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my turn of the old man

Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2017 9:00 am
by frank taylor
finished size 310mmx290x35mm machined in pine finished with bronze b metal coating then tiffany green patina
old man in prison
old man in prison

Re: my turn of the old man

Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2017 8:57 pm
by MTSO
Hi Frank
The finish on that looks way cool is it spray painted or done by hand?. how long did it take to machine?.

regards

Brian

Re: my turn of the old man

Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2017 2:09 am
by frank taylor
HI MTSO
THIS WAS HAND PAINTED TWO COATS WITH A BRUSH STIPPLE EACH COAT BUY DABBING THE BRUSH ALL OVER TO GET RID OF THE BRUSH MARKS APPLY THE PATINA TO THE SECOND COAT WHEN IT IS TOUCH DRY WHEN YOU ARE HAPPY WITH THE AMOUNT OF GREEN AGING SEAL IT BY SPRAYING POLLY THIS STOPS THE PATINA REACTING THIS HAD TWO COATS OF POLLY WHEN DRY BRUSHED ON BLACK BOOT POLISH AND RUBBED OFF WITH A CLOTH
AS FOR TIME TO MACHINE 5HRS TO ROUGH 1/4" END MILL FINISH 1/8" BALL NOSE 6HRS THE STONE WALL 4HRS 1/8" BALL NOSE

Re: my turn of the old man

Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2021 4:08 pm
by Muskieman
Where can I get the file for this?
frank taylor wrote:
Thu Apr 20, 2017 9:00 am
finished size 310mmx290x35mm machined in pine finished with bronze b metal coating then tiffany green patinaSDC10965 bronze old man.jpg

Re: my turn of the old man

Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2021 5:57 pm
by PRO4824
Nice Frank, I never really liked that model until your version.

Re: my turn of the old man

Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2021 9:09 pm
by jmichaud77
I did one too. Mine is ~22" x 24". St Peter never looked so devious! I couldn't just paste it here due to it's size. I had to modify the photo size.

Re: my turn of the old man

Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2021 9:39 pm
by Bobtail Farm
splendid finish.