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Battle Scars, Show your gnarly work |
bbrock |
Nov 21 2018, 12:12 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,269 Joined: 17-February 17 From: Montana Member No.: 20,845 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
This was inspired by @Larmo63 's post on Travis' build thread about letting the battle scars show. These scars do have a beauty and I've often thought it would be cool to do an extensive rustoration and leave the welds raw without grinding or dressing. I thought it might be fun for people to show their Dr. Frankenstein work. Here are a few favorites from my build that I almost hated to see disappear.
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TravisNeff |
Nov 21 2018, 12:31 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,082 Joined: 20-March 03 From: Mesa, AZ Member No.: 447 Region Association: Southwest Region |
If I could make my welds look good I would be leaving more to see.
Japanese do this "perfection in imperfection" as Wabi Sabi. When a dish or something is broken they glue it back together with a gold colored glue. Attached image(s) |
SirAndy |
Nov 21 2018, 04:15 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,636 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
If I could make my welds look good I would be leaving more to see. When in doubt, grind ... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smash.gif) |
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