Make Sheet Metal Leaves

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Make sheet metal leaves.

Grab a metal spring divider and. Put on cut resistant gloves and. Step 3 bend leaf slightly in half vertically. Follow these clear instructions to begin the craft of metalsmithing and add a creative flare to your blacksmithing projects.

Folding creasing the metal for folding. I have a piece of bedframe metal with a bevel ground along one edge. Here you see an anodized aluminum bracelet that has been flattened and cut. Then to hide the soda labels i spray painted the back sides.

I cut 34 leaves. Making metal leaves step 1. Pick up a 24 by 36 in 61 by 91 cm metal sheet that s 0 5 mm thick. You can use steel to make your rose but you can.

Score 4 5 circles into the metal in slightly different sizes with a spring divider. The with a shaped hammer start shaping the first half side of the leaf from it s rear hammering alongside the hump of the central vein. To get flat pieces first remove the top. Diy metal leaves cutting.

First decide on the leaf shape draw it onto the metal and pierce out the basic shape the using a straight line punch and a lead block tap in a central vein. Cutting the petals 1. Watch this instructional blacksmithing video to forge different types of steel leaves. Forge steel leaves by hand or with an air hammer.

The sheet metal shaping is totally free form and there isn t a right way to do anything so i m doing my best to explain it below. Here you can see the. The metal is so soft i used my crafting scissors to cut the cans. The inks dry fast.

The first step in shaping the leaves is to place them in the vice along a near symmetrical line and using the flat face of the hammer bend the leaf in half so that it has a 45 degree bend.