Well, I do more than just knit. I’m a welding pre-apprentice and I’ve been coming up with projects to do in class. I made a flower, my cousin makes them, and I got instructions. I used a Mig welder, oxy-acetylene torch, plasma cutter and some power tools. The hardest part was bending it into shape because I had a very hot torch in one hand, each layer clamped to the booth, and heated it up, and then bent it up with pliers, starting at the bottom part, so the tops fit in. I started a second today.
The pic above is finished. It still needs to be cleaned up, painted with rust proof paint and whatnot. Here’s a pic of it after bending, before welding. I used hot rolled steel.
Welding is wicked fun. The bottom is me in my gear before I welded the flower to the stem.