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Getting Hosed.

2/23/2012

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I struggled with the decision to add hydraulic lines or not. After all this machine looked pretty good, and if it were to be installed on an exterior sign it would most likely be viewed from a distance. But as this is ment as a display piece I took the plunge and added the lines.

When I go to the dump I rarely come home empty handed, call it repurposing. These hydro lines came from pieces of pencil rod (3/16" metal rod) which I found in the dump metal pile.Score
Fitting bending
and fitting and bending,making the brackets that hold the lines securely in place, Cleaning the rust off the pencil rod then finally glueing and in their final position, what a tedious adventure.
But what It added to the realistic look of the machine was well worth it.
Below are some shots of Glue drying (I was going to do a video but I didn't have enough memorie in this blog for that)
Ready to move on to the Glazing process.
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    This is an on going story of my explorations into the artistic world,chronicling the process of this journey.    Highlighting my successes as well as my failures. I'll try not to focus on the failures, but they are what has taught me the most.
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