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Roger Shealy · September 12th, 2007, 05:03 AM

I came home to find my two teenage sons using my Canon A620 still camera and my Sony HC3 to create a documentary on their latest "project". I know the quality isn't up to the norm on this forum, but I thought you might enjoy the subject matter. You might find the footage either scary or encouraging, depending on your parenting philosophy. I couldn't be more proud of them.

http://s176.photobucket.com/albums/w...s320x240-1.flv

Note: No cameras were harmed in the making of this video.

Mike Dulay · September 12th, 2007, 06:03 AM

A propane tank furnace and scrap aluminum cans to make a metal hand. It's quite amazing!

Alex Sprinkle · September 12th, 2007, 12:23 PM

Does this have anything to do with the Iron Man movie coming out?

Roger Shealy · September 12th, 2007, 12:38 PM

No, but we're positioning ourselves for the "Aluminum Kids" pre-quel!

Chris Barcellos · September 12th, 2007, 01:32 PM

Plans for furnace ???

Vito DeFilippo · September 12th, 2007, 01:40 PM

Ahhh, that brings back some memories. The carefree days of my youth, when I built a smelter of my own, as we all did, to construct rockets and hand crafted combustion engines.

Where does the time go?

Peter Wiley · September 12th, 2007, 05:49 PM

Brilliant! Hope your homeowners and/or health insurance is paid up.

Roger Shealy · September 12th, 2007, 07:03 PM

Yeah, insurance is in full force, but no getting around the dangers. They wear face masks, welding gloves, and full leather boots and heavy clothes, but no way to sanitize this activity.

I think of the things I did as a kid, and wonder how I survived. I think a worse fate is to have a totally safe childhood and never learn to respect danger and work around it.

Bert Smyth · September 13th, 2007, 03:30 PM

Loved it! Hey, don't worry about it being an "unsafe" activity, I think its great, and you're right, much better than video games. The hand looked really neat at the end, I must say about 3/4 of the way through the video I'm thinking "what the hell are they going to do with this liquid aluminium?"

Production wise I have to say that there have been videos posted on here with "Shot with HDV camera over two days blah blah" with a list of 20 crew members whose footage didn't look as good. Great to see them utilizing the sticks, and then knowing when to go hand held. I think they should do a full on narrated demonstration video. Thanks for sharing!

Roger Shealy · September 13th, 2007, 05:22 PM

Bert,

Thanks for the encouragement. Most of the video was actually shot with the Canon A630 still camera in movie mode, which pumps out a decent 640 x 480.

I recorded some footage of my youngest son welding the furnace and making his first casting. I also have footage of two jet engines he produced, also running off of propane. I'll have some good video to share with their kids when they get to that stage.

September 12th, 2007, 05:03 AM	#1
Roger Shealy Major Player Join Date: May 2007 Location: Fayetteville, GA Posts: 772	Ever have your kids "borrow" your gear? I came home to find my two teenage sons using my Canon A620 still camera and my Sony HC3 to create a documentary on their latest "project". I know the quality isn't up to the norm on this forum, but I thought you might enjoy the subject matter. You might find the footage either scary or encouraging, depending on your parenting philosophy. I couldn't be more proud of them. http://s176.photobucket.com/albums/w...s320x240-1.flv Note: No cameras were harmed in the making of this video. Last edited by Roger Shealy; September 12th, 2007 at 06:18 AM.

September 12th, 2007, 06:03 AM	#2
Mike Dulay Major Player Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Somerville, NJ Posts: 304	A propane tank furnace and scrap aluminum cans to make a metal hand. It's quite amazing! __________________ DIY, 35mm, HV20: http://www.primitivebuteffective.net

September 12th, 2007, 01:32 PM	#5
Chris Barcellos Inner Circle Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Elk Grove CA Posts: 6,838	Plans for furnace ??? __________________ Chris J. Barcellos

September 12th, 2007, 01:40 PM	#6
Vito DeFilippo Trustee Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Montreal, Quebec Posts: 1,585	Ahhh, that brings back some memories. The carefree days of my youth, when I built a smelter of my own, as we all did, to construct rockets and hand crafted combustion engines. Where does the time go? __________________ . http://www.nosmallroles.com

September 12th, 2007, 12:23 PM	#3
Alex Sprinkle Major Player Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Moore, Oklahoma Posts: 408	Does this have anything to do with the Iron Man movie coming out?

September 12th, 2007, 12:38 PM	#4
Roger Shealy Major Player Join Date: May 2007 Location: Fayetteville, GA Posts: 772	No, but we're positioning ourselves for the "Aluminum Kids" pre-quel!

September 12th, 2007, 05:49 PM	#7
Peter Wiley Major Player Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Lewisburg PA Posts: 752	Brilliant! Hope your homeowners and/or health insurance is paid up.

September 12th, 2007, 07:03 PM	#8
Roger Shealy Major Player Join Date: May 2007 Location: Fayetteville, GA Posts: 772	Yeah, insurance is in full force, but no getting around the dangers. They wear face masks, welding gloves, and full leather boots and heavy clothes, but no way to sanitize this activity. I think of the things I did as a kid, and wonder how I survived. I think a worse fate is to have a totally safe childhood and never learn to respect danger and work around it.

September 13th, 2007, 03:30 PM	#9
Bert Smyth Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 178	Loved it! Hey, don't worry about it being an "unsafe" activity, I think its great, and you're right, much better than video games. The hand looked really neat at the end, I must say about 3/4 of the way through the video I'm thinking "what the hell are they going to do with this liquid aluminium?" Production wise I have to say that there have been videos posted on here with "Shot with HDV camera over two days blah blah" with a list of 20 crew members whose footage didn't look as good. Great to see them utilizing the sticks, and then knowing when to go hand held. I think they should do a full on narrated demonstration video. Thanks for sharing!

September 13th, 2007, 05:22 PM	#10
Roger Shealy Major Player Join Date: May 2007 Location: Fayetteville, GA Posts: 772	Bert, Thanks for the encouragement. Most of the video was actually shot with the Canon A630 still camera in movie mode, which pumps out a decent 640 x 480. I recorded some footage of my youngest son welding the furnace and making his first casting. I also have footage of two jet engines he produced, also running off of propane. I'll have some good video to share with their kids when they get to that stage.