Arising Phoenix

Building a Phoenix

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Overview Pages:
the Plan part 1: Making Plans | the Plan part 2: Cross Sections | the Plan part 3: Longitudinals the Plan part 4: Wings, Tail & Legs the Plan part 5: Base

wizzard's chronological Photos:
Picking up in Paradise 1 | Picking up in Paradise 2 | Treasures in Campbell
Building Starts | Building 2 | Building 3 | Building 4 | Building 5 | Building 6 | xxx | xxx | xxx

Gwen's chronological Photos:
Paradise 1 | Paradise 2 | Paradise 3 | Build 1 | Build 2 | Build 3 | Build 4 | Build 5 | Build 6 | xxx

I'm seeing Phoenixes everywhere.

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2019/03/21

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2019/06/20

Winter is coming so I built a 20x20' metal roof that overhangs the trailer we live in and the 10x20 container (from an old U-Haul truck) that is about 5' away.

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2019/10/19

I cut 7 wooden disks based on my second small wire model I made (photo elsewhere in these pages). I moved them around for a week or 2 until I had the shape I wanted for the bird.

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I have no Idea what the head is going to look like, but cut a rough head to make it more real.

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Mounting Gabe's 'ART' sign to the studio area.

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2019/10/21

Sanding the coating & rust off the central support post.

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2019/11/15

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Welding on a long bolt that will support the 3rd ring that shapes the body and acts as the hip that will hold the legs.

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Possible ring #6

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2019/11/18

Starting design for ring #5

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Ring making assembly line

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I sorted out the piles of crescent/box wrenches on put them on my little cart so I can bring them into the studio as needed.

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First design for ring #4. I typically leave a design around for a while so I can see it fresh several times. I ended up changing this ring because I didn't like it.`

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2019/11/19

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Ring #3. The only one made in place on top of the wood ring. The rest were all made on their respective rings, but flat on a table where things weren't constantly sliding

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New version of ring #4.

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Ring #1

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Ring #6 welded.

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Ring #5 welded.

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Ring #4 welded.

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201911/20

Ring #2 welded.

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The opening is needed because rings 1 & 2 can't be slid down the supporting post because #3 is already completed blocking their paths.

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