Making Skulls From Sheet Metal

The making of a metal skull sculpture.

Making skulls from sheet metal.

So documenting this simple project custom. This action will force the flexane a rubber or urethane compound to push the sheet metal into the die. You can ask businesses that deal with scrap metal recycling to sell you some scrap. If you do not have an angle grinder a hacksaw will be sufficient.

Components from many different things water lines chains sprockets nuts and bolts a little copper and a piece of pine. This is the full tutorial. An angle grinder is optional but will help cut down time and cut steel faster. You can use tinsnips to cut the sheet metal that will make up the majority of your sculpture.

Watch joshua de lisle awcb walk you through the creation process with his hand forged and fabricated works of art and luxury items. Whether you re fixing a dent rust hail etc. In the past we ve presented metal shaping articles that showed the average inexperienced joe how to create just about anything from a flat sheet of steel provided he has access to the right tools. Pump arm of hydraulic jack to advance lower platen which rests on the head screw of the jack to press the die and metal padded with flexane against upper platen as far as it will advance.

Sheet metal is a huge part of any hotrod build or autobody repair.