Lanterns made of components

August 29, 2024 | 16:47

TPO - With an endless passion for crafting, Mr. Nguyen Tuan Anh (District 12, Ho Chi Minh City) has created hundreds of models assembled from car and motorbike parts... Mr. Tuan Anh's "lanterns" made from parts with the ability to light up, move... can be considered unique because even if they are remade, they cannot be the same as the original.

The workshop of the 8X guy, originally from Da Lat ( Lam Dong ) is always in operation with grinders, cutters, welders... connecting components to create shapes.

He started his career about 5 years ago and has never studied mechanics, is not good at engineering but he considers himself strong in logic and has an artistic streak. Looking at the way he connects the details of a "mechanical arrangement" product, you can see that he has a talent for composition and can express his own ideas.

"4-5 years ago, I had a creative idea for car and motorbike parts... Over time, accumulating experience, the workshop's products are now quite complete in terms of technique and aesthetics. Currently, the manufacturing work is supported by a lot of technology but basically still keeps the manual nature as the main soul of each product", Mr. Tuan Anh shared.

According to Mr. Tuan Anh, finding components is no longer as difficult as before because traders actively come to offer them. Components are abundant, and the arrangement also requires more science than before when they were all displayed on the floor. "I invested in a sandblasting machine to clean components. You can clearly see the difference between the gears that have not been cleaned and those that have been sandblasted. Cleaning components with a sandblasting machine saves time, labor, and brings high productivity," Mr. Tuan Anh shared about the component cleaning process.

Nowadays, Tuan Anh's workshop is equipped with more technological devices to serve the production. "Today's players also have higher demands such as controlling hand and foot movements, blinking, even by voice, spraying smoke, spraying fire... that's why my brothers and I in the workshop invested in learning more about programming, CNC, even sandblasting machines to clean components...", Tuan Anh said.

The workshop's "component lantern" products are quite diverse. Among them, there are many works with extremely high difficulty, requiring extremely precise details during processing.

The interestingness of each work can be clearly seen in the uniqueness when assembled with components such as ignition, gears, sprockets, chains, plates, springs, shock absorbers... In the photo are the rooster, the scorpion, and the Tiger fish in the finishing stage at the workshop. These products are waiting to be assembled with additional lighting equipment so that they can shine brightly on the occasion of the Mid-Autumn Festival. Most of these works weigh around 10 kg.

The work that is giving Mr. Tuan Anh and his team the biggest headache is having to portray the character Bumblebee in the blockbuster movie Transformers . This "masterpiece" of the studio is nearly 4m high, has been in the works for nearly a year, and is expected to take a few more months to complete. When Bumblebee is introduced, it will have to meet safety requirements because of its massive size, beautiful movements, and the ability to breathe smoke, fire...

The Porunga "lantern" has achieved a high level of technical and artistic perfection, convincing all eyes and is waiting for the day to be presented to the public. In the Dragon Ball series, Porunga is the most favorite dragon. In the photo, Anh Huy is meticulously completing the tiny details for Porunga dragon. According to Anh Huy, after more than 3 years working at the workshop, he finds this job has a strange attraction, the more he does it, the more he likes it because he is always creative and does not follow a conventional program.

The team working with Mr. Tuan Anh is mostly students who graduated from engineering and mechanical engineering. In the photo, Mr. Thang, the person holding the welding rod to process the Optimus character, has been working on this interesting job for nearly 5 years.