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Hi everybody!
this is my first post, I've been looking for some days now a forum about metal/ welding and I got here today.
I like to model figurines with clay and polymer clay as a hobby, sometimes these are purchased, sometimes I even get some commisions. I'm making now a cartoon figurine from a tv series that is quite difficult to achieve with clay only, he has some really thin spider legs (see pic), and I thought about making these with metal, but I have some questions, as I never worked with metal and I am kind of lost.
I bought some aluminium bars (hollow and solid), and I'm planning to buy some 2phase metal glue, bearings and steel mini spheres (but these are expensive, and I'd like to assure that the structure is achievable).
As you can see in the pic, I got to use the bar, cut it like 5 cm (2 inches), attach a tread, then a stell ball, then another tread and then another bar... and repeat until the structrure is complete. I would use hollow alluminium bars for every part except the distal part, the part that touches ground, as I would have to... sand? or make it thiner at the most distal part, with a dremel like tool (not sure if this is possible either).
The junction of the joints would be made with this 2 phase Nural27 'glue'.
the question is: which is the best metal to do this? I chose alluminium but maybe there is another better one. And more important, is this achievable? will it be solid, hardy for shipping once it's welded? should I use hot welding? I never worked metal so I'm kind of limited.
thanks for every tip or input you can tell me!
ps.
6 mm is like 0,236 inches
8 mm is like 0,315 inches
2,5 mm is like 0,098 inches
pablo
this is my first post, I've been looking for some days now a forum about metal/ welding and I got here today.
I like to model figurines with clay and polymer clay as a hobby, sometimes these are purchased, sometimes I even get some commisions. I'm making now a cartoon figurine from a tv series that is quite difficult to achieve with clay only, he has some really thin spider legs (see pic), and I thought about making these with metal, but I have some questions, as I never worked with metal and I am kind of lost.
I bought some aluminium bars (hollow and solid), and I'm planning to buy some 2phase metal glue, bearings and steel mini spheres (but these are expensive, and I'd like to assure that the structure is achievable).
As you can see in the pic, I got to use the bar, cut it like 5 cm (2 inches), attach a tread, then a stell ball, then another tread and then another bar... and repeat until the structrure is complete. I would use hollow alluminium bars for every part except the distal part, the part that touches ground, as I would have to... sand? or make it thiner at the most distal part, with a dremel like tool (not sure if this is possible either).
The junction of the joints would be made with this 2 phase Nural27 'glue'.
the question is: which is the best metal to do this? I chose alluminium but maybe there is another better one. And more important, is this achievable? will it be solid, hardy for shipping once it's welded? should I use hot welding? I never worked metal so I'm kind of limited.
thanks for every tip or input you can tell me!
ps.
6 mm is like 0,236 inches
8 mm is like 0,315 inches
2,5 mm is like 0,098 inches
pablo
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