Car part art.

Tail Docker · 25-12-2014 7:38pm #1

Any of ye mess around making stuff out of old car parts?

I tend to fixate on finding uses for old car wheel rims, I just muck about trying to make stuff out of them. Here's a couple I did recently as Christmas gifts for people:

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Tail Docker · 25-12-2014 7:47pm

or this

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Tail Docker · 25-12-2014 9:36pm

Or:

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Tail Docker · 25-12-2014 9:38pm

Or:

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ba_barabus · 25-12-2014 9:43pm

Tail Docker wrote: »

or this

I love this. Do you do commissions?

Tail Docker · 25-12-2014 9:52pm

ba_barabus wrote: »

I love this. Do you do commissions?

I do, but generally, I just do them because I like them.

I go nuts putting high end speaker drivers in with high power amps that blast out tunes and look cool - they end up in wealthy peoples lofts and never get seen. I only do them to make people bash out a grin in my own mind.

Bit of fun tbh..

mickdw · 25-12-2014 10:29pm

Tail Docker wrote: »

or this

Yep, that's a very nice piece.

ba_barabus · 25-12-2014 10:31pm

Tail Docker wrote: »

I do, but generally, I just do them because I like them. I go nuts putting high end speaker drivers in with high power amps that blast out tunes and look cool - they end up in wealthy peoples lofts and never get seen. I only do them to make people bash out a grin in my own mind. Bit of fun tbh..

How much do you charge fir something like the Perrier one?

Tail Docker · 25-12-2014 10:37pm

ba_barabus wrote: »

How much do you charge fir something like the Perrier one?

They run about €120 a piece BA, a fair bit of work goes into them. Then again, I've done stereo/speaker combos that ran to a grand, so I suppose that put's it into perspective?

Interslice · 25-12-2014 11:02pm

http://i61.tinypic.com/2uf7von.jpg made a door handle out of a caliper carrier a few weeks ago and this shelf out my old snowboard.

More recycling than art really!

pudzey101 · 25-12-2014 11:05pm

any chance you could make me this OP

:D

Guy:Incognito · 25-12-2014 11:05pm

Are wheels any good, acoustically?

Tail Docker · 25-12-2014 11:08pm

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Are wheels any good, acoustically?

They are, you just need to ensure there's nothing to vibrate- everything needs to be locked down tight and well vented. If you do that, acoustically, they are deadly.