Now this is just some cool stuff

Kevin54 · May 16, 2013

I was going through some of the people on the Craftsmanship Museum website and ran across this guy Chris Bathgate. He creates his art out of metal. Not only is it nice looking, the amount of work he puts into it and how it turns out is just plain cool in my book. Even though he uses CNC on a lot of the pieces, it still takes a lot of time to figure out how it's going to look, then making all of the pieces so they fit together without interfering with each component.

http://www.craftsmanshipmuseum.com/Bathgate.htm

BMW Rider · May 16, 2013

Interesting. Kind of creepy sci-fi looking.

akdiesel · May 16, 2013

Very creative, but I have to agree that it reminds me of the Matrix.

ilovevocs · May 16, 2013

Their interesting pieces. I wonder what their price point is and how many I each he produced.

tmcowboy · May 16, 2013

Question is, do they come in metric or just SAE?

nine4gmc · May 16, 2013

COO?

Jim Johnstone · May 16, 2013

nine4gmc said:
COO?

Judging by the unique design, I am going to guess either the Klingon Empire or Romulus.

joeswamp · May 16, 2013

They kind of look like drill heads for mining dilithium crystals on faraway planets.

Kevin54 · May 16, 2013

ilovevocs said:
Their interesting pieces. I wonder what their price point is and how many I each he produced.

I don't know as far as price, but if you go to the website, you can see the rest of his work. He's just a young guy, at least to me he's young, and he has been published in some magazines and some of his work is in museums.

There is another gentleman on the site that makes cube puzzles out of different metals, maybe something like 50+ pieces and more and the puzzle may be about the size of a Rubik's cube or a little larger and he has sold out on quite a few at $4000-$5000 each

HAP · May 16, 2013

It's cool, but my brain wants to try to make sense out of them. Looking for some logical connection of how they work or what they should do... very distracting to the mind.

R,
HAP

pepi · May 16, 2013

What's used for, how fast through the quarter mile?

FastKat · May 16, 2013

Very interesting. Agreed, it's rise-of-the-machineish.

Kevin54 · May 17, 2013

HAP said:
It's cool, but my brain wants to try to make sense out of them. Looking for some logical connection of how they work or what they should do... very distracting to the mind.

R,
HAP

pepi said:
What's used for, how fast through the quarter mile?

No useful purpose other than art from machining, oh, and making some money too. I guess it takes a machinist to really appreciate what it take to make something like that. No offense to anyone.

Even just coming up with a concept and putting it to paper takes quite a bit of thought, and figuring out interference fits and such before turning on a machine take a lot also. You just can't sit down and put something like this to paper in an hour or so. :lol:

This is one from the other person I was talking about GarE Maxton. It is a 55 piece, 3" square puzzle with a 1" silver cube inside of it. He sells it for $8495 each. According to the site, he has sold a few along with other similar puzzles

Or how about something like this? 200 pieces, 28" tall, 20" wide, and 4" thick with prices starting in the five figure range. :scared:

If you sell a couple of them, you have your wages made for the year. But it is some fantastic machining talent. Myself, I'm getting some plans for an inline 4 cyl. engine and am going to attempt to machine and build one. We'll see how well that goes. When I start, I'll start a thread to show the progress. It can be difficult, but it shouldn't bee too much different than all of the chips I've made over the years. Just start out with a block of metal and cut away everything that doesn't look like it belongs. :lol:

RatchetMan · May 17, 2013

I'm not much of a modern art lover. The Sistine Chapel I can appreciate. Taking bits of metal, polishing them and sticking them together to form an object that really has no function? Meh..... :dunno:

Major Ramifications · May 17, 2013

I think they are cool, but both of these guys are in serious need of a job. I mean, just think what they could do if their talents and skills were applied to something useful.

Kevin54 · May 17, 2013

Everyone's got to do something though.

To me, it's not about the function of it, whether it does anything or not, but the design and fabricating of it is something that a vast majority of people can't do. I appreciate it for what it takes to make it. No, it's not the Sistine Chapel, but it still takes some serious skills to make the parts.

It takes a lot to sit down and have a design in your mind, put it to paper, then put the raw materials on a machine and have it turn out like it does. I have always been one that has felt more comfortable standing behind a machine than sitting behind a desk. To me, it's a real feeling of accomplishment to take a block of metal and make something out of it. The same with any fabricator, whether it is in metal, in wood, or carving stone. Each and every one one here, whether turning wrenches or making a stand to hold a set of screwdrivers, knows what that feeling is like. So I figired since this was a Fabrication Forum, I'd share some fab skills of others.

Myself, I'm just taking a break from making some rivets. I can't find them anywhere so they have to be fabbed on the lathe.

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