Some pics of my metal art and furniture I make. Anybody else do this kind of stuff?

Here's some pics of some of the furniture and metal art I make out of old car/truck/snowmobile/motorcycle parts. I made the table out of ring and pinions from Chevy trucks for a couple that are friends of mine. The whole thing weighs about 250 lbs., I had to make the top half then the bottom and then put them together and weld the halves. The cowboy is all snowmobile parts, and the bench I made for my best friend (that's him in the picture when I delivered it) from a pair of 1962 and 1982 tailgates and some disc brakes. If anybody else is into doing this kind of stuff, feel free to share your ideas. I always like seeing other peoples projects for inspiration

 

Re: Some pics of my metal art and furniture I make. Anybody else do this kind of stu

I don't do it but I like your art. Tom

 

Re: Some pics of my metal art and furniture I make. Anybody else do this kind of stu

what are the legs made out of?

 

Re: Some pics of my metal art and furniture I make. Anybody else do this kind of stu

On the table they are pinion gears, on the bench they're front hubs/discs off a box van and some 1 ton discs. I'm making a coat rack out of two axles, some gears, and using pushrods out of a 390 Ford for the hangers right now for my other friend's daughter. I'll put pics of that up when I'm done.

 

Re: Some pics of my metal art and furniture I make. Anybody else do this kind of stu

I do but not as cool as yours. Mainly small stuff.

 

Re: Some pics of my metal art and furniture I make. Anybody else do this kind of stu

Thank you. I like doing the small projects like my gear cowboy better than the big stuff. I just end up with a bunch of extra parts from the Chevy/Caddy dealership I run the shop at. I've got an idea for a clock in my head using ohc timing gears, that'll probably be next after the coat rack.....It's good therapy and reuses stuff that'd otherwise go in the scrap pile. I had a guy try to commission me to build him an entertainment center after he saw the table I made. His idea was cool, but after I told him we might be waiting for a couple years for me to scrounge the right parts or if he wanted to buy new it'd cost him close to $6,000, that plan kind of went away.....We added up that to make the table out of new factory parts from the dealer would be close to $2500. I've got $0 and about 8 hours into it, but took a year and a half to gather them.

 

Re: Some pics of my metal art and furniture I make. Anybody else do this kind of stu

Small stuff like this.

 

Re: Some pics of my metal art and furniture I make. Anybody else do this kind of stu

That is sweet!

 

Re: Some pics of my metal art and furniture I make. Anybody else do this kind of stu

Cool stuff!

 

Re: Some pics of my metal art and furniture I make. Anybody else do this kind of stu

That there is really cool!

 

Re: Some pics of my metal art and furniture I make. Anybody else do this kind of stu

I do a little metalworking when I get the time.
First is a rose and vase I made out of copper about 4 years ago for my wife for xmas; second is a pig I made out of an empty propane tank. It took my brainless little Maltese dogs awhile to quit barking at the pig.

 

Re: Some pics of my metal art and furniture I make. Anybody else do this kind of stu

That rose is beautiful, and the pig is a great idea......my shih tzu would probably run to the other side of the yard if he saw that and never go back

 

Re: Some pics of my metal art and furniture I make. Anybody else do this kind of stu

That's cool:TU:

 

Re: Some pics of my metal art and furniture I make. Anybody else do this kind of stu

You have a lot of creativity and an imagination, and skill, that's awesome, I like it:TU:

 

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Thanks, Mark! Much appreciated. I took 3 years of welding in high school and then got a degree in metal fab after. I don't use any of that at my job, so this is a good way to help keep the wheels greased.....

 

Finally got around to the coat rack for my buddy's daughter. Her graduation is this weekend, so welded this up last night......

 

Is the pig for sale?.....would look great at my shop!

 

Found this at a flea market years ago, pretty simple but liked it.
Don't why roll bar is upside down, probably came from China!

 

Very nice stuff guys! I used to put on the car show in my home town and I got into building home made trophies. That turned into building some light furniture type stuff. I'll try to dig up some pictures of some of it.

 

This is cool stuff!