How To Make A Sheet Metal Flower

Use your snips to cut it into a square.

How to make a sheet metal flower.

I wanted to make more metal flower to go with the copper daffodils i made previously. Thank you yami and kr. If everything is satisfactory thread the rod onto the bolt. Get a piece of sheet metal from your favorite home store or salvage yard.

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. 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. You can make a flower from sheet metal with a few simple tools and a few simple steps. Cut the edges off the square to create a circle.

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. Put the bolt in the 3 petal piece and hold it in place with a screwdriver while sliding the outer petals onto the bolt. Quench the bend in a bucket of water. 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. Cut starter squares start by gathering your sheet metal and measure mark and cut out three or more squares of metal. 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.