Well, I decided the wheel rims weren't quite the look I was going for on the bottom segment of the crab legs. I liked how the had a nice arc to them, but they were a little too thin for what I had in mind. So I took a trip back to the scrap yard to see what I could find...
Here is my new best friend Andrew cutting out some crab "feet" for me. I have come to realize that hard work just isn't much fun, so it's always better to get someone else to do it :)
We found a nice piece of 1/2 inch steel plate about 3 feet wide and 8 feet long (the first piece was about four times as big - so if you ever need to build a football field out of solid steel, I know where to look), but I only needed a few little wedge shapes. So a few heated moments later with the torch we had the six pieces!
Unfortunately, the shapes were still kinda rough, so I just hit them all with my trusty little grinder, and voila! - nice and smooth.
Then they all took a wire brush "bath"...
...and they were ready to join the party!!!
