DIY metal crafts: the use of welding and photos of beautiful crafts

Landscape design is a real art. Professionals create such beauty that it captivates the spirit. In creating the appearance of a garden plot, not the last point is the decor, which also includes garden furniture made of metal. In addition, it performs household functions. If you choose it correctly, your site will become beautiful and functional.

Metal products for the garden

Agree, every dacha owner gradually accumulates various pieces of iron in his household in the form of old tools, unnecessary metal parts, and from them it will be possible to make wonderful metal crafts for the dacha.

Products for the dacha are constructed from everything metal that is stored in a person’s barn. The best method for joining such crafts together is welding, although other joining methods are also used on various structures. Ideas for implementation:

For example, you can make an openwork panel for a summer house from wire. First, a frame is made from thick-diameter wire, then the image itself is attached to it from thin wire. The theme of the images can be the faces of people, especially the fair sex.
Stainless steel crafts. They look neat and do not require frequent maintenance, although they are more difficult to make.
A grasshopper mailbox would be a bold decision. It will surprise and delight your friends, and will also scare away uninvited visitors.
With a flight of fancy, you can design a puppy or a piglet. By installing the figurine in the garden, it will evoke a smile and positive emotions.

Creating metal objects for the garden will require the availability of certain materials and free time. You shouldn’t regret spending time assembling the figurine when you have time to paint the fence.

At the dacha, owners often use a barbecue - a collapsible or stationary type. For a model with permanent registration, the grill is made from an old barrel. It is easy to assemble it on your own using a drill and grinder. Still, it’s worth using a welding device.

An empty and washed barrel is taken, cut lengthwise in a straight line and divided into two halves. Legs made of reinforcement, pieces of pipes or rods are welded to one workpiece.

The top half acts as a hinged lid, and canopies are welded on for easy opening. It is advisable to work with thin metal parts after gaining some experience.

In order to weld workpieces efficiently and not make a hole with the electrode, you need to accurately select the current for welding and carry out the work with short tacks, constantly monitoring the quality of the seam.

Metal for making garden furniture

Garden furniture is made from different metals, each of which is good in certain situations.

Steel

Steel pipes are the most versatile solution, since this material allows you to construct products in many styles. Plus, it has good strength characteristics and elasticity.

Simple, reliable frame for wooden cladding

Steel is useful in creating large structures. They mainly use rolled pipes and rods. In forged products, the main material is plates. Steel is suitable for furniture in the dining area. The material is elastic, so it can be forged.

Work of art – forged products

The appearance of steel depends entirely on its grade and processing method. For example, stainless steel shines brightly in the sun - such surfaces are desirable for many modern styles, including hi-tech or minimalism.

Welded metal crafts

Having acquired knowledge and mastered the skills of a welder in adulthood, you can use a welding machine to make attractive metal crafts by welding. During production, two goals are realized.

Firstly, welding skills are consolidated. Secondly, a useful household item is created - a shoe stand or something else. You can make a funny figurine for the garden from used metal cans and unnecessary springs.

Having welding skills, you can start creating an owl from metal. You will need to prepare the following items:

pencil, scissors, cardboard, drawing paper;
chisel, hammer, grinder;
thin sheet metal, welded device;
bolts with washers, wire, steel rods.

First, an image of an owl is drawn on paper with a pencil. You need to try to make the drawing as beautiful as possible. Then the sketch is transferred to cardboard. Next, a grinder and thin sheet metal are used for work.

To form an owl figurine, you need to prepare body parts with plumage, for the eyes, wings and tail. This is all cut out of iron using a grinder. When forming the eyes, you should make holes in the part to secure bolts in them.

You need to make notches on the surface of the body, due to which the effect of bird plumage will appear. This is where a chisel comes in handy. For the beak, you can insert a piece of bent metal. To form paws, you need to take different rods and connect them by welding.

