"The 33"-Road Bike Racing - Chain art contest

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waterrockets
04-03-07, 02:40 PM
I have more old chains than most of you have spokes.

I want to weld one or two of them to make something interesting for my office at work. Please submit your ideas...

The winner gets... hmmm... a "thanks" in my sig? I'm open to suggestions here too.

botto
04-03-07, 02:46 PM
not art, jewelry.

nothing new. maybe you can get some text engraved on it, like "live waterrockets", or "raisin waterrockets"???

http://www.eco-artware.com/catalog/popup_html/images/RRCB.jpg
Second Mouse
04-03-07, 02:58 PM
Bicycle chain picture frame. Best I could do.

http://www.ecohousewares.com/im/1006/accessories_resrev_bicyclef.gif

botto
04-03-07, 03:00 PM
Bicycle chain picture frame. Best I could do.



i'm sure we could both do better, but the pay isn't good enough.
bdcheung
04-03-07, 03:02 PM
make a chainwhip and sell it on Craigslist.
waterrockets
04-03-07, 03:10 PM
i'm sure we could both do better, but the pay isn't good enough.

I could send you one of my old chains. Look, free art supplies!
waterrockets
04-03-07, 03:12 PM
Bicycle chain picture frame. Best I could do.

That's actually kinda cool for the office.

Rules change: we can also use old cogs in this art project...
botto
04-03-07, 03:14 PM
I could send you one of my old chains. Look, free art supplies!

i've got plenty of old chains, and enough art supplies thanks. ;)
jeffremer
04-03-07, 03:19 PM
Thinking of taking some outer plates of a link and threading some earing hoops through them for the lady - I've seen this done a few times, most recently and notably by the cute girl mechanic in the May Bicycling. Easy, cheap, instant dangly earings. Also, I've been trying to find a coin with the right circumference to fit a section of chain around. Half dollars and quarters, among other foreign coins, haven't worked out yet.
waterrockets
04-03-07, 03:23 PM
make a chainwhip and sell it on Craigslist.

Hmm, I'm going to make one of these on the side. It will now be the prize. A chain whip made from nothing but a chain (and some welds). So the bar will just be welded links.

So, hook me up with an idea -- the frame is in the lead -- and you get a chain-chain whip.
Second Mouse
04-03-07, 03:24 PM
http://www.earthstudiomoab.com/shop/images/rro022_g.jpg


http://www.earthstudiomoab.com/shop/images/rro064_g.jpg


I work cheap.
Enthalpic
04-03-07, 04:07 PM
http://www.show.me.uk/dbimages/chunked_image/crocwhole.JPG

http://www.show.me.uk/site/news/STO469.html