Found this stuff by Rustoleum and I really love it.
In 24hrs it dries to a tough vinyl-like finish (smells like rubber). Here are two 16g plasma-cut specimens for my Land Rover, a Cup-holder and a Radio/Switch-panel (steel and alu respectively) coated with it.
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Question: if you replace EVERY blooming part on the vehicle, is it the same vehicle???
Something to contemplate as we drool over the ‘thing’… 
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Answer: That’s why we were very careful, NOT to replace every “blooming” part 
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I would think that 1 or 2 screws from original frame does not count as minor rebuild…
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Looking good Cletus, nice looking cup holder and switch panel as well.
Wow. Looking really nice. You’re really moving fast on that. Most folks undertaking a full resto of a car plan on it taking years.
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Thanks guys!
I’ve contracted a couple guys with a small garage to do the major work. They are experts at Land Rovers and have a real passion (OCD) for it. Their price is EXTREMELY reasonable at US$5K including supplying all parts. The power-steering mod cost like US$500.00 additional. They’ve got maybe another two weeks work to do on it and they’re on budget. They’re out in the countryside, about 2 hours drive each way on bad roads, so i only go out there every other Sunday. I have some doctor friends interested in such also, so we’re looking for a couple more specimens to restore for them. Could turn into a nice little side hustle.
We also have the whole process from day one, photo and video documented for a YouTube presentation when it gets back on the road.
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Amazing piece!
This is a large koi fish piece we cut it’s been up in the gallery for a while so I decided to take some pictures of it I’ve been the sun today.
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Nice fish, but you spent WAY too much time in the Sun!
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Always knew there was something “fishy” about @TinWhisperer
His Koi attempt at humor confirms it…
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Main problem with Koi is they multiply so fast … even when hanging on a wall.
Nice. I like the clock design - the number design (font & size) is well matched to the size of the clock.
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Beautiful welds!
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I just did the normal internet search of large wall clocks.
And some cuts others had already done…
And got the idea for it from all those…
Wanted enough bridges / union to be throughout so it can be cut from thinner sheet and still be stable .
At .135” on this piece its pretty stout.
I have an aviation version I’m working on as well. Im thinking an LED backer maybe on this one.
Or just a offset back with welded spacers🤷♂️
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Nice!!! …one day I will get around to doing a clock myself!
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