Monday, March 16, 2009

Tin man

So I made a new display at my work.... Had to take it down, Might fall over and set off the alarm at night.

Materials:
24 inch Air tight wood heater ( around $120) (all funds Canadian, you come to my store with Stater money, I get to charge at par, IE your one buck, is only a buck or less never more)
8- 18 inch stove pipe 4- 5inch diameter ($6) 4- 6 inch diameter ($7) (could make the whole thing from army stove pipes easier to work with but more money $8)
2 elbows 5 inch diameter (i always forget the elbows....)
2 elbows 6 inch diameter
6 inch by 6inch post about 3 feet long with a long broom handle sticking out the middle
6 inch to 5 inch pipe reducer
Spinning weather cap

Working our way bottom to top.
The 2 -6 inch elbows become your feet, but because of their curve won't sit flat. hammer the non-wrinkled end (you will know what I'm talking about....) so it has a bit of a shoe appearance, flat bottom closed toe. Cut spaces for the feet on either side of the broom handle, just for the heel and ankle. Put your feet in place and do any fine tweaking needed so the feet are level with the floor.
Legs are easy, take 2 sections of the 6 inch pipe connect them to the foot, you should end up with the Wrinkled end up. Repeat for other leg.
The Airtight heater is used on it's side. It's shaped like an oval so you will want the bigger end down. hold it above your legs and get a Friend trace where the legs would meet. Cut the wholes Little smaller then marked.
Take A section of 5 inch pipe and cut it about 4 inches long. That's your neck. I think you can figure out where to cut the whole. yet again a littler smaller then you mark.
Both the arms are 5 inch pipe so might as well mark where you want them also.
Now shove the air tight heater on to the legs, I warn you now your ears will hurt. Then open the top of the air tight heater (the belly) and use tin snips to cut the piping then bend it down to hold the heater down. the pipe won't let it slip farther down, and it shouldn't be able to tumble off. Repeat for arms and neck.
Now arms are hard. you should have about 2 sections of 5 inch pipe (use remains of neck) and 1 5 inch elbow for each arm. where you put the elbow really is the hardest part.... It looks funny too high, funny to low, and right in the middle just looks off... so Ill leave that to you folks...
Atop the Neck put the reducer 5 inch end down, 6 inch end up with the weather cap on top.

If i didn't think cameras steal souls i would take a picture and it would make sense. but directions with out pictures kinda suck....

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