How to Make a Metal Rose

Step 5: Heating And Shaping

Now its time for the Final Step. For this you will need a Propane Torch and Pliers. Heat the Petals so that they are red hot. be sure not to burn yourself on them, never reach over the top of them. they must be bent in a pattern or else they wont look right. One side of the petal should lay on the inside of another while the other half of the petal is covering the one next to it. Keep the top petals tight so you have enough room for the other petals can be folded up with enough room. it will take several heating's to bend all the petals. Once your done folding the petals up, get creative with them. Organic things are never symmetrical. After your happy with your new Rose clean out the flakes of metal from the inside and quench the metal by spraying it with the water hose. The rest is up to you. You can paint it, or leave it as is. You could even make a vine of them. Turn them into art. Like this Gate for instance.

Comments

[valveman]

What paint did you use to get the natural red colour?

[Downard Works]

We use reds, maroons, and browns. we put a base coating of red spray paint, We then used a painting technique called Dry Brushing to add the finer details in the other colors. This is achieved by taking your paint brush and dipping it in the paint, Then have a paper towel or cloth ready. You then paint on the paper towel or cloth until very little paint is coming off. After that you use the nearly dry brush to paint with the remaining paint using light stokes of the hand. A few brush strokes is all it takes. Since most of the paint is off the brush already it will only paint the higher ridges on the in-prefect metal surface, and not allow the paint to soak into the lower valleys of the metal.

[ryco1995]

Can you make a video of this?

[LawnBoy1991]

Could I possibly replace the drill press with an oxy-acetylene torch? It won't be a nice cut but I'm pretty steady with a torch.

[Downard Works]

if you could keep the hole clean enough for you to weld to the metal rod. I don't see why not, We will never know until you try. keep me posted and please post pictures of your process.
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[spiritwalker6153]

This is a really cool project for someone who as some extra time. Maybe I will make one for my wife as it will be the only rose she will not have to smell.

[etkach]

So awesome. Makes me want to go make one right now. Great job and thanks for the tutorial [:

[dragonflygirl]

This is freakin' awesome!

[wirechief]

That is slicker than snot! Great tutorial.

[DaddyQ]

Really nice work, well done. Very inspirational. I was on a metalsmithing course 2 or 3 weeks back and, hands now recovered, this makes me want to experiment again with what I learned. :)