r/MetalFabrication

Stainless piece going to LA…love the blue glass, not happy with the base size…Second, Steel pillars rusted and red glass outside the Hilton in Tempe…janitor comes up and his comment is, they should have gone with the flag pole, that’s hideous, not realizing I made it haha… Recently learned hotels have a budget for either art or a flag pole, who knew…Can’t please everyone, doesn’t bother me one bit because he ain’t signing the check and also he has to look at it everyday while cleaning trash and fixing plugged toilets for minimum wage..Next, front entry piece that goes on a pillar clad in river rock for a gated house in Goldfield ranch…yes I made the copper roof like way to dominant in dimension and proportion, looked better in CAD haha….Lastly, copper wave water feature with patina, I always love that hue of green when the chemical sets off the oxidation reaction, of course in a year it will be calcified from our awesome water in Arizona and the cheap Chinese plastic pump will go out blah blah… I wish they would make them out of cast bronze like they used too before outsourcing out of America, smart…Now that I have an electrical degree maybe I can start adding light to some of these pieces who knows

I’ve tried posting to the welding sub, but I don’t have enough internet points to post there. I’ve got a smoker I’m building and am having trouble with the lid. I have some 1” flat bar to use as a lid-seal. The trouble I’m having is that if I use a trailer hinge the flat bar will impede the lid from opening. Any advice is appreciated.

How you think, what name can be for this sculpture?

In 2021 I stumbled upon a maker on YT called “Random Chris”. He made a tiny tent stove out of an ammo can and I just loved it! I was determined to make one too. I followed his build as closely as I could and I also put some extras. Looking back, I can’t remember what was his and what I added but here is the final product.

It never worked! 🤷‍♀️.

Looking back, I think maybe I just needed a taller chimney to create more draw but honestly I don’t know.

Any ideas how to make this stove work? And by work I mean make the baffle/re-burner work so that once it hits temp it emits steam instead of smoke? I wanted to make it a cleaner burn.

FYI the large diameter “chimney” coming off the rhs is supposed to make it a “rocket stove” an air intake where small pieces of wood or pellets can be fed in…

My first little art metal sculpture. Im trying to get into the whole metal art and metal sculptures. This is my first attempt. I have 15 years of fabrication experience. I just made my instagram page for my art. Its new so I only have my first rose on there @diaz.metal.fab.art if you want to follow to see what else i make in the future. More ideas coming