How To Make A Sheet Metal Flower

Bend the rod to a 90 degree angle stop heating and remove it from the vice.

How to make a sheet metal flower.

Quench the bend in a bucket of water. To form the shape of the flower i first heated the sheet metal with a blow torch to make it more pliable and then started to hammer it into shape. This process would be easier if the metal was heated in a furnace first the blow torch cannot heat the whole flower shape to the same temp at the same time i continued heating hammering and using a pliers to form the shape i wanted. We will be welding this onto the rest of the stem later.

To get it tight put the rod in your vice and then while holding the flower petals in one hand turn the screwdriver and tighten it up. Place the stem horizontally in the vice and use a hacksaw to saw off the bend portion 6 inches up the stem from the 90 degree bend. How to make metal flowers. Use your snips to cut it into a square.

The size of the squares are up to you but they should ascend in size by about 1 1 2 to 2 inches each square you create. Thank you yami and kr. If everything is satisfactory thread the rod onto the bolt. I loved these large metal flowers but i didn t love the price so i made my own for a lot less with items from dollar tree and walmart.

Get a piece of sheet metal from your favorite home store or salvage yard. I wanted to make more metal flower to go with the copper daffodils i made previously. Cut the edges off the square to create a circle.