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| Maltese Falcon |
 Dec 25 2005, 01:59 AM
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Advanced Member  Group: Members Posts: 4,645 Joined: 14-September 04 From: Mulholland SoCal Member No.: 2,755 Region Association: None   |
A friend of mine owns a snow/ skate board shop in L.A. (Westwood Bl.) and needed some ID on his building. After checking out all of the usual sign shops- he approached me with "What if you could bend me up a Hot Rod sign in 3" and chrome it ?"
I designed the calligraphy, fabbed it up and had a crane co. lift it into place. At one time he had the entire building painted in flames- I guess the neighbors made him paint it back to white ;( He actually polishes up the chrome once a year (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif) Marty Attached thumbnail(s) 
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| smooth_eddy |
Dec 25 2005, 02:27 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 535 Joined: 13-November 04 From: Seattle Member No.: 3,102 |
Nicely done.......What kind of bender did you use? Greenlee? And did you do the welding? Is the pipe EMT? Eddy
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| thesey914 |
Dec 25 2005, 03:55 AM
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Senior Member Group: Benefactors Posts: 1,155 Joined: 1-January 03 From: Staffordshire -England Member No.: 66  |
nice....think i would cross the road to go in.
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| MecGen |
Dec 25 2005, 08:01 AM
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8 Easy Steps Group: Members Posts: 848 Joined: 8-January 05 From: Laval, Canada Member No.: 3,421 |
That has to be the nicest sign I have seen in a long time.
Definately Old Skool (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smilie_pokal.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/agree.gif) And I would cross the street and have a look inside. +Karma Later |
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| Bleyseng |
Dec 25 2005, 08:36 AM
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Aircooled Baby! Group: Members Posts: 13,034 Joined: 27-December 02 From: Seattle, Washington (for now) Member No.: 24 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
Thats way cool.... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/aktion035.gif)
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| Maltese Falcon |
Dec 26 2005, 01:59 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,645 Joined: 14-September 04 From: Mulholland SoCal Member No.: 2,755 Region Association: None |
thx for the props guys...the machine that I used for this job is a Teledyne Pines No.2 rotary mandrel bender. The mtl. is 3" od ,16 ga. cold roll tube, with a .005 inside flash control. Once the basic "Calligraphy" is bent , it's basically mitre cut, deburr'd and fit together on a straight edge jig.
Welding is on a Miller .035 MIG --just like making headers (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wink.gif) Industrial size nickle chrome tanks "Just made it in" for this size sign ! I'll dig up a jpeg of another strange job order: A custom steel bed for one of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Happy New Year ! Marty |
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| Maltese Falcon |
Dec 26 2005, 02:38 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,645 Joined: 14-September 04 From: Mulholland SoCal Member No.: 2,755 Region Association: None |
Hey Frank K, check out the Chili Bed at www.madmetal.com
scroll thru the products and check it out. My nephew Shane (9146OG) does the specialty/ custom products out of our plant here in Glendale Ca. Peace Marty |
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