View Full Version : New project, need feedback
hogsniper
06-25-2008, 08:37 AM
My latest idea is an address plaque for my house. I have found an appropriate yellowfin tuna shape and want to incorporate my address inside the body. I am using single piece of 1/8" 5052 aluminum.
The photo is a rough drawing of what I have in mind, but the finished piece will be ground aluminum, no coloring like in the picture. I have run it by a few friends and they want one too. Any ideas or suggestions?
smyrna5
06-25-2008, 09:18 AM
It looks great to me. I don't think I would change anything.
GilaSlim
06-25-2008, 05:06 PM
Cool idea. I think I would experiment with colors on the left-over scrap. That fish with some realistic colors on it would be fantastic!
So what do you snipe hogs with? I like a .44 Special on Javalina.
GS
JimYo
06-25-2008, 05:14 PM
I think I would cut it out of stainless with a plasma cutter, just as you show it..
Jim
hogsniper
06-30-2008, 10:59 PM
Cool idea. I think I would experiment with colors on the left-over scrap. That fish with some realistic colors on it would be fantastic!
So what do you snipe hogs with? I like a .44 Special on Javalina.
GS
Typically a Deathstick Speargun in 150' of water in the Gulf of Mexico. (Hogfish)
Hotfoot
06-30-2008, 11:06 PM
Very nice design! If 5052 is malleable, I would pound it into a natural - like bulge before (I cut out the numbers). ( Rubber mallet with it lying on the sand)..Plastic Bossing mallet is better, but I've even used big Ball peens (on steel). :)