OnlineMetals.com - Made With Metals Ep. 6 | Planetary Vault Door

Turn that thing, feel those gears meshing, it gives you a special feeling, I guess, you know, as a fabricator. So this project for the Kirkland Cannery Carl had reached out to me. He has this cool building here and he's wanting to do something cool. - I knew I wanted a bank vault door. It just made sense to have something really spectacular in that location, 'cause it's gonna get a lot of visibility - Joe came up to me one day and he's like, Hey, we need to make a really cool door. See if you can come up with a cool mechanism. - So working with Patrick is always a great choice. He's kind of like a Swiss army knife He's a guy that can do everything it seems like, you know. (upbeat music) There's a wide variety of different materials used on this project obviously. (upbeat music) Because we put so much time into planning, it actually makes it fairly smooth downstream, you know. - Oh beautiful read on that scribe. - As soon as you have all your parts there, you've done all the thought in advance. You can easily fit them together. - Once we had that stack apart, it was just, you know, felt like a few hours and the whole thing just came together. And suddenly it's moving in front of your eyes, not just on a screen. - Installations are easily the most nerve wracking part of any build. (upbeat music) It was cool we were able to work that, I think it's a big valve handle essentially into the project. - And over in the corner there's the retort. It's from the legacy of the building and it's got the patina of the retort in the coroner so there's that tie in and I'm glad it ended up in the mix. (upbeat music) - You know, with that planetary set up, when you turn that hand wheel, you get all the different rates of motion. - Turn that thing, feel those gears mashing. It's actually sort of, I don't know, gives you a special feeling I guess, you know, as a fabricator. - The brass accents on there were all very intentional, give it some depth and some highlights. You know, it's a simple thing, you're opening a door, but it just, it feels like so much more than that. - It feels like a tank, feels like a vault door feels stealthy, sturdy, noisy, everything that I want it to be, you know, in the context of this building, you know, it fits the bill. (upbeat music)