A few photos of the clerkenwell Design Week commission, detailing to the front, top, back, and scrap ali teeth fabrication [shown before welding]. I am taking my holiday in the studio this year, so i will try to update my blog for the following week.
A great opportunity to work on the largest Robot I have created.
It's great to be working on such a large scale although it is not without it's problems. A 250 gallon Bowser was delivered all the way from Liverpool (by a former wing commander), which arrived at our place in March. The bowser is going to be the main body for the Robot which will be made into a giant JNR and is expected to be 9ft in total height. This time the design incorporates a simple bike rack which will be installed around it's waist.
Working on such a large scale allows me to have many options for detail however I am still working to a deadline. The work is due to be installed on the last weekend in May. We have an engineer involved who has to sign of the piece at the beginning of the week and onsite.
To sign up for a free wristband register at www.clerkenwelldesignweek.com
After months of work the new ride is almost complete, after much deciding the frame and most of the parts are almost there with a barn fresh/rat rod and lacquer finish. Featuring great traditional sign writing from John Singh at Alpha signs. It will be used for my everyday ride and is easy to repair after daily abuse on the job. She rides great even with a load (Saucy Tart!). I'm having a rear wheel built as we speak, at a bespoke bike shop in Finsbury Park [Sargent & Co], thanks Rob. With three speeds, a vintage lamp and gear shift on there way this week.
I have put an old welding apron in the front basket and it now seems to stop scrap and shopping falling through, but may go back to a cherry wood deck prototype I was working on previously. She weighs in at 4 ton, which wasn't the idea being based on a 20s board track racer, still the old rust bucket keeps up with the traffic - shame she doesn't stop!
Over the summer or when it gets warmer I will be working on this beastie, he will have a motion sensor connected to a complete C90 engine. This will power a cam connected to his arms, it will either smash the floor up or rip itself apart, will take a long time to make but will get started when I have collected the rest of the parts. Am also working on a new ride based on a vintage board track racer.
