Rock'em Sock'em Robots
ALL THE METAL ARTWORK IN THIS GALLERY WAS DESIGNED AND CREATED BY DAN STATLER. ALL PIECES WERE CUT BY HAND WITH A PLASMA TORCH; NO CNC MACHINES OR COMPUTER PROGRAMS WERE USED FOR THIS PURPOSE
         
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This was the season two finale where two teams would each build destructo cars, and then ram them together head on while simultaneously smashing away at each other with motorized devices until one or both of them were just a little pile of lifeless scrap metal. What do you do for this kind of show? Build giant robot heads? Well, as it turned out….

Each head is one sheet of 16 gauge 4'X8' sheet steel wrapped around 1/2” X 1/2” square tubing to frame it out. I had to do a lot of hammering to get the sheet steel round enough to weld on to the frames. I tried to stay true to the Rock'em Sock'em Robot theme while only using cuts and bends to form the main structures of the heads. Plasma cut some flames, add some sheet metal head bolts, sweat, blood, and burns, and badda bing: robot.

             


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The “Blue Bomber” and “Red Rocker” sculptures were premiered during Monster Garage's Episode 40: Scions / Rock'em Sock'em Robots.
   
 
             

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