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« on: January 29, 2017, 08:42:31 AM » |
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As Kapri and I'm sure a few others know, distraction therapy is used for pain management and is also good for depression. The idea is that if your brain is fully occupied on a task it has less time for things like pain. You do however have to take physical limitation into account or you can easily make matters worse. Building stuff and learning new things has always been my therapy but had to find a new smaller short term project that I could do in short stints. With valentines day approaching I figured learning to make steel flowers might be a good one. Not quite finished, lots of leaves to make.
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« Reply #1 on: January 29, 2017, 09:06:18 AM » |
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Beautiful as always Dave. I wish I had a fraction of your skills. So are you going to reveal how you created them?
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« Reply #2 on: January 29, 2017, 09:52:57 AM » |
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Flippen elk Dave, what Manky says
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Why do every five minute job take all day, and if it can go wrong it will go wrong
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« Reply #3 on: January 29, 2017, 02:16:04 PM » |
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Fabulous!
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You don't stop havin fun because you get old - you get old if you stop havin fun!
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« Reply #4 on: January 29, 2017, 06:37:03 PM » |
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brilliant.
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yes but can blue men sing the whites?
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« Reply #5 on: January 30, 2017, 02:48:34 PM » |
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Thanks guys. They could be better but for a first try I'm quite happy. Not trying to do any particular flower but they are sort of rose shaped.
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« Reply #6 on: January 30, 2017, 02:55:13 PM » |
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Basically each flower is made of three or four graduated sections. The edges have to be shaped while hot due to the reverse compound curves.
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« Reply #7 on: July 14, 2017, 10:39:33 AM » |
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I know it been a while but just realised I didn't put up any pics of the finished flowers. So just in case anyone might be interested.
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« Reply #8 on: July 14, 2017, 11:35:35 AM » |
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great work, as always.
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« Reply #9 on: July 14, 2017, 05:33:44 PM » |
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They're fantastic buddy
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« Reply #10 on: July 14, 2017, 07:35:39 PM » |
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You could put those in that museum I went to?
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Backyard hotrodder,learnt by mistake,still learning ?
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« Reply #11 on: July 14, 2017, 07:46:41 PM » |
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Love how they intertwine to stand up.
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The secret of eternal youth is arrested development - Alice Roosevelt Longworth If there is love, smallpox scars are as pretty as dimples - Japanese proverb Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired - Jules Renard
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« Reply #12 on: July 14, 2017, 08:11:13 PM » |
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Thanks folks. Pretty sure I'm good enough for any sort of museum/exhibition. But I do enjoy working with hot metal.
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« Reply #13 on: July 26, 2017, 07:24:40 AM » |
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OK so it doesn't work as pain management when you burn yourself.
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« Reply #14 on: July 26, 2017, 02:23:48 PM » |
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Well it certainly must've distracted you from your other aches & pains!
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