Retro Rocket Wood Burner/Chimnea

[ChrisJ]

the latest creation takes shape lol, even had a bash at making me own hinges this time

 

[Shox Dr]

Cool, I've a idea for a UXB one, I'd love to tell you but the hole required to bury the whole of this forum would take to long to dig

 

[ChrisJ]

Added the porthole detail on it this morning

 

[Sean]

Added the porthole detail on it this morning

you cant set a fire in that !
Its art

 

[ChrisJ]

tried to lighten up the look of the fins and add a bit of a retro feel too

 

[ChrisJ]

Rocket engine fitted (well the cone I made for it anyway) and fin detail completed

 

[KemppiFrog]

Drilling all those holes in the fins is going to make it very unstable at re-entry, best wear your tin foil bone dome.....

 

[ChrisJ]

Heh heh I might wear me autoshield welding helmet and thick gloves, might chop a little bit more of the rocket jet nozzle its sitting a bit too close to the launch pad

 

[strada]

Thats looking great chris

 

[ChrisJ]

thanks Strada, I have suprised myself, I thought my old stick welder wouldn't be upto the job and was going to save up for an inverter stick from mr weldquip, but it seems to be coping with what I am using it for, and as me dad used to say to me "If it works, leave it alone"

 

[KemppiFrog]

Stick is great if one is prepared to practice. Before I got a mig, I built loads of wood stoves on a commercial basis. The mig made the detail work a lot easier.

I will sketch up the first one I made (in '78, from a gas bottle..) and the later sheet version when I thought selling gas bottle stoves might bring down some trouble from the gas co.s
KF

 

[ChrisJ]

I'd be quite happy if I could make enough money to buy a secondhand mig from selling these, without going into detail of circumstances the theraputic value is much more important at the moment, there are some great people on here, and it feels good to be part of

 

[KemppiFrog]

Good on yer. More strength to your arm...

Like what you are doing. It may not be state of the wood burning art, but is fun to see.
KF

 

[Sean]

it looks amazing in the burnt baby blue dont you dare paint it!

im serious that needs to be in a gallery and get l'ill Kim jong un back in the window

 

[ChrisJ]

Well I pretty much finished the "Rocket" theme chimnea today, if i can stop my hands shaking I know can get the welds better, so don't be too harsh on me , just looking at the nose cone area, I'm thinking of shaving the shoulders off so to speak, bringing the tip down at a more shallow curve, looks a tad top heavy?

 

[KemppiFrog]

Didn't the Ruskies send a dog into orbit in something like that?

Is the window misted up from dog-breath....?

OOps, just looked closer and seen your political hero.

 

[Wallace]

I like your rocket a lot, very creative. Reminds me of my favourite scene from "A Grand Day Out", the rocket takeoff.

 

[ChrisJ]

Do you think IT would be better off with 3.2 rods?, I read somewhere they were a bit more forgiving than the 6013 2.5 rods I am using now, or am I best getting the funds together for a mig welder?

 

[strada]

Chris i think you will find bigger rods better to weld with,it will be a lot less hassle with a mig though

 

[ChrisJ]

Oh ok thanks strada, I will get a box of the bigger ones