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Decided to make a sierpinski's tetrahedron as a first REAL project! I built a shitty angleiron workbench (with an old door ziptied onto it as the tabletop) before but I'm actually trying this time so it's different

170 welds completed so far crab-party !! So, only 346 left to go!!... doggirl-tears

This was a really good idea until I remembered how complex fractals are, like GIRL, DUH, fuck was I thinking hahaha

Its REALLY scuffed though, I'm talkin like using my stick welder to melt a half inch off the end off of the pieces I had precut to make it shorter so it will fit in the actual dimensions needed, I've been holding the smallest (~2") pieces with a wrench and holding it in place freehand. It's been a lot of fun so far, and I'm definitely improving as I go, I weld my welding stick to my stock way less often now, and achieve arc much more reliably too, which is cool to see my own progress within the project!

I hurt my shoulder a bit ago so I haven't been able to do much lately, but welding is pretty low impact in that I mostly just sit on a folding chair in my driveway next to my shitty workbench lol

Have some more views!

When it's done it'll look like this image I found on google

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[–] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

This is super cool.

Also welcome back

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My brother's place of employment did nuclear power plant maintenance. As such, all welds had to be x-rayed and certified. They hired a woman who had learned welding in the navy. The feeling artists must get when looking upon a Rembrandt or Matisse is the same feeling I had when seeing her weld beads. They were a work of art and typically on materials like SS or titanium.

[–] cinnaa42@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago

love the triangle triangle, very cool

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