Wednesday, April 8, 2009

A peek at the undercarriage

Bronze top is welded to frame and holes piloted to mark glass "bubbles"




Once the bar top has its finish, I will drill the small holes bigger for the glass bubbles.

More tubing stiffeners are added

Bridge-strut frame


To support the weight of the bronze top and keep it flat, I made a complicated stainless tubing structure with stiffening struts and braces.

welding the 1-inch edge around the bar top