It all started about a month, month and a half ago..
I live on the southside..they told me it was much better than the north side...so i listened to them..and got a house here..and i didnt regret it yet..:)...nice house, nice and quiet neighbourhood, backyard, you dont know your neighbours..everything is just like it should be:)...but that has got nothing to do with the story:)..ill get back to it..:)
Anyways, i have been working on a project on the north side and every day i have been taking the same route to work..one morning i was driving,sipping my coffee and half sleeping my way to work when i saw something on the left side of the road that immediately got my attention!
N 53.4978 / W -113.4426
Buuut,lazy as i am,i didnt stop, i decided to take it when i am going to be driving home from work...Yup, that is what i decided and that is what i am going to do!..No doubt about it, none whatsoever!!
Yeah, that afternoon when i was driving home i was really happy to see that the machine was still there....and I was still very lazy and just drove pass it:)
Didnt feel bad either..
As time went on, i was looking it in my rear view mirror every morning on my way to work and every afternoon on my way back....:)
I knew i wanted it but just couldnt force myself to stop, there was allways an excuse..
It laid there for a week or so and one day i finaly stopped and, with a help from my friend, loaded it onto my trailer..
All joke aside, i was really happy that she was still there!
Finding inspiration for her new role wasnt hard at all!..Actually, it was really easy!..from the moment i saw her, i knew i was going to make a lamp out of it!
..a badass lamp, if i may add:)
Later in the process, while i was disassembling it, i found a piece that i am going to use for one of my next projets..but, nough said, you can read about it in the future..:)
As you asumed, next step- disassembling!
..or, as i like to call it-"The D day "...with all due respect, "D" stands for Demolition:)
Actually, i didnt explain how am i going to make a lamp so:
- disasseble the washing machine and take the drum
- clean, sand and paint the drum
- take some rebar...cut it, bend it, weld it, paint it..
- take some wire, plugs, socket and bulbs..
..and make a lamp out of everything:)))
Easy, right?
..The D day..
--we've(friend and I) put our best sunday clothes on, strapped our toolbelts, gloves, safety glasses( SAFETY FIRST) and gave her hell!..just kidding..:)..actually, we were quite polite and gentle:))..pinch of unscrewing, hint of tapping and just a tad of chopping with my friends mighty axe and we were done in no time:)..i had to say "mighty" cause he is in love with the freaking thing:)..he doesnt use a hammer any more..
You can see it in all its glory in the following picture..
..and what it actually is is a quite dull piece of metal in a shape of a small axe..:)..but, nevertheless, we couldnt do it without it..so, tnx:))!
While we were taking it apart, a couple of loonies and toonies(Canadian dollars) came out of it and right away we wanted to spent it the Canadian way and go to Tim Hortons and buy coffee and doughnuts but then i decided to keep it and send them with the lamp..if somebody buys it, of course.. If not, Tim Hortons it is:)!
After that has been done, i took her home and worked on her in the comfort( and the warmth) of my basement:)
Sanding time...!!!
Its the most wonderful time of.... the project ( you should have read that in a singing voice)..
And the sentence above is totally not true!!
..its a lie!
..i hate that part:)!
But i had to man up, wipe my tears away and get it over with..:)
Once again, it was easier that i prepared for...either that or i was getting really good at it:)
Once sanded, I taped and covered the parts that i didnt want to get painted and we were ready for some spraypaint fumes
..happy times:)
I decided to go with flat black and after numerous coats of paint, i got this..
Dont know about you, but i love it!
Buildind the legs..
For some reason, i love rebar!...for those who have no idea what rebar is, it is that steel, ribbed rod that you put into concrete to make it stronger..if that doesnt make sense, scroll down to the next picture:).
Back to rebar..as we ever left:)
I love the texture of rebar..and eventhough it is a harsh and not so elegant material, with proper treatment and coating it can look really modern, minimalistic and gives an industrial note to the item you are building..
I did some calculations( height, width), added it, subtracted, devided and multiplied and started bending and got something like this..
I decided to take two somewhat "U" shaped pieces of rebar ,. turned them around and weld it together. After this picture was taken, i cut one "U" shaped piece in half so they can all be the same height and flush with the other "U" shaped piece(heightwise)..
Unfortunately, from this point on to i have no pictures until the finished product..but what i did to the finish is..
I took some more rebar and did a scaled and reversed version of the bottom part and after i welded a 6-7 inch piece of rebar verticaly in the middle of the legs(bottom part), i welded on the top part(smaller and reversed version of the botttom part(mirror image)).
Then i preped everything for paint and, of course, painted it:).
Took some wires and everything i needed powerwise, attached everything together and got the finished product..
Hope you like it..
