Scrap metal art or projects

[psacustomcreations]

A lot of the art or projects I make end up being made from scrap metal. I have lurked here for a while before joining and "borrowed" a few ideas. I thought it would be nice to return that favor and post items I have made so others can see them and borrow as well. Please feel to post any of your scrap art or projects.

Trebuchet my son and I made when he was in middle school, he is an Army Officer now.


Dogwood branch made out of rebar found on a beach and metal from an electrical panel.


Variety of yard art items made from refrigerant tanks, coil springs and oil filters

[psacustomcreations]

I made this diving airlift out of 6" pipe. It was going to be used to excavate an area underwater.


Roman Legionnaires Pilum or spear. My daughter and I made this for her college history class. She could make something or writer a paper. Made from the sheet metal skin of a dishwasher, old wheel barrow handle and piece of round bar I had.


Guitar made from parts off old bicycles. Every part to include the strings are from old bicycles.


DNA sculpture made from a piece of 2x8 metal stud. FedEx managed to destroy it during the shipment to a customer in New York City. I had to re-imburse the customer but FedEx paid me the full value

[AtMotoRoberts]

When scrap metal art or projects makes such well done art work here!

I say good job, sir! The Minions are so cool. Best, At-MotoR

[Bob]

Making things from scrap makes the end results all the more sweet. Every thing looks gooid.

[newbe1977]

Making things from scrap makes the end results all the more sweet. Every thing looks gooid.

100 percent agree. I like to leave my yard art builds super rustic like its been out in the weather for years.

[psacustomcreations]

Wine rack made from part of an aluminum scuba tank


Wine racks made from a portion of an oak tree that came down on my property


Abstract sculpture made from a stick of aluminum 1" square tube


Bookends made from a timing gear

[psacustomcreations]

Bookend from brake rotor.


Mortar made from an old scuba tank


Business card holders


Pterodactyl made for customer. This was plasma cut by hand since I don't have a Torchmate or table

[SWells]

A couple of mine from a few years ago








The wire Z eventually got a big block transplant

[WelderTurner]

A couple of mine from a few years ago








The wire Z eventually got a big block transplant

Was jw what all you used for the hot rod would be very interesting build

[DLHCC]

The Talent here is amazing , true artists .

[BfromNC]

Totally awesome. Congrats on being so talented.

[Gravel]

I am always envious of those of you who have the talent to make such amazing pieces.

[reccymech]

I am always envious of those of you who have the talent to make such amazing pieces.

Yep, you can add me to that list as well.

[psacustomcreations]

I cut an aluminum 80 scuba tank in half and turned it into a trophy case. The outside is 1/2" thick while the shelves are 1/8".
I used the Dynasty 200DX set to 200 amps, 75 balance, 150 frequency, 1/8" E3 Tungsten, 1/8" 4043 filler and 100% medical grade helium.
The welds are mediocre and part of that is due to the following, my hands shake bit sometimes and when trying to rotate the torch and feed the rod, I end up touching the tungsten to the puddle, the filler to the tungsten or the filler seems to arc to the side of the cylinder making it stick for a second.
I lay the cylinder on its side, clamp the shelf in place and start from the middle and work to the outer edge. I rotate the cylinder and try left handed doing the same or sometimes resting my right hand on the shelf and rotating the torch to the outer edge.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Edit: I guess I will post pics after the site maintenance is complete

[psacustomcreations]

Edit: I guess I will post pics after the site maintenance is complete.

I just tried to post pics and still can't seem to do it

[Barn118]

Very Nice! Thank You for sharing!

[engineer1984]

This is a really cool thread. Keep it up

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[Seawalker]

I don't really like this enough to hang on the wall. It was My very first weld project. Lots of ugly and thick butt welds. I was going for some multi tiered thing with stand offs, maybe I'll add to it I don't know. Went back in the scrap pile.


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[Equilibrium]

psacustomcreations> particularly like the DNA sculpture. Nice work.
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Wine bottles should be angled downward. I'm told we don't want our corks drying out. That being said, we don't drink but I do use wine for cooking and the few bottles I have on hand are stored standing upright and I've never noticed any problems.
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Your Pterodactyl is awesome.
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SWells> I'm pretty sure I've seen a photo of your eagle before. Spectacular!!! Absolutely spectacular.
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Seawalker> That's a very good first project. Much better than mine. You should take that out of the scrap pile and find a prominent place to hang it.

[psacustomcreations]

Equilibrium, Thanks I had a thread in the machining section about trying to drill the holes in this. While I put these holes at about a 5 degree angle, it wasn't quite enough.

Thanks to everyone for their posts. Please add more, there is some serious talent here and even if you may not think much of it, people like myself enjoy seeing others work so we can push ourselves to get better.

A few more. These are made from slices cut off old scuba tanks







Made from scrap from other projects

[Equilibrium]

I'm an entry level weldor and don't get to the machining threads... too advanced for me. I missed that thread. Was anyone in a position to offer a suggestion for correcting it? Just curious.
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You've mentioned scuba tanks a few times. Presumably you have access to them. Did you see this thread, http://weldingweb.com/vbb/showthread.php...g-a-wind-chime ?
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Really like the sculpture on the rock in the 3rd photo of your last post.
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Say, you haven't by any chance fabricated anything other than a tool stand from a wheel rim have you? I've got quite a few rims stacked up in my upper driveway and have been racking my brain for ideas.

[psacustomcreations]

I'm an entry level weldor and don't get to the machining threads... too advanced for me. I missed that thread. Was anyone in a position to offer a suggestion for correcting it? Just curious.
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You've mentioned scuba tanks a few times. Presumably you have access to them. Did you see this thread, http://weldingweb.com/vbb/showthread.php...g-a-wind-chime ?
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Really like the sculpture on the rock in the 3rd photo of your last post.
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Say, you haven't by any chance fabricated anything other than a tool stand from a wheel rim have you? I've got quite a few rims stacked up in my upper driveway and have been racking my brain for ideas.

Thanks. I have sold over 100 bells so far so I will dig up some pics of the better looking bells and post them in that thread. I also made a video for Youtube showing the different sounds of steel versus aluminum bells and different strikers.

As far as an idea for the rims, have you thought about burying them halfway and using them as the basis for a sea serpent humps?

[psacustomcreations]

A man (Earl) and woman (Ida) figure made from rebar exposed during each of those hurricanes that hit the Virginia coast


Abstract pieces made from left overs. The one made from squares won an award at the Fredericksburg, VA art show this year


More bookends


Cut nail cross and two different types of wood

[Equilibrium]

The stick man pushing the rock up the bookend is very creative.
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While a sea serpent is a cute idea.... I don't know that burying rims half way in the lawn would work by me. I'd probably trip over them and break something walking around in the yard after dark. I'm thinking you must live where it doesn't snow or if it does.... you don't get any accumulations worth mentioning. By me, we can have drifts that are so high we can't see out our front windows. Combine that with a dog that can't be let out unless he's on a leash since he likes to supplement his diet with birds and squirrels and stray cats and I'm pretty sure that if I didn't break my leg running into them after dark during the warmer months..... I'd for sure run into any humps walking that dog in snow.
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I hope you post some of your bell photos and your YouTube in that other thread on wind chimes.

[Crabo]

Here's some flower vases I made from aircraft wing strut and plate. I wanted to combine textures when I designed them.