After preparing all the individual parts, they are combined together using a welding device. Now the craft is ready, all that remains is to paint it and apply a special varnish.

Disadvantage of cold forging

The only disadvantage of cold forging is the inability to correct errors during the process. If the workpiece is damaged, then it will have to be thrown away, at best, as scrap metal, or kept as a souvenir and used for training in the future.

The whole point of cold forging is that the metal is not heated, but is bent by processing in a “cold” form. This is how the metal is given the desired shape.

The advantage of cold forging is the absence of the need for special equipment, as well as the absence of the need to use fire-hazardous equipment; the manufacturing conditions are acceptable for any person with any health. The use of high temperature conditions is not required.

Product made from horseshoes

A horseshoe stand is made as follows. Take two horseshoes, turn them back and weld them together. Another pair of united horseshoes is produced.

At the top of a separate pair, another horseshoe is welded on, with the ends facing up. The two structures are welded into one using the following method:

installed on the edges with the bottom edge;
to connect the upper horseshoes, a metal rod is taken and welded to the bottom;
at the top of the upper horseshoe, a horseshoe is welded perpendicularly, which will look backward with the outgoing edge;
the second, third, and so on until the end is attached to it, until the topmost one is welded to the side horseshoe on the other side of the structure.

The result will be a product that looks extraordinary and is comfortable for shoes. Welding in a short period of time allows a novice master to consolidate his skills and will be beneficial for the home.

Step-by-step instructions for forging

All forged items can be made with your own hands right at home. It will not be possible to make special patterns, however, you can make all the basic elements yourself. It is important to follow all stages and technology.

There are several technological stages:

Checking all calculations. Even minor inaccuracies can spoil the entire final result. Correcting errors will be very difficult, and often impossible.
Assembling a decorative composition.
The elements are fastened together by welding. However, it is important to remember that it can cause damage to small decorative elements.
Processing of the resulting product - by sanding and painting the entire resulting product.

Deer figurine

To build up your welding skills, you can also make a deer from metal rings. The manufacturing steps are as follows: metal rings d-5, 6 cm are selected, and on the ground they are welded to each other.

Here you need to use symbolic thinking, which will tell you when creating one side of the deer when you need to start raising the animal figurine. Pieces of brick are suitable for this.

Then the rings are welded together, gradually forming the convex body of a deer lying on its side on the ground. Perhaps you can come up with other methods for maintaining the rings before welding them. The product will take hundreds of rings, but the result is worth it.

The deer is brought to its feet. All parts of his body are clearly visible: an openwork head, a voluminous body, deer antlers.

Such a model may well be taken to an exhibition.

Conclusions: there is no shame in taking an idea to bring a metal craft to life using special literature. Having made a sketch on paper, your products will come out unique.

Working with metal involves using your creativity and ideas. Having acquired welding skills, do not delay to start tinkering and creating masterpieces from metal.

How exactly can you decorate your garden?

Metal is plastic, furniture made from it can realize any fantasies of the master who created it, or the customer who dreamed of a special set for himself.

Imagine such a hammock bed not in a room, but right in the garden. A thin canopy veil, which can protect the sleeper from annoying insects, will also come in handy.

Nominee #1 – bench for rest and contemplation

When you see a forged bench, you involuntarily recall Pushkin, the fruitful Boldino autumn, an autumn leaf nestled on a bent armrest. Products made entirely of metal rival in their beauty only garden benches, in which metal and wood are successfully combined with each other.

The design of this bench is durable and reliable. Moreover, it becomes a real decoration of any garden. It’s nice to sit on it after work, and just daydreaming while sitting on such a bench is a pleasure. However, why sitting? The size of the bench allows you to lie down on it. And, best of all, you can use it absolutely regardless of your own build.

It is not surprising that a poet, sitting on such a bench, will come up with the brightest thoughts that he can translate into works of art.

