Daswulf Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Been busy making roses. By chance they lay nicely on the leaves so it's how I've been making them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HEAP of JEEP Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Those are great! You gonna do a "how to" video or anything for us newbs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted December 24, 2015 Author Share Posted December 24, 2015 2 minutes ago, HEAP of JEEP said: Those are great! You gonna do a "how to" video or anything for us newbs? LOL, I'm still new at it. I wouldnt want to be the student playing teacher. When I start another batch I will try to get some in process pictures, maybe that would help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stan Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Your rose turn out really good, looks like a fair bit of work is involved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 I like your work and this is excellent.! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted December 25, 2015 Author Share Posted December 25, 2015 3 hours ago, stan said: Your rose turn out really good, looks like a fair bit of work is involved. There's a bit. I use patterns for the petals I use a plasma cutter to cut the petals out. It would be a lot easier if I didn't have to clean up the plasma torch marks. 3 hours ago, Charlotte said: I like your work and this is excellent.! Thanks so much Charlotte. I'm striving to get better all the time and always seem to find faults in my work. Guess that just means there is room for improvement. Can't say I'm not happy with these tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumbojak Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 That's really, really good if you ask me Das. I know, you didn't ask but I feel the need to tell you anyway. What I really like about it is the stem. Too many steel roses are just stuck on a piece of bar. Yours looks like an actual flower. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted December 25, 2015 Author Share Posted December 25, 2015 Thanks so much Jumbojak. I am pretty free in making these.Im glad to make these look more realsitic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausfire Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 Nice idea to have a second stem for the leaves, Das. And as you say, the rose lies neatly on the leaves. Good thinking to add a couple of thorns too. The heat colours look fine - are you adding a protective finish of some kind? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted December 25, 2015 Author Share Posted December 25, 2015 7 hours ago, ausfire said: Nice idea to have a second stem for the leaves, Das. And as you say, the rose lies neatly on the leaves. Good thinking to add a couple of thorns too. The heat colours look fine - are you adding a protective finish of some kind? I heat them up to warm and use my beeswax solution. The rose head is stainless steel so I'm not too worried there for now. Once I make some out of steel I'm thinking of either brushing wax in the petals, spray clear, or boiled linseed oil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickOHH Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 Nice rose das , looks good, your just doin what the rest of us do, super critical of your work . Not a bad thing just seeing how you can improve. Really like the thorns and that it sits on the leaves . Nice work as usual! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted December 25, 2015 Author Share Posted December 25, 2015 22 minutes ago, NickOHH said: Nice rose das , looks good, your just doin what the rest of us do, super critical of your work . Not a bad thing just seeing how you can improve. Really like the thorns and that it sits on the leaves . Nice work as usual! Thanks Nick. Right now the thorns are built up mig weld then ground down with a 3" angle grinder. Finished up 3 roses last night for my mother, sister in law and my other brothers girlfriend. And 3 rr spike bottle openers for my dad and brothers. Forgot to get pictures just got wax on em this morning and was rushed to get to their house. Think they liked em Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickOHH Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 34 minutes ago, Daswulf said: Thanks Nick. Right now the thorns are built up mig weld then ground down with a 3" angle grinder. Finished up 3 roses last night for my mother, sister in law and my other brothers girlfriend. And 3 rr spike bottle openers for my dad and brothers. Forgot to get pictures just got wax on em this morning and was rushed to get to their house. Think they liked em Sweet I did a couple roses, bottle openers and a couple knives for presents this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted December 25, 2015 Author Share Posted December 25, 2015 16 minutes ago, NickOHH said: Sweet I did a couple roses, bottle openers and a couple knives for presents this year. Nice. I was going to make a couple spike knives for em but decided on bottle openers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickOHH Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 27 minutes ago, Daswulf said: Nice. I was going to make a couple spike knives for em but decided on bottle openers. I did coil spring they're not gonna use em a whole lot besides just opening stuff at home more novelty that big users. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Quint- Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 Looks really, really nice! I hadn't seen any of your work before this but I've noticed you often call yourself new to this. This work, at least to my eye, tells me that you're more advanced than you give yourself credit for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted December 27, 2015 Author Share Posted December 27, 2015 5 minutes ago, -Quint- said: Looks really, really nice! I hadn't seen any of your work before this but I've noticed you often call yourself new to this. This work, at least to my eye, tells me that you're more advanced than you give yourself credit for. Thanks Quint. I'm still going to work on improving I really appreciate the compliment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Creek Blacksmith Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Nice looking rose! Mark Aspery has a how to video on roses on youtube, just do a search on his name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natenaaron Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 On 12/25/2015 at 7:01 PM, Daswulf said: There's a bit. I use patterns for the petals I use a plasma cutter to cut the petals out. It would be a lot easier if I didn't have to clean up the plasma torch marks. First off, really nice. Question about the plasma cutter. What marks are being left. With mine, that thin of plate would just need a touch up with the wire wheel. Are those the marks you mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted January 1, 2016 Author Share Posted January 1, 2016 18 hours ago, natenaaron said: First off, really nice. Question about the plasma cutter. What marks are being left. With mine, that thin of plate would just need a touch up with the wire wheel. Are those the marks you mean? Mine leaves a burnt edge and I could stand to be steadier with it. So cleaning up my sloppiness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 Plasma cutters work real well with simple guides. One finds something as simple as a carpenters speed square works great. Of you are planning on making a lot of roses (or anything else) make up a guid, like a router temtlet . Then it's just a mater of running around (or inside) the guide Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matto Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 Das roses look great, do some piening on the pedals will take it up a notch and add some texture to the pedals. You can also use the same pedal pattern for different flowers. If you are going to do a lot of them try to find someone around you that uses/has a laser cnc. I have a couple big fab shops around me that cut my pedal patterns and bell patterns for me. Gets you a lot quick and can save some time and money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted January 2, 2016 Author Share Posted January 2, 2016 Charles, that's a good idea. Thanks Matto, thanks. I'll try that out next go. I'll have too look around and see if there are any laser or water jet cnc people/ shops around. That would make life easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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