blue72 Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 I don't have any automotive furniture, but I have welded together some art from scrap transmission parts. Since I don't have pics right now, perhaps I'll link to a real automotive artist Paul Veroude. I wouldn't mind having this in my house. http://www.autoblog.com/2006/07/19/honda-f1-view-suspended-the-ultimate-technical-diagram/ Oh, and in case you are too lazy to make your own auto themed furniture / home decorations: http://www.autoartmodels.com/product.web.ViewProducts.do?st=lifestyle.title&field0=pgs.productGroupId&key0=2&field0_compare=&orderBy=pd.productCode&sortDirectionStr=1&startingPos=0&pageSize=5&antiCache=12234274477752658D346A96BA2CCC38C6CCF0BE99440 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rturbo 930 Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 Speaking of which, I made the passenger seat of my 280Z into my desk chair: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators BRAAP Posted October 8, 2008 Author Administrators Share Posted October 8, 2008 .... Speaking of which, I made the passenger seat of my 280Z into my desk chair: SAH-WEEET!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D83ZXT Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 I AGREE! Can you lay it over so we can see how you mounted the seat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rturbo 930 Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 I'm at school, so I can't take any additional pics, but this should show how I did it: It was pretty easy. I removed the chair portion of the desk chair, then removed the sliders from the Datsun seat. I got some angle aluminum I had laying around, drilled holes appropriately, and used the bolts and holes originally used to hold the sliders on the seat to mount them. The rest is pretty simple if you look at the picture. The fabric is so that the stuff on the bottom of the seat - whatever it is, looks like dead grass or something? - doesn't fall onto the floor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimZee Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 That 280Z chair is awesome!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wedge Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 Im gonna do the 280Z chair ! looks very good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMortensen Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 Not exactly Z parts, but there are some NGKBPR6ES plugs on these guys, in addition to feeler gauges, pliers, bolts and nuts, silverware, and quite a few Leatherman tools... Sole fish: Crab: Bought these guys at the Anacortes Art Festival a year or two ago. They're tig welded and then the artist brushed the very hot welds with a brass brush. I thought they were brazed. He had an awesome duck that was coming in for a landing with wings spread, the wing feathers were butter knife blades, but it was way too expensive for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janaka Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 I just broke my office chair last week.. I'm soo copying that chair. Awesome, just plain old awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wedge Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 WOW to the fish and crab those are amazingly well done ! Does he have a web site or something ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue72 Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 Here's one of mine. MIG'd and clear coated. I have access to literally tons of otherwise useless transmission pieces, and I'm trying to come up with something semi complex right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMortensen Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 WOW to the fish and crab those are amazingly well done ! Does he have a web site or something ? Thanks. My wife and I really like them too. Here is the gallery page from the artist's website. I hadn't seen the hummingbird on the tulip before. That's pretty cool too. He's got the duck on there, but it's really the bottom of the wings that were the most impressive and you can't really see them in the picture too well. http://www.secondchancesculptures.com/wst_page4.html MIG'd and clear coated. I have access to literally tons of otherwise useless transmission pieces, and I'm trying to come up with something semi complex right now. Very cool. I'm sure there's limitless possibilities there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D83ZXT Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 Here's one of mine. MIG'd and clear coated. I have access to literally tons of otherwise useless transmission pieces, and I'm trying to come up with something semi complex right now. That is cool too! I envy those that can weld. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue72 Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 I finally got around to starting a scrap metal sculpture again. I had the idea that I wanted to make something akin to a dragon, so here is what I came up with. I think I'll add something else to create a sort of webbing between the wings. It's mostly old transmission parts. The wings are cut down steel plates, but the outer toes, and the upper arms are the wrist pins from an old L24. Here's a picture of it "lording over" the mundane pile of parts from whence it came. Solid half day of chopping, welding and breathing welding fumes. So nice to not have to worry so much about structural integrity compared to welding on a car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxjoeyxxeb Posted October 18, 2008 Share Posted October 18, 2008 Wow, you really do have a lot of transmission parts. Awesome finished products! I wish I had a welder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wedge Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 Just got this one , Its the DMCC cup Canadian Drift Championship its pretty cool . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
letitsnow Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 I really like blue72's transmission dragon. A guy down the road from me has a chevy headed mailbox, it's got the oil pan, headers and some sort of makeshift intake all mocked up around the mailbox. Wow, you really do have a lot of transmission parts. Awesome finished products! I wish I had a welder. No you don't, everyone you know will suddenly have something they need welded. It's a pain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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