A Skeleton Taking a Stroll
Greetings Fellow Humans,
Today I built a skeleton. Or Skelerton as I sometimes call them. But that isn't what matters right now. This skeleton is taking a stroll down to wherever it is that skeletons go when they are off duty. Probably not the bar or he would need to bring a mop with him. Maybe he just isn't forward thinking. A bonehead, if you will. Stupid skeletons anyway, making messes and clattering around everywhere. But I digress. This piece is made of automotive and industrial parts, and stands about 11 inches high. I left it shiny from sandblasting for now, but I am thinking I may go ahead and turn it black, since I am liking the look in some of the build photos quite a bit. I went for kind of a cartoonish look with this guy, which was fun.
I feel safer around skeletons when they are un-armed.
I kind of liked this photo. It has a bit of a Dr. Frankenstein's lab feel.
I did not want to mess up the toes when I welded him to the base, so I drilled holes in the plate and welded the feet down through the bottom, which worked well.
This was right before I sandblasted him.
Thanks for reading!
Like how you captured the casual feel of a walk - grat job!
Thank you, I was fairly happy with how the walk came out, though I originally wanted it to be more exaggerated and cartoon-y.
This is just perfect ;)
man that is some nice work.
Thank you, I am glad you enjoyed it!
stupid question: are you using a TIG welder?
Yes. I am doubtful that this could be made by any other means considering how small the metal for the ribs is. Maybe solder would work, but I am not sure if you can solder steel that hasn't been copper coated though, I haven't ever tried it. In order to do it even with my TIG I had to use wire out of a MIG as filler rod since the smallest TIG rod I can find is 1/16 inch, which means it starts to melt after the ribs have already burned through.
you can solder steel with silver and brass solder. The other possibility would have been oxy/acetylene but that is quite slow. But it is by far the cleanest way. Just also the slowest.
Interesting. I have not experimented much with oxy/acetylene welding, since it is so bad about speed and warpage. I never use solder for anything but electronics and copper pipe.
Since i also work with silver i had to learn how to solder. And brass solder is quite strong. I used it on mechanic parts were i could not weld. (because i only use a rod welder for budged reasons) And on tungsten carbide tools to connect the crabite with steel.
Right on. I did solder a silver ring I made once, but that is all.
master :)
Thanks!
Great! nice idea to use screws for the hands and the feets. I've done skeleton too , i will show it
Thanks! It is surprising how well the screws convey the idea of jointed fingers and toes when they in actuality don't look like joints at all. I look forward to seeing your skeleton.
The Homer Simpson teeth really sell it, here. Now we need a hunchback version
The teeth are BBs.