Now that "Anything" was a full skeleton again the last task was to raise her. She was in six pieces: skull, neck, vert/back, pelvis (includes rear legs), and each front leg. I asked my father how he thought I should mount her and he suggested a square metal tubbing. I called several metal shops in the area, but most only sold to buisnesses and were SUPER expensive. This wasnt' goign to work. Again, I was at a standstill. I thought maybe Home Depot or Fleet Farm would have SOMETHING, and so I went to Fleet Farm and just walked around hoping something would inspire an idea. Then I saw it-square, metal tubbing, in 4' and 6' lengths and CHEAP! I wrote down the prices, and went home to measure bones and dimensions. I figured out what I needed and went to Home Depot and Fleet Farm and bought them out on the tubbing. My dad suggested making the main rods (the ones that held the skeleton up), have pins in the top so the backbone could rest on it, yet still be transportable. I also planned on making a piece that came down from the pole that the backbone rested on to keep the ribs bowed out, so I bought a couple peices of flat, alumminum. Now I needed to find a welder.
I called some of my parents friends who were into welding, but most lived far away and didnt' seem to keen on the idea. I was grumbbling about this at work and my co-worker brought up that her husband was a welder and he'd probably be willing to do it. I gave Matt a call right away! And as you can see, it worked out great!.
In the final product the pelvis sits on the main rear rod, it sets through a hook placed there.
The ribs set on a rod that is connected, with a pin, to the main rods. You can get an idea of how this worked.
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