How to make a brazed copper leaf art sculpture and much more! How to Become a Welder! Ep#5
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- Опубліковано 2 гру 2020
- This video is the forth video in a brand new welding series called
"How to Become a Welder" and explains everything you need to know to create your very own brazed copper leaf art sculpture! This video builds off of the brazing and gas welding equipment skills that have been shown in the previous 2 videos in order to make a brazing project. I discuss every little detail including oxidizing flames, template creation, filing, copper sheet cutting using a welding tip, sanding/wire wheel surface prep, fluting, copper annealing, proportions, drawing a 1:1 ratio working drawing, methods of bending round bar, jig making, coloring copper with the torch, finishing, and much more.
Quick reference jump points in the video
01:31 Copper material selection
02:29 Template construction
06:33 Oxidizing flame
08:09 Cutting copper sheet with oxidizing flame
11:03 Cleaning up surface with disc sander
13:22 Buffing and texturing the surface with wire wheel
14:05 How to make fluting to create detail and depth
19:27 How to make the leaf stems
23:29 Brazing on the stem to the leaf and annealing
25:51 Buffing the surface to prep for adding color
26:33 Using a gas welding torch to color the leaves
31:06 Designing the branch structure
33:10 Cutting, grinding, and bending the structure (3 methods of bending)
36:30 Brazing the structure and leaves on
40:36 Applying clear coat finish and final product
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Fantastic video! All the way from the production quality to the wholesome artistic vision of the welder, this was a pleasure to watch
Thank you very much for your kind words! I'm glad you enjoyed the video and my teaching style! If you deem me worthy, I'd really appreciate it if you could share out my channel on your social media so I can help more people. Thanks for the watch and welcome to the channel!
You are an excellent teacher! I hope that you are teaching some young people your trade. We need more skilled tradesmen like you.
Thank you very much Mary Anne, I work very hard on my videos to make quality edutainment so it's always nice to hear back from viewers. Yes about 11 years ago, I got tired of making money and quit the trades to become a technology teacher in high schools. I currently teach Automotive and Metalwork classes to about 175 students a year but the coolest thing about this UA-cam channel is that I now am teaching thousands of people monthly!! I actually started doing this channel seriously when the pandemic started 2 years ago when I had to figure out how I was going to teach my students online. I did the videos for them so they could still have me as their teacher instead of someone else's videos. The students really enjoyed the content and so did the Canadian Welding Association so later that year they contacted me and started the sponsorship up and since then the channel has been growing steadily. If you deem me worthy, I'd really appreciate it if you could share out the channel on your social media so I can help more people out there. Thanks in advance and thanks for the watch Mary Anne! Cheers!
very nice video thanks for sharing
You're very welcome! This is one of my favorites. Feel free to share it out on your social media. Cheers!
Great project! Every time I watch you I learn 2 or 3 things. I never would of thought to use the torch to cut the leaves. Really good photography also. One thing I would like to add is that you are using fire brick. The wrong brick and it could explode. Don't ask me how I know.
Thanks! Yeah I'm giving all my experience out for free, ya just gotta watch my videos and you'll be golden! Yeah this is my favorite video for sure, lots of cool music, shots, and editing. Yeah those fire bricks are essential to gas welding. I can imagine non fire bricks exploding, I've seen it with concrete. Thanks for the watch and your support for the channel. Cheers!
@@wayofthewrench My experience is from concrete also. It is from pockets of moisture being trapped in the product. I don't see why this couldn't happen with brick.
great idea...
thank you
Thanks Graham, you're welcome!
Great video. Im just getting into brazing and this is really helpful. thanks!
Thanks Christopher! Glad it was helpful, hopefully I earned your subscription today. If you deem me worthy, I'd really appreciate it if you could share out my channel on your social media so I can help more people. Thanks for the watch and welcome to the channel!
Very cool!!! DD
Glad you liked the video Dennis! This is one of my favorite videos. Thanks for the watch!
Man, you can explain it all perfectly
Thanks! Glad you loved my teaching style. This is one of my favorite videos I have made, lots of great stuff in it plus a neat project. Thanks for the watch and welcome to the channel!
