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custom Copper bathtub

boulder sinkSince I had finished up on hanging the lights. I could turn my attention to preparing the custom copper sink. I had looked around for an appropriate sink for the main part of the bathroom and had considered using a boulder that had been honed out however I didn’t find that which I sought.

The boulders, although handsome were either not deep enough or were of a diameter that was too wide for the space. I did however make note of them as I would like to possibly use them on the next bathroom project.

I turned my attention to a collection of copper and bronze sinks that were hand hammered in appearance. I found the sinks attractive and they would certainly fit in with the rest of the bathroom however they too had a diameter greater than what I could use or they were too manufactured.

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Having completed soldering all the seams of my custom copper bathtub, I was now faced with the most dreaded part of the project: fitting the newly made copper bathtub into place.

my scribbles and calculationsI had build both portions separately – independently of each other relying solely on the figures and calculations that I had scribbled across numerous sheets of paper and committed to memory.

Now however, was the time of truth. I paced around the copper bathtub several times trying to envision how I was going to lift this heavy behemoth by myself and gingerly maneuver it into place so that I could work it down into the awaiting form.

After a few cups of coffee I was ready.

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Remodeling a Small Bathroom in a Log Home Part 13: Soldering the Copper Bathtub

After completing making all the tabs, bends and seams for my custom copper bathtub in the last installment, now came time to solder all the seams together making it water-tight. If all of my calculations are correct, when finished I should be able to drop the copper down snugly into the bathtub base.
I had [...]

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Remodeling a Small Bathroom in a Log Home Part 12: The Copper Bathtub Layout

I had finally worked out in my head how I was going to make the custom copper bathtub while finishing up installing the tub base in the last installment of this project.
When I first started the bathroom remodeling project I had decided that the best way to move forward was to make a [...]

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Remodeling a Small Bathroom in a Log Home Part 8: Building the Bathtub

It is now time to turn my attention to building the first part of my copper tub: the wood support. In the last post in this series I had finished up rewiring some old antique elk antler lights.
Although I have made some small things out of copper including a counter top and sink for [...]

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