You can also find excellent video tutorials on the YouTube website.Īfter you finish your project, you will have to chamfer sharp and rough edges. You can examine the metal joining techniques in our category Welding, soldering and brazing books. Before you choose one of these techniques, you need to analyze what kind of metal assemblies you will make, and what kind of materials you will be using. Joining metal into scrap metal art is most often done by welding, soldering and brazing technique. Mechanical Connection (Screws, Nuts, Bolts, Rivets).You can join the metal parts using several techniques: Operations that you will most frequently apply are: cutting, bending, deforming, drilling and joining the metal parts. In dealing with Recycled metal art you will mainly use metals that are commonly used in industry like steel, copper, aluminum, brass, bronze, zinc. You do not have to be a top welder or metalworker to make scrap metal art products all you need is basic knowledge, skills and creativity.
Dumpsters behind welding shops (always ask permission before rummaging around, especially on private property).Pieces of metal from metal junkyards (scrap yards).Basic knowledge that you need to make Scrap metal art can be found in the Metalworking books category of our website.Īs a material for the recycled metal art you can use various metal scraps like: Basic power tools (drill, angle grinder.)Īll of these tools are inexpensive and can be easily obtained.Bending machines or bending tools for sheet metal or wire.Welding, brazing and/or soldering tools.To convert scrap metal into useful things, your workshop should be equipped with the following:
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