These videos are amazing … not just the techniques but the inspiration.
Thanks again Lisa, you're quickly becoming a super fan! Yeah this video is my favorite and I thought you would like it! Cheers!
I’m inspired
Awesome....my job here is done then. Lol. Glad you enjoyed the video, if you deem me worthy I'd really appreciate it if you could share out my channel on your social media so I can help more people. Thanks for the watch and welcome to the channel!
Another Excellent video. My wife is pretty crafty so I was not surprised to have her watch your whole video (and the previous video about how to Braze).
I'm pretty sure that she is going to try her hand at the art sculpture as soon as the snow melts and it warms up here in the Spud State.
Thanks! Tell your wife thanks too. I wish my wife was crafty enough to wanna weld! This is my favorite video on my channel, you guys might like the fox videos too. Yeah it's pretty chilly up here in the Great White North too. Thanks for the watch and supporting the channel!
Beautiful work and some great tips, Emile! 👍👌
Thanks so much! 😊. Glad you liked the video, this one is my favorite. Cheers, Emil.
Great video thank you 👍
No worries, glad you enjoyed the video. This is one of my personal favorites. You should check out some of my other ones too. Cheers!
This project was a great way to demonstrate so many skills.. And it all turned out amazing!
Thanks dude! Yeah, if I was a magician, I would have been fired because I'm giving away all the trade secrets!!
very nice color on those leaves. Well done
Thank you very much! This is my favorite video by far and I really enjoyed making that sculpture. Hopefully I earned your subscription today. Thanks for the watch!
I am loving the artistic approaches you introduce throughout this video.
Thanks Amy! Yeah I try to make my video from a perspective that viewers can learn how to design/fabricate their own projects not just how to make mine. Without certain basics, it is easy to have things not go well. If you deem me worthy, I'd really appreciate a share out on your social media so I can help more people. Thanks for the watch Amy!
This is so cool Emil!! Thanks for sharing👍
Glad you liked the video and project, I'm pretty happy with how both turned out. Thanks!
Heroic project. Just working on one small copper bird. Would not have the fortitude to make a whole flock. Thanks for sharing your skills.
Thanks! Yeah it was a lot of work but it turned out nice! Cool a copper bird, I'd love to see how it turns out. Thanks for the watch!
This is SO helpful! Thanks for sharing!
Glad you enjoyed the video!
Fantastic demo! Thank you
Glad you liked it! Feel free to share if you enjoyed it. Thanks!
Just found your video,great watching.I am a solder man can’t wait to try this. Robin
Cool! Thanks Robin! Ya this was a fun project and it turned out amazing. If you deem me worthy, I'd really appreciate a share out on your social media so I can reach more people. Thanks in advance Robin. Good luck with your sculpture! I'd love to see it when you're done.
More beautiful sculptures please! I love this so much!
Thank you very much! There will be more, stay tuned. Did you see the fox I did? Thanks for the watch!
I grow bonsai Japanese maples. And this gave me the idea to make one out of copper. Tapered copper pipe for the trunk,roots, and the bifurcated branches, using progressively smaller gauges of electrical wire that have been filed to give them some taper for the finer branches and roots. Progressively smaller leaves. Maybe fill the pipe with solder after everything is brazed to be able to get the odd bends and to give it more heft. Riveting the base to some busbars brazed into the shape of a small rectangular bonsai pot. Granulated copper for the "soil". The "refinement" ie smooth taper on the trunk, bifurcated branches, and roots is what makes a tiny tree a "bonsai". I may never actually do any of this, but it's now on the list!
Sounds like a good plan. Maybe draw it out full size first. I'd love to see it if you make it. Cheers!
So beautiful.
Ya gotta love the colours you can get with a torch! Thanks for the watch.
Really cool!! 👍🏼
Thanks bruh! I had some of my students making these today too and they turned out really nice. Thanks for the view.
Inspired more then ever thanks
Sweet! Glad you enjoyed the video. This video took me like three weeks of filming and editing but I am really happy with how it turned out. Take it easy.
