This year I wanted to learn how to weld. Just like learning to program, it helps to have a project to focus on so I found some interesting objects at scrap yards and decided to turn them into furniture.

I started with a rusted warehouse grate and some old steel bannister and made a side table. I then found an old library lamp and rewired it (complete with color-changing LED light). And when we moved into the Two Bit Circus Big Top, we found three old sections of metal fence so Dan Busby and I welded it together with angled steel legs to make a dining table. I picked up 300 lbs in glass to cover it with!

I'm now spending a little more time with wood and started with a simple coat rack. Now looking forward to making benches to match the dining table. There are few things as rewarding as building with your hands!

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