ripleycopa Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 I decided to try a flower and leaf project by forge welding the leaves to the flower stem. The flower is a steel disc about 1/8 by 2.5 inch with a hole drilled in the center. I hot cut the disk into petals and used a ball punch on each petal end. The stem for the leaf assembly and the stem for the flower were 3/8" round stock about six inches long. I drew out one rod and put leaves on each end and then nicked the rod a bit off center folded it and faggot welded it to itself. I used a butcher die in my guillotine to draw out a tennon in the other rod and then peened the tennon to affix the flower to the stem. I then forge welded the flower stem between the stems of the leaves. Final finish was to heat and bend the petals with a long nosed plyers and bend the stems into a pleasing orientation. A hot wire brusing with a power wire brush and a brass brush on the leaves finished the piece. I applied a clear acrylic spray to complete the work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windancer Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 Good job! I like the flower and leaves, and the forge weld even more :) Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosox Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 This is incredible! every detail is just perfect. Perfectly forged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Tim215 Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 Love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max76 Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 Beautiful finish. Those would make a great gift for a girl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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