I will never in my life get to do anything with welding but I found this very relaxing and a pleasure to watch, thank you 🦆💕
Thanks Pam, that means a lot! If you ever get the chance, you should give it a try. Gas welding is very much a relaxing process and I'm sure you would enjoy it. If you were local, I would offer you a chance to try it. If you deem me worthy, I'd really appreciate a share out on your social media so more people can enjoy this video. Thanks for the watch!
I have actually got all the welding stuff, left by my husband who passed recently but not got the confidence to use it. He did quite a bit of work on my liveaboard narrowboat. If you are in the UK you are more than welcome to visit 🦆💕
I'm sorry to hear that Pam, I can only imagine what that feels like. I lost my best friend of 26 years this year and it really hit me hard too. Well, not sure if I am travelling anytime soon but who knows. Cool to hear I have viewers in the UK! Cheers!
Love it! I learned a bunch, thanks!! :)
Thanks bruh! Glad you liked it, this is one of my favorite videos that I have made. Thanks for the watch.
Awesome Mr J
Really.
Thanks bruh!
Imagined making 6 branches, then a 5 foot 2. " Copper tree trunk , grind etch in bark, transition to 1" arms ,then 1/2 inch copper line , make a base with a copper bowl , have a life size 6 foot tree 🎄
Sounds cool. I'd love to see it when you're done! Thanks for the watch!
Great videos mate, just getting my hear sorted and get back into a bit of welding just bought myself a metal band saw and absolutely stokked with it so got some projects to do really enjoy the leaf video looked great 👍 col
Thanks Col, yeah this video is one of my favorites! Glad to hear your getting back into some welding, good luck with your projects. Thanks for the watch!
Wow....this was an amazing and super informative video. Thanks so very much!
Thanks Ron! This one is my favorite but generally they are all similar to my others, you shoul check em out! Glad you enjoyed it!
@@wayofthewrench Thanks so much; I will! Happy New Year!
You're welcome...Cheers!
Nice to see these coloring treatments and how you go about fabricating. I'm thinking of getting back into this form because copper is my all time favourite metal. After that, the brass and bronze alloys. Oxy-Acetylene brazing to steel supports was as far as I got. My father used to supply these metals to dozens of artisans and high end sculptors so I've been exposed to a whole gamut of art forms.
Thanks, glad you appreciated the content, lots more where that came from. Yeah it's too bad copper has gotten sooooo expensive. Thanks for the watch Charlie and welcome to the channel!
Nice video, thanks for putting this up for us. Glass worker part-timing it with some copper work. It can happen!
Thanks Julie! Glad you enjoyed the video! That's one thing I haven't tried yet is glass blowing....future video? LOL. Welcome to the channel!
Awesome 😎👏👏👏
Thanks Jackie! Glad ya liked it!
I love it, in a sense frost is heat annealing, it burns the leaf with a bite of ice ,adds color, and it falls.
That's deep Dale.....art within the art!
Such a cool project that demonstrates some really neat metal working processes. Thank you for making such an indepth video. Keep it up!
Glad you enjoyed it; I had a real fun time making it. It was really nice to make a project video again, especially something more artistic than I usually make. Cheers!
@@wayofthewrench Absolutely! You did a good job balancing technical skills and artistic flair.
Have you tried this project with your students? And if so, was it a hit?
Thanks, I think I have found my niche in UA-cam where my videos show everything you need to know but with a bit of a story to go with the build, kind of like a tv episode so they skills build on each other. I haven't yet but I had a couple students who don't have me this semester that can't wait to make it later this year. I have also had an offer to buy this project and several staff wanting to try this project out so I would say it was a success! So many different options to create other types of leaves or flowers with these techniques too! Maybe I'll make another one next Fall with Maple or Oak leaves! I also had a bunch of other ideas to make a single leaf into a project itself......I also had the urge to make more medieval armor when I was doing the fluting too......too many projects and not enough time!
