CNC question

Steve, I thought that you had plans to buy one?

Reality set in.

Steve

I could cut them as long as they are say 22ga or thicker. I'm still working on fine tuning (well, avoiding since the shop is cold) my machine to handle really thin 30ga stuff, but no problem on stuff a bit thicker.

Steve

On Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:30:58 -0800, the infamous "Steve B" scrawled the following:

Ocotillos are cool plants. What does the artist make the thorns from if he's using rebar?

I miss the Sonoran desert plants from LoCal every once in awhile. I love the Palo Verdes and California Pepper Trees, too.

(for you desert-deprived souls who are now under all that snow, here are some pics of HOT desert plants. ;)

-- "Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy." -- Ernest Benn

Here's a closer look.

We have Palo Verdes in Texas - had one near an office in Austin in an empty lot. I liked it myself and captured some seed :-) Someday I'll drill a hole and soak a seed to start a sprout. I wonder about a bonsi :-) Flowering green bark, yellow flower tree.

I do remember fond years in Az and west Texas.

If you can't get them cut - let me know. I have cnc plasma.

Mart> On Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:30:58 -0800, the infamous "Steve B"

pictures of an ocotillo up close

Looks simple enough.

On Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:35:13 -0800, the infamous "Steve B" scrawled the following:

"Oh." he replied. I guess they serve their purpose from a _distance_, eh?

-- "Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy." -- Ernest Benn

I'm sorry. Was that a question? Could you rewrite it in the form of a coherent question?

Steve

On Fri, 26 Feb 2010 07:39:51 -0800, the infamous "Steve B" scrawled the following:

No real question. I was saying they don't look like much close-up, and that they're made to be viewed from a distance. Ambiance art.

-- "Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy." -- Ernest Benn

"Larry Jaques" wrote

Ah, thanks. I can reply to that. From a distance, they look a bit like an ocotillo. They do look okay, but a little more attention to detail would have made them look a lot better in mho, plus gradual bends would have been a LOT more realistic. I don't know what the right angles in the rebar are all about. Plus, the flowers are not anything like an ocotillo flower. I'm going to go to the nursery of Google and get a better idea of what a real flower looks like, and then use that even if I have to pound them from the flat pieces that are cut out, or combine several.

Steve

On Sat, 27 Feb 2010 11:43:38 -0800, the infamous "Steve B" scrawled the following:

Yeah, real ocotillos don't have sharp bends. Poetic license or a touch of the cubist overcame the poor sot, I guess.

I hadn't seen his style until I went to Wiki. There is one which looks something like his after all.

I would have thought they popped onto the end like an xmas tree angel (ouch!) or a spear point. I think he used all the same shape, too, where I'd use at least half a dozen different shaped flowers and/or paint schemes for a bit more realistic look.

Hey, if you make a gazillion leaves and paint 'em green, it'll stay in spring bloom all year round! It wouldn't take more than a couple years to do, either.

The one on Wiki is a sad looking maybe dead plant.

Noting like driving in the outbacks and find an old plant that is trained into a shelter. blooming in arcs.

Mart> On Sat, 27 Feb 2010 11:43:38 -0800, the infamous "Steve B"

On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:05:56 -0600, the infamous "Martin H. Eastburn" scrawled the following:

It's at the end of the bloom season, with all the leaves gone but still sportin' fleurs. I most often have seen ocotillos in the off-season, with no noticeable growth except the thorns, and I've found them beautiful in that state, too.

Cool.