Metal "Love Note" Stand

Materials:

steel pipe
steel plate
steel round bar
hand held band saw
hand held grinder
MIG welder
oxy/acetylene torch
plasma torch
drill press
grease pencil
welding helmet
safety glasses
welding gloves
vise
ball peen hammer

Fingers

1) Cut a piece of steel pipe, with a handheld band saw, into small sections to create individual finger shapes (figure A). Each section will become the joint of a finger.

2) Weld the finger sections into finger shapes using a MIG welder (figure B).

3) Weld small pieces of plate steel onto the finger at the knuckles and the fingernail (figure C). Now you have a clunky rough finger.

4) Shape the finger into its finished profile with a hand held 4-1/2 inch grinder (figure D).

5) Make four fingers and a thumb. Connect the fingers together, using a steel round bar, to create the skeleton of the hand bones (figure E).

6) Fill in between the "bones" with steel plate and sheet to complete the hand.

7) The hand will have the shape of a very rough palm and back of the hand.

8) Finish shaping the hand with a 4-1/2 inch grinder.

9) The final step for making the hand is to attach a sanding disk to the hand grinder to polish the hand to a shiny finish (figure F).