Great video! This is exactly the type of project I want to be able to make. I’ve been soldering in small sizes (like jewelry etc) but have always wanted to learn welding sculptural pieces, only where I live courses on the subject are astronomically expensive (as usually paid for by employers looking to advance an employees technique) and very few and far apart, plus usually don’t get into anything artful or decorative.
Definately subscribing and checking out your channel more to learn the difference between what I know of soldering and this.
As I’m already wondering basic stuff like why I can’t see you using flux etc.
I won’t bother with questions I’m sure your other videos answer ;)
Marvelous piece, love it!
Thanks Gnarbel Jo! I really appreciate the comment and subscribe! Yeah I hear ya, the price of everything these days is getting insane....especially things like copper. You should check out the how to braze video and it will explain the flux you mentioned. Some brazing rods have flux already on the brazing rod and some either require flux or do not depending on what you are brazing. If you have access to your own equipment, I would recommend just trying some sculpture on your own....save your money for materials. If you follow the steps in this video, you can totally come up with your own custom designed brazing sculpture. If you do, I'd love to see some pics, just dm my instagram. Cheers from Canada eh!
Beautiful, and YEsssss you inspired me! verrry cooool, ....gonna go for it yeaaaa!!!! was gonna do a project for my newly painted wall, but I'd really like to learn more to begin exploring this sort of art:> soooo coool, thanks!
Cool Delilah! I'd love to see your project when you're done. Thanks for the watch!
This is awesome. I have wanted to learn how to weld just to do sculpture work.
Would love to find a place to go do this. Hobby workshop to do occasional projects....and learn / practice with cool projects like this.
Great video .you do a great job explaining the steps.
I don't have the acetaline but maybe I can go small scale project with my tinsnips. My neighbors might knock on my door for the hammering..maybe take that part to tap away at the park for an afternoon. 🍁
The scraps could maybe be used to make pendants maybe. 💮
Final sculpture is beautiful. 🍁🍁🍁
I wonder if there are any metal shops or maker spaces near you that you could use their equipment. Some places might have propane torches that would work for brazing and cutting. I would love to see what you make. Thanks again for sharing on your social media! Cheers!
Fantastic video, thank you so much! I've just stumbled upon your channel and it's great, I don't know how you don't have more subscribers! Please keep doing what you're doing!
Thanks! I work very hard to make good videos for people so it's always nice to hear comments like these. Yeah I'm not sure why I don't have more subscribers too....lol. Honestly, it is extremely hard to be noticed in a sea of youtube videos out there. If you deem me worthy, it would really help me out if you shared out my channel on your social media and asked your friends too as well. Thanks in advance and thanks for the watch! Cheers!
@@wayofthewrench It must be quite the challenge I'm sure - you hard work is valued and appreciated even if it hasn't yet blown up to the level you deserve, but I'm sure it will come! I've shared your channel with some other sculptor friends of mine who might be interested :) good luck with it all!
what a great channel
Thanks DJ! Feel free to let your friends know about the channel! Welcome!
Lindo trabalho adorei grato e parabéns
Thank you very much Anderson, muchas gracias! Cheers from Canada!
good job
Gracias Humberto! Thanks for the watch!
Hey, thats cool! I wanna build a mini chopper. So this might help!
That would be cool! I have some future videos that will help with the skillz you need to make a chopper (mini or big).
Thanks for the video it's gonna help me a lot for my metalworks class
Awesome! What grade metalwork?
@@wayofthewrench grade 12
Man I loved Metalwork in high school.....I made everything I could in there. Coolest thing I ever made was a rotary safe, I'll have to make a video on how to make it in the future.
@@wayofthewrench oh that's cool and also a future video would be nice
World record trap shot
Where did you purchase the earth tone magnets?
Just joking.
Excellent videos. All the details you include make them exceptional.
Thanks for sharing.
Earth tone? You mean burnt to a crisp? That would be the students, they torch the hell out of them when they are welding despite me showing them to hold the metal with the magnet on one side while tacking the other end. Thanks for the watch!
