Sentences with phrase «oxyacetylene torches»

Oxyacetylene torches also require flux materials which are added during welding to prevent the metal oxidising.

David Smith (in several galleries) In 1934, David Smith (Decatur, Indiana, 1906 - Vermont, 1965) began to weld metal sculptures using an oxyacetylene torch; these were probably the first welded - metal sculptures made in the United Estates.

The oxyacetylene torch — invented during the Second World War — allowed him to rework the surfaces of metal sculptures, thus eliminating some of the risks involved with producing large - scale finished works.

In the mid-1940s, he abandoned his constructions, picked up an oxyacetylene torch, and began welding steel sculptures.

The oxyacetylene torch — invented during the Second World War — allowed Lipton to rework the surfaces of metal sculptures, thus eliminating some of the risks involved with producing large - scale finished works.

Working with a wire armature and an oxyacetylene torch to make sculpture that seemed to accumulate as a series of molten marks and linear strands, Mr. Lassaw took the idea of drawing in space quite literally.

Smith would use an oxyacetylene torch to weld metal heads onto his sculptures and this is the first recorded time that a person welded metal sculptures in the United States.

In 1932 he rented a studio space in Brooklyn and bought welding equipment, and started using an oxyacetylene torch to weld his works.

Cuts were done only with an oxyacetylene torch.

Not exact matches

Air is 21 percent oxygen; combine pure oxygen with acetylene, a chemical relative of methane, and you get an oxyacetylene welding torch that burns at over 5,500 degrees Fahrenheit — the hottest fire you are likely to encounter.