ausfire Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 Have been working on this bench for the last couple of weeks. A variety of scrap used here, but this time, not ONE rail spike!! The legs are support brackets for the running board of an old logging truck and above them I used two picks for the backrest supports. The sides and arms are mainly leaf spring sections with the scrolled eyes left on. There are two steering control arms on the bottom at each side. The back just happened to be the right size for four brake rotors and the top is one long leaf spring filled in with rings, spring shackles, hames hooks and a bike sprocket. I added the Valiant Regal badge as a bit of bling. The seat is from ironbark slabs and the backrest is N.Q. Maple. Now we need a matching side table to put our coffee cups on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 That's beautiful Aus, the N.Q. maple has a gorgeous chatoyancy. Just one side table? Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyGoatLady Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 That is gorgeous. Beautiful craftsmanship Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anvil Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 Excellent! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 Refreshing to not be welding it up out of RR spikes! I see a lot of old stuff at my scrapyard. We are a rural farming community with a historic mining background so the old farming and mining stuff shows up pretty often---and then the local small technical University throws in some oddball stuff like jet engines or explosive testing coupons... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausfire Posted June 9, 2020 Author Share Posted June 9, 2020 19 hours ago, ThomasPowers said: Refreshing to not be welding it up out of RR spikes! There were one or two spaces where a rail spike would have been a perfect fit, but I resisted the temptation!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 I don't know what happened to my reply (seems to have disappeared) but I said it's stunning and as an old gear-head, I love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausfire Posted June 21, 2020 Author Share Posted June 21, 2020 I was told that I should not have used bright steel Philips head screws. Probably right, but I wanted to get it finished and they wee readily available. I have replaced them with flat head carriage bolts now and it is definitely better. Thank you all for the positive comments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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