It was totally outside of my comfort zone but once i dug in and realized how similar working with metal sheets was to the papercrafting i used to love to do when my children were younger.
Rose made out of sheet metal.
I think it would be fun to make these from soda cans too.
Instead of forging the sepals en forging the petals they are made of sheet metal.
Today we re going to make a metal rose without welding forging special tools and preparation.
The name rose metal products is just a coincidence as far as i know.
It involves cutting and shaping a bunch of metal circles to make the petals and adding a 5 point metal star underneath it to make the sepal which.
These metal roses make awesome decorations for your house and even awesomer gifts to anyone worthy of your affection.
They are made using a simple ice cream cone shape.
I found a rose that i liked took it apart traced out various pedals modified and arranged them in photoshop and then made modifications as needed.
I was inspired to make these pretty little diy metal roses and couldn t be more excited about how beautiful they turned out.
I plan to have my students make this next year.
The petal is the main and most notable part of the rose.
Only those things which you can find in your garage the link for downloading the petals drafts.
I just learned how to make a rose from sheet metal.
Trace the template on a sheet drill your holes i use a sheet metal drill bit cause it leaves very clean holes.
If you use a lighter gauge metal such as 22ga then sheet metal sheers will be adequate to cut the shapes out of the steel.
First thing you want to do when making a metal rose is make sure you have everything you will need to complete the project.
This is a fun metalworking project if you already know how to use the basic metalworking tools.
The materials needed for this project are scrap or non scrap metal a metal rod tools that will be used to make this project are angle grinder with cutting and grinding wheels pliers needle nose preferably bench vice arc welder with welding rods propane torch with.