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| ©2017 Barry Smith - Drill shaving on wood |
Next week I hope to install the five post Water and Snake motifs post sculpture. Today I stated the process of finalising the work on the functional aspects of the posts including:
- attaching the snake motif tops to help reduce cracking and keep water from rotting the tops of the posts;
- creating more reinforcing purchase on the legs for concreting them into the ground; and
- filling cracks in the timber and giving them a final sand and oil.
Preparing and attaching the etched snake motif top plates.
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| ©2017 Barry Smith - Top plates drilled and countersunk |
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| ©2017 Barry Smith _ Top plates attached |
Drilling 10mm holes through the solid 25mm steel legs to add rod through for reinforcing.
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| ©2017 Barry Smith - Glad I have good tools |
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| ©2017 Barry Smith - Bolts and nuts in the foot and rod and nuts on the leg |
The results of filling cracks and sanding and oiling.
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| ©2017 Barry Smith - Oil really brings out the subtle colour and grain |
In a way there is not a lot to show but it basically took all day. As you can see from the photo above I finished as the sun began to set. Fiona's making red curry - probably be accompanied by a white???
so often days of work don't look like much...but really they do. well done, barry.
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