[TheForge] Gas welding

[Albin F. Drzewianowski]

To take the concept of building up a shape with an oxy/acetylene torch to
the n'th degree, you need to see the incredible mini-sculptures that Peter
Renzetti does.

At the 2001 Bill Gichner Hammer-In on Maryland's Eastern Shore, Peter
demonstrated how he took a micro oxy/acetylene torch with 1/16" copper
coated weld rod and using a jewelers/engravers vise was able to fashion tiny
stick figures by building up the weld puddle droplet by droplet.  The
results were tiny stickman, standing about an inch and a half to two inches
tall.  I remember in 2001 he made an acrobat, balancing a chair in the palm
of his hand.  Peter was there again this year, he made some more of these
sculptures for the auction. One was a group blacksmiths striking at an
anvil, with a dog sitting in the corner. When done, the sculpture would be
mounted on a small block of wood.

To watch him work, he goes surprisingly fast, but then he had said that he
has made hundreds of these tiny figurines.

Albin Drzewianowski
Westminster, MD

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> Given practice, it is possible to build up almost any shape using a torch
> and filler rods.
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