I've agreed to carry out a repair and restoration job that requires the making of stainless steel sculptural elements that have gone missing over time. Each of the missing pieces is unique in shape!!!!
I followed up with several metal fabricating companies - but in the end all declined to do the work - too fiddly I think. So it was up to me. Today I set myself the task of cutting the pieces with my trusty side grinder. Not an easy task to get a straight edged grinding disk to cut curves. Over time I had collected almost worn out disks so that I had a stash that were of a small diameter and therefore could be persuaded to slowly cut curves.
The trickiest piece was a hollow circle but as you can see from the opening photo with some patience I got there.
The photo below shows a couple of the pieces marked up on the metal.
And then some progress photos.
Cutting hard 3mm stainless steel is not for the faint hearted. The rough cut pieces will be finessed, ground and then sanded to a brushed finish.
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