Welding Tips and Tricks

I made this metal flower out of 18g steel, bicycle spokes and the legs off a political sign. The base was a couple of cast flowers from the bargain bin at the metal store. I blasted the flower and clear coated it. The stem and the base I patinaed with heat and linseed oil. It turned out pretty good at least she liked it:)

We have an artist in the crowd! That is magnificent. That's the kind of thing people would pay good money for. Can you make it in different sizes? There was a metal show on PBS that came on really early in the morning that the host made a small flower out of copper sheet. But, no where close on the scale you did. That seriously needs to be on the web.

I would like to take credit for coming up with the design but I followed these instructions and used his pattern.
http://www.anvilfire.com/iForge/tutor/r ... _index.htm

18 ga.? That must be almost four inches across! That's amazing!

Here was a fun one

I notice in the last pic, the stem casts a crisp shadow on the floor. All the way from the "island" to the dishwasher, equally crisp.

Really?

Kinda sets my "???" meter off.

That's really nice!

Here's another pic with shadows. I only took 1 pic of it finished.

Awesome Job!

Everyone, everyone, stands, roars approval, applauds.

And I like it, too.

Great stuff.

Very nice.....