Metal Pike

for the past couple summers i've been working on a massive rebuild of the sea wall and various retaining walls in my back yard...and many many home remodelling projects too. i've been amassing a giant pile of scrap metal that i've pulled out of the lake, dug up from behind retaining walls or pulled out of my house. i decided to make something out of all that this winter. this is the start of my pike skeleton sculpture. when finised it will be about 6-7' long...i'm thinking about mounting it on a pole down by the lake. anyway, thought some of you guys might appreciate it.

sweet!! you´ve got skills!

that is pretty sweet.   I saw one recently that was a rebar turtle   

OverMyHead wrote: I would say put it in the lake on some hydraulics so you can make it jump out at people. That thing is scary as heck!

some red light bulb for the eyes and you could scare some kids!

kapla wrote: OverMyHead wrote: I would say put it in the lake on some hydraulics so you can make it jump out at people. That thing is scary as heck! some red light bulb for the eyes and you could scare some kids!

i'm seriously considering this...

well maybe just the red eye part...unless i get really ambitions. i'm a little bummed that i won't be able to work on it at all over christmas break since i'm driving down to the in laws' in SC...

had a chance to get some more work done on the pike. the spine is made from a snow fence post that i dug up behind one of my lakeside retaining walls. the beginning of the tail fin is old sawzall blades from cutting up the old retaining walls.

it's pretty big now...about 8 1/2 feet long


close up of the spine segments


this is the jig i used to get the curvature of the spine that I wanted...of course it kept catching on fire...

Hollywood wrote: close up of the magazine on the tool chest please

winter fever!

Hollywood wrote: close up of the magazine on the tool chest please

miss reef calendar...x-mas gift from the wife...seriously...got the 2012 this year too...

updated with dorsal fins...old saw blades and rebar...thing is getting hard to move around...


new reef calandar shot for hollywood...

i think it's done...might paint it or put a clear coat on it...but, i think it's done. put a 4X4 post down by the lake this weekend since it was so warm...i think it will look good down there...

Very well done!

Hahaha!!!   That's cool !

A few years back, I made a bra out of rebar for my buddies wife's 40th birthday. And before you ask; no, she did not need the rebar. And yes, she looks great with or without the bra.

And no Jbear, I don't have photos.   

Sorry guys. Did not do that quote thing right. But I think you got the idea.