Thursday 24 April 2014

New logo, new look.

Oh the pain of creating your own logo, only a designer could understand.

Friday 18 April 2014

Skull & bones, love & hate

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Thursday 17 April 2014

Byron Blues Boots

Here's some crazy cool pin striping I did on a friend's boots for the Blues fest in Byron.

Tuesday 15 April 2014

Heels & handbags

Currently the shed is over taken by heels and handbags, which iam pin striping for the kustom kulture gals that frequent the scenes markets.
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Monday 10 March 2014

Double Tetrahedron

Here's my current welding practice piece, made out of 1.4mm mild steel.
Having the new bench shear now allows me to cut effortlessly through this gage metal, so the thought of making a Tetrahedron came to mind.
Perfect TIG practice and a great first job for the shear. It is certainly no easy task to tack the the shapes together once they've been cut out, holding the dam things was the problem, got there in the end though.
Next step is to finish weld all the joins..... watch this space.  Did I hear someone mention gilded pin striping to finish it off?

Shrinken and a stretchen

The arrival of some well over due tools have been warmly welcomed in the shed.
8" bench shear,  shrinker / stretcher and a handy electric nibbler for chomping out metal shapes or cutting up panels.
Iam thinking the shear is my favorite so far, so handy to be able to slice through material with ease.
Here you can see how the shrinker pulled a flat piece of Ally with a radius right angle into a curve, by gathering the metal in its jaws and pulling them together.
Pretty stoked, these tools have allowed me to do more forming and welding with less fuss..... or pain.

Tuesday 18 February 2014

Photo shoot with Kat Creasey and the JD

This afternoon I had the pleasure of having Mark Greenmantle from Military photography and the wonderful Kat Creasey down in the shed for a shoot using the JD. These couple of tease pics show Marks eye for detail as a photographer and Kats natural vintage look.

Friday 7 February 2014

Do ya dig hand painted stuff?

Been having a lot of fun slingin enamel in the shed over the last month or so, getting ready for the Rat Rod & Rockabilly show in Brisbane.
Hand formed Cowl for Lil Miss Eight Ball, pin striped the cabinet, did some groovey little wall hangings and even got envolved with some heels.