First real foray into TIG welding

I bought a Miller Tig welder over a year ago, and only just recently got a shop space to use it in. Finally, I started practicing, and when a good friend mentioned a human powered art show she was curating, I decided to make a first legitimate attempt at welding a bike for it from trashed and found frames and tubing.

I had found this frame in the trash a couple weeks earlier. It had a carbon seat-stays and bent hanger/dropout, so I cut that off, but it was pretty nice tubing otherwise.

These are some of my first "legitimate" welds...legitimate only in that they were going to be used and/or presented to the world in some way.

When there is a little pressure, you learn a lot more. The welds on the fork I made were increasingly better quality.

The fork ends starting to look good.

This was the first rideable form of the bike.  I did some artistic stripping of the paint, because I kind of liked having a De Bernardi frame that obviously wasn't.  Also, black/white/silver has always been a favorite combination when paired with bright colors like green and red.  

The photo below is how it appeared in the gallery. I really like the stripped down metal look.

I really wish I had take pictures of the handlebars in progress. I really like the way they turned out, and they are definitely my best example of welding so far.

After the show, I decided to paint it bright green with OneShot enamel. Closeup on the bars.

And finally, I had a moving out party at my old apartment with a bunch of beers and paints and paintbrushes, and made everyone that came in paint something on it. As the work of a bunch of drunkards, I really like the way it came out.