DIY metal scorpion. Forged scorpion photo and video

Each owner spends a lot of time thinking about how to embellish his home. At the moment, there is a huge choice of materials - wood or plastic, but metal is in the first place - one of the durable, strong, resistant materials in the world, which serves as an example and standard of metaphors.

History of occurrence

Metal products were most popular in Europe in the 11th century. Everywhere the facades of buildings, fences, decorative statues began to be decorated with unusual forging, and the profession of a blacksmith became an honorary and famous figure of the early Middle Ages.

What kind of craft can be made from metal?

Having thought it over well, the owner decides to present a piece of the unusual to his house, the question immediately arises to buy or do it yourself? Of course, do it yourself, because doing something with your own hands is an order of magnitude more pleasant and more profitable from a price point of view.

Today, forged ornaments for lattices, doors or fences are in fashion, and forged animals, a mysterious owl, or a Russian bear also look great in the garden. Ladies, on the other hand, prefer wrought-iron bouquets, and a rose created by oneself will surprise anyone.

What do you need to make metal crafts?

There are not as many tools as it seems, you just need to get such a list:

• Photo looking at you crafts;
• Paper;
• Welding machine;
• Chisel and hammer;
• Bulgarian for cutting metal;
• Special rust remover;
• Pencil and scissors, when using a stencil;
• Several washers or bolts, for decorative elements;
• Steel bars, from a few centimeters to a meter.
• The basis of creation is sheet metal.

Step by step DIY crafts

The original idea of ​​\u200b\u200bmetal crafts will be an owl. First, for aesthetics, you will need a template or stencil. It can be made from a sheet of paper with printed drawings.

After cutting out the drawing of an owl, the stencil should be attached to a sheet of steel and transferred to the drawing, you need to do it in the most realistic way.

The next step will be cutting the metal with a grinder and drilling holes for fasteners and inserting owl eyes. After creating the body, you should go to the details: paws are made from the rod, and the bumps are straightened with a grinder. At the end, our beauty is treated chemical agent from rust and paint.

Master class on making roses

And materials. List of basic tools:

• Welder.
• Hammer and pliers.
• steel sheet
• Bulgarian.
• Special paint for metal.
• Grindstone.
• Steel wire with a diameter of 6 mm.
• Metal scissors.

Attention. Do not forget about safety when working with these tools! Be sure to use gloves and a welding mask when working.

We take scissors for cutting metal and cut out thirty rose petals (due to thirty petals, the bud will seem more magnificent). You need to move in cutting from small to large, that is, from 15 mm to 80 mm. Your rose should not be prickly. That's why grindstone will help to make smooth all the irregularities of the petals.

After the formation of an integral flower, we weld the spikes and clean the excess with a grinder, clean the seams and cover with a layer of protective paint - the craft is ready.

Metal products with steel wire

The National Academy of Sciences of Britain in 1856 declared: "Everything that could be invented has long been invented", but time has shown a different outcome. So now. Every year new ways of decorating are invented.

For example in last years it is fashionable to make a figure out of wire or rod. Combinations and special weaves debug the impression of indescribable beauty.

Master class butterfly from a rod

In terms of its complexity, a steel butterfly is not difficult and will not take much time. Usually the working technique consists of twisting the wire (the manufacturing process depends on the right material: the material should not be too thick to be able to bend, but should not be too thin so as not to bend) in several layers.

A body is created with spiral turns, after attaching wings made of two ovals.

Some interesting facts

Metal is the most ancient mineral of interest to man. He mined it, forged it, and now a new fence or another forged deer lit up with a smile of passers-by.

At a time of rapid adoption of Hollywood films and development artificial intelligence, the topic of androids and the like has become relevant. Although the world is far from the uprising of machines, it is always possible to forge a transformer, for example, for an exhibition.

Vitaly Yashkovich from Krasnoyarsk became famous throughout the city for his miracle robots. In his collection are such titans of world cinema as: Megatron, Terminator T-200 and T-800, androids of Star Wars, as well as droids from cartoons. The owner himself claims that he will not sell his robots to anyone, they say, he created for the soul

Create and you, because the world is not identified and multifaceted. Give him something new and different.

Photo of metal crafts

Try to cut out such a scorpion. The craft is not difficult. To cut this craft, you will need:

Plywood 3 mm, preferably without defects, a wooden ruler (it is more accurate in measurements), copying, hard pencils, thin files for manual jigsaw, skins, needle files, jigsaw key, awl or hand drill with drill No. 3. Cutting the craft is not difficult, which means it will take a little time to make it. When sawing, do not forget about the position of the jigsaw in your hand. Watch your posture. If you want the craft to look beautiful, take your time. After sawing, clean each part first with “Medium” then “Fine” sandpaper, clean some parts with needle files. Assemble the craft according to the rule: part number 1 must be attached to another part number 1, part number 2 to part 2, and so on. First, assemble the craft, then if all the parts fit well into the right parts, glue them together. Glue with PVA glue. For the beauty of crafts, you can cover it with spray paint of any color you want or varnish it with "On Wood".

Metal scorpion. The most pragmatic wording. Metal scorpion - so you can write even on the invoice. Short, clear, precise, capacious wording, without any emotional frills. It is clear that this definition is less common than others. It's understandable why this is happening. Although I personally like it - a scorpion made of metal.

Forged legs Usually this term is used most often in the field of wrought iron furniture. For example, forged bed legs, forged chair legs or forged table legs. But even among forged souvenirs, the term can be found: forged legs. Most often, when a forged souvenir depicts some kind of forged insect or forged animal, which simply must have forged legs.

Forged scorpion legs For a particular forged scorpion, which you see in the photo, a metal strip was chosen as the material for the manufacture of forged legs. For a greater aesthetic effect, it is carefully deformed with a hammer. Thus, the master achieved a greater resemblance of a metal scorpion to a real scorpion. And the product itself has become better looking.

Scorpion metal stinger Our forged scorpion in the photo is armed like a real scorpion with its sting. This sting is made, like the weight of a souvenir, from metal, so we call it a metal sting. It is located at the tip of the tail of a metal scorpion.

Forged sting This term - forged sting, indicates the technology of its manufacture. Like all forged scorpions, its forged sting was made by forging. It must be said that making a forged sting from a small souvenir is an operation that requires accuracy and experience. Although significant skill is not required for this.

Iron sting. Iron sting The term iron sting refers primarily to the material used to make the souvenir: an iron scorpion with an iron sting. The iron sting of the scorpion was deliberately not made too sharp in order to avoid the possibility of accidentally injuring itself. Making a sting out of iron is not too difficult. Problem in small sizes iron stings and in achieving the desired proportion suitable for the entire forged souvenir.

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