet for the head. Originally, I tried to raise it in one piece, but I was working really fast, and I guess I probably had a rich flame (or is it lean? Whichever one has too much air) and I lost a lot to scale, so once I got it to shape, it was too thin to behave. So I just welded up a little can, ground off the welds and knocked in the corners. 

 

I ended up making a punch for the eyes. Not sure if I'll ever find another occasion to use my octopus eye punch. 

Very cool. You really captured motion in it. 

Steel at forging heat will scale in open air regardless of the forge. Unless it was scaling IN the forge you just ran into normalness. Sheet seems to scale a lot faster but it cools so much faster it's in and out of the forge a lot more often.

Frosty The Lucky.

nicely done!

Nicely executed.

Immediate thought was how that design could be "adapted" to make an attractive coat hanger for the right setting, nautical themed pub or sea food restaurant maybe!

I think it's really cool. Very nice. 

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Nice. Love the colour.

FYI Google: "Leigh Dyer Hastings octopus". A local steel sculptor.

King of the shop!!

 

A work of art! Very nice.

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