I seen a copper tree wanted to see how you do your leaves
i make my leaves by hand. you have to feel thr copper, it is my zen GREST VIDEO
Yeah you have to feel when the copper work hardens or you will keep pushing the copper until it cracks. A quick anneal and you can shape some more. I feel ya, you gotta become one with projects like this. I really was happy with how this project turned out and I learned a lot. Thanks for the watch Mike!
Very nice result. I'd put it in my house. About how many hours did you put into the project?
Thank you very much! It's a beautiful piece for sure. Hard to say but maybe 15 hours give or take. Thanks for the watch!
Hi there! Any advice for a goldsmith/silversmith looking to do some large scale projects? I'm currently working with an oxy/propane setup and a smith little torch. (I've also got a maap gas torch I've busted out for big projects here and there.) Do I need to upgrade big time, or can I limp by braising bigger copper pieces with my current setup?
It's hard to know how capable your setup is, best thing to do is just try it. I bet you will be able to as long as the pieces you are brazing aren't too thick...which won't be a problem as the cost of metal is way too much to use thick copper anyways. If the copper never gets red then the copper is dumping the heat faster than you can apply it....if this happens then your setup is too weak. Thanks for the watch!
👌🏻🌸👌🏻🌸🍁
🔥. Thanks!
Good video but if you cannot get hold of copper I find old coffee cans are a great source of material and then you can solder the parts rather than weld or base the parts😁
Thanks Victor! That's a good idea, I feel that those are getting pretty hard to find these days as they are all plastic nowadays. Thanks for the watch!
Wow but what if I only have a BBQ propane tank? Can I still plug in a regulator and torch handle?
You need a lpg regulator, lpg torch, lpg rated hose....but yes. Cutting, brazing, and heating are all possible with propane but not good for gas welding. An Acetylene flame creates a cleaning action while welding and propane doesn't. So you can do this project with your BBQ bottle....and then sell it to buy top sirloin to cook on your BBQ after!
Wondering when brazening the stem on you didn't burn a hole thru because of a lower oxygen level? I might have missed that
No oxygen levels are the same but it's more about where you are directing the heat and is it constant or focused on one spot. Focus heat on the thicker piece and keep it moving until both pieces are the same temperature, then add your braze. If you keep it on the thinner piece or stay on one spot you'll burn through. Thanks for the watch and welcome to the channel!
Can I use an oxy acetylene torch to repair a bronze statue using a silicon bronze rod? Most people use TIG welding, but it just too expensive for me. Everyone talks about bronze brazing, but not bronze brazing BRONZE. I wonder if it’s not possible because the statue and the rod have the same melting temperature.
It should be possible but with it's own issues. The base material will suck a lot of the heat away so you will need to preheat and use a bigger tip than usual. Make sure the base material is clean and don't use the inner cone of the flame to heat the metal. You may have to ask your supplier what type of brazing rod you should use. Good luck!
Thank you!
wonder if there something in the acetylene
....something magical for sure.
What about using vinegar to change the color?
Yeah that dark blue colour would make for a really cool looking project too! Maybe a tropical leaf or a fish or something. Thanks for the watch and the idea!
what would be the price to sell , for this kind of project,,,,,
Hard to say with art pieces. You have to add the cost of materials too, in this case the copper alone was probably $150 to $200. This piece might go for $750 to $1200, but could go for more if it was commissioned. Thanks for the watch!
@@wayofthewrench thank you for such great tutorial
Thanks Javier!
Why didn't you use an air hammer/chisel and turn the air way down. It will be like drawing instead of stepping.
I try to use basic tools so that more people can do the project at home. Most people don't have a compressor and an air hammer. That's a good idea though, you do a lot of metal art? Thanks for the watch!
@@wayofthewrench I have manipulated a lot of metal material fab in auto, motorcycle, building designs. That was a great video showing metal properties in how color change with the heat application for the viewers 👍😁
Cool, yeah there's always easier ways, especially when you have the right tools/process. Yeah those colours are pretty cool, it's like painting with heat. Cheers!
Can you braze stainless to aluminium ?
Yeah you should be able to do it with an aluminum brazing rod but you may need to do a specific cleaning and flux process in order for it to work. Cheers!