Ok that reminds me of Johnny Quest! I can hear that scary music,he and Hodgey were always finding trouble!Love rusty stuff! This is great!
tanya

He is one scary-lookin' dude! Love rustic stuff...& old found objects is the best! Great recycling! TFS! Jeanne S.

OK! He is just tooooo Cool. I would love to have him in my shade garden by the fish pond. I gotta learn to weld! ;0

Spiders creep me out, but I might could make an exception for him. He would no doubt give me a start every time I came upon him. I love the size of him. I wished I lived closer to my brothers, they are good at welding. Hope to be hearing a lot from you this year.
Frou

That's great! I love to see things made from farm equipment. Keep those pictures coming.

You sure grown um big in N.C.!! Nice job! maybe he will scare other critters away!! Jan

I love this guy!
Makes me want to find a way to make some giant spiders for my yard too.
I live in a forest . . . wouldn't it be fun to have a couple of these hanging way up in the trees!
Dee

One word .... WOW!

Love your spider!
It is so good to hear from you again!
I always loved your things!
Let us see more of you!

What a great spider. At least he's a friendly one even if he looks scary.

Domehome.....I think you have a neat idea to hang some from the trees......might have to find a way to make some out of something lighter weight! With all the creative folks out there maybe someone can come up with an idea! The challenge is on!!!

Well how cool is he??? Love him...great job! Glad to have you back on the forum and thanks for sharing your creation with us!

Aw, thanks everyone for such a warm welcome back. :-D
((Hugs)) to you nona, so good to see you again, too!

I'm really glad that you guys liked this. I do realize that spiders are not everyone's favorite critters, but I've always been quite fascinated by those that live in the garden (so long as they don't jump at me *lol*).

I've shared your nice compliments with my hubby (aka my personal welder *lol*), we both appreciate your kind words.
Hubby must have enjoyed making the big one because he designed another one himself and presented me with this little guy as a surprise about a week or so later (I LIKE that boy and I just can't help myself! *heheh*):

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This one he made from an old brass drainplate and he gave it some nice copper legs.
You can get a sense of just how much smaller it is in the photo below where it appears under the protection of big brother. *lol*
Notice that the big guy has got some sexy red eyeballs now, too.
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Domehome ~ I LOVE your idea of having having one or more spiders in the woods!!! Oooo, yes!! I can just see that, maybe with some big metal webs, as well?!
I will have to plant a seed of this idea in hubby's mind and see if it gets his creative juices flowing, too. ;-)

Thanks again to one and all,
~Ellie

I definitely need a spider too.Yours is fabulous.
I love those industrious little fellows and am going to figure out how to make one without welding.
Off to the hardware store for inspirational materials.
Vallitoo.

How cool would those be for Halloween!!! Hubby did a fantastic job on those!

Those are just too creative!! You and DH did a great job. Keep up the good work!!

Great spiders, Ellie!

Giant spiders hanging from trees? ? ?
Mm-mm-m-m-m-m-m--m--mmmm. . . . . .
(Wheels turning here)

Got any old 78 RPM records?
For the body.
Could be quite easily shaped, I think,
With a little heat.
And some 45 RPMs?
Or maybe an old CD,
For the head. . . .

Maybe wire coat hanges for legs?
Not sure how to attach them, though. . .

Rusty

I was just thinking that if the body plate didn't have a hole and was up the other way it could be a bird bath spider. Maybe an idea for the future?