[TheForge] Jig Saw Puzzle

[Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer]

Theres a sculptor named Corky Storer who sinks his work from 1/4"+ plate 
into a similar base, but uses a big fat rosebud and a fair to middling 
size air hammer. He's good, but noisy.

Bob Ehrenberger wrote:
> James;
> I could probably get into something like that,  I already make a lot of 
> bowls out of new sheet metal. A bowl made from scraps would be kind of like 
> a steel basket.
> 
> On a side note, I sink my big bowls into a truck tire rim. Rims are round 
> and have a smooth edge which won't damage the work.  They also come in 
> several different sizes and are cheep from your local junk yard.
> 
> Robert Ehrenberger
> Shelbyville, Mo.
> eforge at centurytel.net
> 
> Original Message:
> I once (couple of years ago) took something like the waste parts you
> mention here and made a fairly large, I don't remember exactly, maybe
> 12"x18"x4 or 5" deep
> bowl for a table.  The parts were arranged, welded, all grinding, etc.
> done, and formed into a bowl shape hot over a depression in a stump.
> It turned out rather nice but I started just playing around.  Some lady
> came by and paid $75 to 100 for it.  I think I wire brushed it and
> applied some sort of sealer or
> clear lacquer.  I don't remember if I had problems with it deforming
> when shaping into a bowl or not, I probably did and that is why I did it
> hot.
> 
> If you sit around and think "out of the box" you never know what you
> will come up with.  Interesting.
> James
> 
> 
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