Welding Tips and Tricks

No welding required in this just some torch work. I silver soldered a washer to the stem for a stop for the petals. Cut them out of brass and textered them with a chipping hammer. They work hardened so then I annealed them and scuffed them with some emery cloth. Install on stem and peen the end and lastly bend to shape.

Very NICE!!

tungstendipper wrote:Very NICE!!

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Although I'm still not sure how you attached them...

LtBadd wrote:

tungstendipper wrote:Very NICE!!

+1
Although I'm still not sure how you attached them...

Stem is brass so I got a brass washer and slid it on the stem and used silver solder to hold it in place, next i slid the sepal and petals onto the shaft then peened over the top of the stem to hold them tight. Thanks to both of you on the compliment.

Maybe I need to clarify myself, I'm not a great communicator. There are 5 pieces that make up the petals, they are first a circle and then cut and trimmed to make the petals. So the bottom piece is one piece with 6 petals next piece is smaller in diameter with 6 petals, next piece is smaller in diameter with 6 petals, next one is smaller in diameter with 5 petals,and the last piece, the top is again smaller in diameter and has 3 petals. Each piece has a hole drilled in the center and you slide the pieces onto the stem and peen the top of the stem to mushroom it. Now you start with the top piece and bend the petals up , as you bend them up they start to overlap one another. That's what gives the rose a look of each petal being individual. The sepal is a star shaped piece that goes on before the sequence of petals and these get bent down.

Very Nice work