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I started a new project today that I tbink is pretty cool. It will be three bronze sea turtle sculptures for a fountain. The largest will be about 7 feet long. I am going to try to post pictures from start until installation in the fountain.ImageImageImageImageImageImageImage

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Cool - I'll definitely be watching the build :)
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New picsImageImageImage

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is this for a customer or yourself.
great project. keep the pics coming.
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motox wrote:is this for a customer or yourself.
great project. keep the pics coming.
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It's for a fountain. There are three of them. It will also have stainless sea grass.

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This is the start of the shell for the medium sized turtle. I also put in a pic of a couple of the welds.ImageImageImageImageImageImage

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This is two shells with the bottoms attached. ImageImageImage

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This is two shells with the bottoms attached. ImageImageImage

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This is the largest sea turtle sculpture finished ImageImageImage

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NICE!! I'd sure like to get into your "scrap" bin.
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Very nice! Your material costs must a little high. You are making the absolute best of it!!
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It's a project for for the coastal conservancy. It will be a sea turtle monument. I think the material wss around 10k. This was the small one. We still have to make the stands. They are supposed to be 14 feet at the tallest.ImageImageImageImageImageImageImageImage

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You mist have quite a reputation for them to award a job like that; $10k in materials alone!! Goodwill in a business is everything.
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We have a good shop. Most of our work is beach homes. It's mostly high end ornamental. We have a job coming up for 25 spiral staircases with the possibility of 50 more. I really like the work.

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Just started the base structure for the turtles. All stainless. It will all be stainless mig hardwire.ImageImage

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I can't wait to see it once you complete it Warren, very cool project.
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Today I got the grass assembled and mounted so we can arrange the turtles for installation. The tallest grass is 14 feet.ImageImage

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Today I got the grass assembled and mounted so we can arrange the turtles for installation. The tallest grass is 14 feet.ImageImage

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This is going to look great :D
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Thanks Dave. The three turtles will be suspended in the grass. The mounting points have to be determined. All three turtles are supposed to have three points of contact in the grass.

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That’s something you don’t see on a welding table very often :lol: that’s awesome man, seriously.
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Finally got two mounted. One more to go, then engineers aproval.ImageImageImageImage

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That is cool as hell dude! Nice work!
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Thanks

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A little closer today. Got the sand blasting done on the stainless and the chemicals on the bronze for the patina. Still waiting for the concrete base that is provided by others.ImageImage

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