MoreMetal Welding

I’ve been waiting for #YEARS to have a place to put the #woodworking #tools I bought in high school. I saved for months and months to get them. I got them instead of a cool #car. But now that I’ve got em maybe I’ll get that #bigblacktruck… 600 #mile #drive was worth every #gallon. Big thanks to @klawhammer18 @oldmanwashburn @briangordon24 @rcbeatty @charlie_chuck_or_chas @jberrier1 and #nick and my #dad. Couldn’t have done it without them. #happyfathersday #jettools #gmc #disel #serria #denali #ithaca #handmade #woodworker #hippo #violet #shop #dueli #widehips #sixtires #pickup #duramax #ineedatruck #tigermaple #genielift https://www.instagram.com/p/CQUf8NjNl-k/?utm_medium=tumblr

#happybirthday to the #happiest, #laziest, weird earred, #grayest #dog a #guy could hope for. Since I missed her day last year I decided that today is #violets day! she’s 7. Or possibly 5, or 8, who the hell knows. 🤷🏻‍♂️ It’s waaay too #early for her to be up on a #Saturday so here’s her foot. 😴🦛 And her trying to steal my #childhood #teddybear that my #sisters found at #dads. 🤦🏻‍♂️ In a happy #coincidence it’s also #NORAs #birthday! Here she is on HER 7th! 9 years ago, at the vet, and waaay less #gray. I’ve been VERY #blessed by the dogs that picked me... 😌🤎🖤 ••• #imgoingforahike #april24 #bestdogsever #pitbull #pitbullsofinstagram #brindle #bluepit #hippo #idontactuallyknowtheirbirthdays #ortheirages #guess #alllthetreats https://www.instagram.com/p/COC6E14jf6A/?igshid=q6408u5gloe5

All #moremetalwelding #dog #bowls are #tested by our onsite #qualityassurance #hippo. This #waterstop set is for all the #neighborhood dogs to share. Thanks to @powder.works for the snazzy #powdercoating. Love that #gray! ••• #welding #violet #nora #pitbullsofinstagram #pitbull #salvaged #scrap #handmade #metalwork #pups #water #violetapproved https://www.instagram.com/p/CN91WE-DeJh/?igshid=1o73zxyjyuevj

Although my #hammering elbow would disagree, i love making #damascussteel. 💥💪🏼⚒ Here’s a #Damascus #magnet of the #empirestate for a fellow #PA #transplant. Pics 1 & 2 are during #heattreat 😈🔥 3 is after etch in my car while on the way to deliver it since I forgot to take a picture ahead of time 🤦🏻‍♂️ ••• #patternwelded #handmade #forged #blacksmith #metalwork #newyork #newyorkstate #upstatepride 🤘🏼 #ithacanamerican #NY #forge #baldwinsville #home #hammer (at Baldwinsville, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMRrTElD5q9/?igshid=1404zg6y4tpng

Started #wiring the #kitchen today. Very slow progress, one step at a time. In the meantime the batch of #bees are almost done. Before they get wings they each get a #paint job. 🐝⚡️💛🖤 ••• #welding #handmade #art #remodel #notanelectrician #honeybee #yellow #rustoleum #black #metalwork #mysinkcame https://www.instagram.com/p/CMGMe5nDevI/?igshid=1gq1bpa6sv2fw

Speaking of #damascussteel I also FINALLY finished this #stagbeetle 🦌🐜 while not working on the #kitchen. I #cast the #horns in sand from #scrap #brass. The #frame is #walnut and #zebrawood #veneer. Now I gotta go work on the kitchen 🍳⚒💥 ••• #insect #patternwelded #forge #woodworking #myelbowissore #hammer #blacksmith #critter #metalworking #eggsfirst #bug #thenkitchen #bee https://www.instagram.com/p/CLy6TtKjdrX/?igshid=jtfmsot948bi

