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Cool patience. I spoke to a Lebanon craftsman one time, who told me about a "Figoni-Falaschi" style custom body he made using the mosaic-welding method for the whole body. He found a load of 1x3in / 2X4in. bits of drop from a cut-punch fab shop and went the entire distance with that. ("It's either a lot of shaping and a little welding - or a little shaping and a LOT of welding." quote from Unk.)
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this was the original chain sawed head It produced this: these heads then produced the next set: in order to get the welds on the back, one must make a negative form, and to do that, one must first make the positive. and then when its dry you can pull it off and start welding to the inside. you can bend the washers or blanks or whatever, or not.. sometimes its easier to bend them to get a better fit, sometimes its too much of a pain in the ass. sorry these are def not the best photos but hopefully it gets the idea across. this big one I had to burn the head out of, because I welded across the major axis and couldn't get it off its kinda big but I like it that way. bigger the better, imho anyway Like I said what drove me to this site was a search on how to make a torso, or if the everyone made full forms freehand or used a mannequin or what. this is my attempt at freehand: I find this kind of infuriating, because I need three hands. One to hold the nut in place, one to hold the filler rod and one to do the welding. SO I am teaching my daughter to weld so she can be at least one of the hands. well anyway I hope that helps somebody P.s. I do NOT look forward to this process for making a torso. Although I suppose that which I avoid because it is deemed difficult is that which I should attempt.
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Jason Last edited by Jason A; 04-05-2022 at 05:44 AM. |
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