Antenna Lust

[winneganfake]

The one thing I still lust for- the giant broken antenna lying in the alley near our apartment building. It's big. It's gorgeous. A wonderfully tall, wonderfully durable all-metal framework just begging to be converted into a new display stand for Tormented Artifacts. If it were about two or three feet shorter. As it is, I can't even get it up into our apartment building. And the pipes that make this thing are at least a quarter-inch thick. Not something I want to try and take a hacksaw to. I don't suppose anyone's recently acquired (or just plain has and would be willing to abuse) a cutting torch and the necessary skill to use it effectively? Hell, I'll even do trade for it- gasmask art for cutting, or the extra remains of the antenna, if scrap metal's what you're into.

Comments

[kindofstrange.livejournal.com]

Sadly I do not, otherwise I'd totally help you scavenge.

I have a Dremel and a bunch of cutting blades, but my inkling is that this is a much more intensive job than can be accomplished with said dremel.

[kadath.livejournal.com]

I could kit-bash a cutting torch....

Oh, if you know someone with an arc-welding set, you could try that. You can also use an arc-welder to make a ghetto plasma lance.

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[fear-the-cow.livejournal.com]

Will eat through those pipes like butter. Safer than a cutting torch, and much easier to use. (Also known as a reciprocating saw)

Some places will even rent them to you. You'd just have to buy your own blades.

Or, if you have a circular saw, you can get a metal cutting blade for those too. Lots of sparks. Like in the Art of Noise "Close to the Edit" video...

[nomadboi.livejournal.com]

I've got an angle grinder that'd do it, but it's not cordless... you'd have to haul it within range of an outlet.

[mahariel.livejournal.com]

got an old biker dude type I know that does some metalwork - I sent him an email, will let you know if I hear anything