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RELAX Parts I took parts from an old radio controlled toy. It was a rather sophisticated army tank and it had these gears in it as well as some others. The two shafts should be just right. I will eventually add cams and cranks to these shafts to…
Continue readingPlans for relaxing? Nope. I am sketching out ideas for the RELAX sculpture. These are just ideas. Once the movement of every part of the sculpture is planned, I will either make some detailed plans or just make one part at a time until it is all working….
Continue readingI have suddenly become distracted with a new project. I think that the final few inches of the new rolling ball sculpture is just not quite right. This is making me want to do something else until I know how to fix it. My sister-in-law has some metal…
Continue reading[The finished version can now be seen on the artwork page.] I don’t know how many that I’ve made hence the number n! I’m working on this new one. It’s coming along nicely. The frame bars looked so good before anything was added that I considered just leaving…
Continue readingI just “finished” this by giving up on polishing it more and adding a coat of wax. Click on the image to see a bigger version of it. This was made from a 4 inch steel tube cut with a plasma cutter. After that and some grinding, it…
Continue readingBoat The boat is running. We spent the entire afternoon yesterday cleaning inside and out. A test drive showed no serious leaks and the drive train runs smoothly. The engine stalled a few times before it was warmed up. Rolling Ball Sculpture I am still working now and…
Continue readingI have a web page www.rectorsquid.com where I had been adding pictures of various artwork and other things. It seems like this blog is more easily parsed by search engines and I am going to start placing links to various pictures here because of that. I think that…
Continue readingRolling Ball Sculpture I’ll need to post some photos soon. I’m working on a billiard ball rolling ball sculpture. It is about 4.5 feet tall and has a chain lift like a roller coaster. The cool feature of this sculpture is the authentic roller coaster look and feel….
Continue readingMy garage floor isn’t level so I made this small adjustable table top for my sculpting table. Rolling ball sculptures need a level work area during construction if they are to work when they are finished. I used the base and the basic unadjustable table for years. This…
Continue readingI just finished this rolling ball sculpture. It’s about 18″ tall: Another larger view. Click on the image to see the larger version: lick this one to see a closeup of part of the sculpture:
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