I’m gearing up to #remodel my #kitchen, I just need to pick out #colors and #countertops and #flooring 🤦🏻‍♂️ So in the meantime I made a batch of #honeybees🐝. First ones in the new #shop. Lemme if you need one, they should be ready in a few weeks. ••• #welding #handmade #art #metalwork #bee #beekeeper #apiary #bugs #construction #renovation #vintagekitchen #buylocal https://www.instagram.com/p/CLrjllEjdCm/?igshid=5w3eir8qc3ir

There’s not enough #winter in #pennsylvania so I came #home to #ithaca to find more. ••• #ialsoneededsometools #and bagels #danby #newyork #snow #twofeet #thesnowisdeeperthanviolet #soileftherwithrybo #february #barn #tools #shop 🥯🔨🦛 (at Ithaca, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLhP-WmjlYG/?igshid=e891yraqgeo3

This is the #old #desk I put in the #shop. I #love it. I do all my best #thinking here, I #draw stuff to #make, and #violet sits in her little #hole under it. I never corrupt it by bringing my #dayjob #laptop out here 🚫 ••• #welding #workshop #beef #pitbullsofinstagram #woodworking #decanter #tools #rolltopdesk #window #snow #metalworking https://www.instagram.com/p/CLc4Y-5Dg3h/?igshid=i6lt7cbfpx9t

“Now we're much too old for this. I don't feel those kinds of things So don't you cry for me. I used to feel everything.” #Lyrics by @thegaslightanthem @thebrianfallon ••• #welding #woodworking #valentinesday #jaggedheart #hickory #walnut #barbedwire #quote #snow #10 #art #gaslightanthem https://www.instagram.com/p/CLRdwmADs-7/?igshid=g2edvvbdu4jo

#violet the #couchhippo 🖤🦛 ••• #pitbullsofinstagram #pitbull #hippo #hippopotamus #pup #cardinalcouch #nora #lazydog https://www.instagram.com/p/CK4CweajL8M/?igshid=1ufbtszaym4a2

#bathroom: day 5 I’m at 97%. the important things are in #toilet #shower #caulk #floor. After 15 hours yesterday and 9.5 today it’s #doneish, or at least #doneenough #Violet is #super #sleepy after all the work. Not pictured: the glorious 1st shower ••• #remodel #renovation #hippo #pitbull #pitbullsofinstagram #4daysinceshower #videoavailable #notreally #byeportapotty #latersk8r #construction #build #moremetalrenovation #plumbing #wiring https://www.instagram.com/p/CJ4d_3gDzyO/?igshid=1xki1zkrute7q

#Bathroom #remodel: day 3 Things I have: #tub, #honeycomb #floor, some #plumbing, some #lights. Things I don’t have: #toilet #sink Things I need: @advilrelief #sleep @bandaidbrand, 🥃. #ashower 🔨🔧 ••• #homeimprovement #renovation #DIY #thankstodd #oww #pex #paint #trim https://www.instagram.com/p/CJzdppqDMBt/?igshid=oc1dsb02jwyq

I haven’t been #welding much yet while I finish setting up the #shop and get ready for the #bathroom & #kitchen #remodel. But I did take some time to #decorate my new #workbenches and build an #anvil stand. ⚒ I went with a #honeycomb #hex 🐝#trashpolka #theme. Whatcha think? ••• I will #weld again! #metalworking #art #woodworking #forge #blacksmith #build #make #paint #honeybee #woodwork #workshop #moremetalwelding #homeimprovement https://www.instagram.com/p/CJoJeeYDuFk/?igshid=57p81c03mnto

First #sunrise of #2021! Let’s make it a good one! #happynewyear! ☀️ ••• #hike #appalachiantrail #boilingsprings #woods #walk (at Appalachian Trail - Boiling Springs) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJghJwhDA5n/?igshid=13v1527dbeqtj

#merrychristmas #hike from the still #snowy woods. Very thankful for my #dapper little #hippo, and thinking of my #oldman in #Florida and all the #Christmas #memories of #mom. Here they are a decade or so ago planning the Christmas #baking. ••• #family #woods #violet #40christmassinithaca #nora #tuscaroratrail #walkinthewoods #2020 #goodriddance (at Shermans Dale, Pennsylvania) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJOpPSxjHAP/?igshid=cnk36vlmuaff