Logical1 Posted May 27, 2011 Report Share Posted May 27, 2011 I have been staying out on Whidbey Island for the last couple months and good friend of mine who owns Heavy Metal Works was telling me about a 'welding rodeo' in Bellingham, Wa. The rodeo consists of 10 'professional' 4 person teams who have 8 hours to pick through a HUGE scrap yard from B.T.C. and construct a sculpture that is judged on technique, safety, form, & originality. They provide 2x 20amp circuits, a Mig, Arc, Oxy, and have plasma tables in the shop. For more info & pic check out the site: Welding Rodeo There ended up being a free spot on the team and the rest is history! :D This years theme was 'free form' and we came up with an idea for a 'Dali type animated walking house' We also wanted to look more pro and so we made up some awesome jumpsuits with our logo on the back and call names on the front! The day of we take off from south Whidbey around 4:30am and get started! We found enough sheet metal for the "Tim Burton" house and some BIG ass chain for the legs! 'Inspector Parts' & 'Logcial1' welding and buffing out on the chain gang! 'Slim Hitman' & 'I C The Wright' clean and texturizing the house skins Legs gotta have feet! Getting the house built Time to Assemble! Right at the last minute we had a idea to make a ball & chain for one of the legs, Weld it in place & cut the chain in half: 'Freed Form' Quote Link to comment
Logical1 Posted May 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2011 Final Touches The Finished Beast! It was truly a blast all day and what an honor to work with such awesome skilled people! We placed 4'th out of 10 and I promptly Passed out directly after ;) Cant wait to do it again next year! Quote Link to comment
pharouh Posted May 27, 2011 Report Share Posted May 27, 2011 Damn I wish I knew how to weld! Very cool! Quote Link to comment
hellamikey Posted May 27, 2011 Report Share Posted May 27, 2011 That looks like so much fun. I love scrap yards... Quote Link to comment
HRH Posted May 27, 2011 Report Share Posted May 27, 2011 Pretty cool, looks like you can weld better than me! Quote Link to comment
bananahamuck Posted May 27, 2011 Report Share Posted May 27, 2011 My status update joke not withstanding... that looks pretty cool. How the hell did you guys widen the links?? Quote Link to comment
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