Forged benches can look very different. In the top photo there is a sunny and life-affirming product, and in the bottom photo it is brutal, as if from a saga about vampires and werewolves

By the way, if you decide to make benches yourself, then we have excellent instructions: *Do-it-yourself garden bench for a summer house: six projects for every taste*.

Nominee #2 – chairs and tables, dining sets

Are you going to decorate a gazebo, veranda or open terrace in an Oriental, European, Asian or Caucasian style? Or maybe you prefer baroque or hi-tech? In any case, there is a suitable forged set for you. Even a laconic ornament or an intricate design can convey stylistic features, and we quietly immerse ourselves in the interior that we have always dreamed of having.

The furniture is already built into the gazebo, decorated with grapevines. As you can see, it fits perfectly with the surrounding landscape and guests will certainly be satisfied when they find themselves in such a cozy place

If you think that wrought iron chairs may seem too hard, simply use removable cushions with the right amount of firmness as seat pads for your chairs. Such chairs and armchairs will delight you with the comfort and special elegance of products that can only be created by people of two professions: glassblowers and metal artists.

A very convenient set for the veranda allows guests to sit with maximum comfort. The peripheral part of the table top rotates, and the central part of the table is stationary, which helps to serve it

Particular attention should be paid to the table. Whether it is a small coffee table or a full-fledged massive product that can become a decoration for your dining room, a forged table will not look bulky. Durability combined with delicacy is a distinctive feature of garden and country furniture forged from high-quality steel.

The forged leg of the coffee table looks especially impressive in combination with the glass surface of the tabletop. Despite the apparent fragility and weightlessness, this is a stable and durable thing

Nominee #3 – relaxation in a rocking chair

It is extremely pleasant to rock or simply relax in such a chair. You can relax blissfully without worrying about whether this thing will break under your weight. This rocking chair is really comfortable, practical and, thanks to artistic forging, has a great look. It is important to choose something made of high-quality steel and with a reliable coating, then it will be almost eternal. Don't hesitate, you won't get tired of using it.

These rocking chairs are very different. Which one did you like best? Probably the answer depends on what kind of interior you are trying to create at your dacha

Nominee #4 – openwork swing

A hanging swing chair is an unusual fruit of design thought that many people liked. Like a strange flower or ripe fruit, such a piece of furniture can hang right in your garden. Its smooth and clear lines delight, and the play of light in the interweaving of metal calms and inspires. If necessary, this chair can act as a cradle for a child.

But not only the swing chair, but also the traditional swings that are more familiar to us are made of forged metal. When choosing such a design, it is very important to make sure that it is safe, especially if children will use it. The structure should not have sharp corners, the surface of its seat and back should be flat. The swing itself is stable.

This is where the strength of the metal comes in handy, is when using such a cradle chair. A truly exclusive design delight

These swings are quite traditional. They are convenient to play both alone and in a campaign. It is only important to make sure in advance of their stability

Photos of new crafts made from different types of metal

Types of metal products for the garden.

The furniture for the dacha produced in our production is very diverse. We produce almost any element for the convenience and decoration of a country space: these are carved barbecues and openwork tables with chairs, beautiful gazebos, lampposts, canopies, trash cans, fences and much more.

The metal-tp company also produces metal barbecues . An advantageous difference over competitors is that barbecues from the metal-tp company are covered with an anti-corrosion, heat-resistant coating. This will ensure a long life for your barbecue. Metal barbecues are made of thick sheet steel, which will ensure that the barbecue is fireproof

Country furniture made of metal amazes with its diversity. The metal-tp company produces metal fencing and fencing . You can choose a standard pattern for your fence, which was developed by our designers. You can also provide your own version of the design for a metal fence for your dacha . If you care about the appearance of your dacha, if you care about the design of your dacha, then you should take a closer look at the fencing of the metal-TP.ru company. After all, all our developments are unique and individual. We produce metal fencing using the most modern technologies and follow fashion trends. A metal fence purchased from the MetalTekhPro company will stand out from all other fences.

Our production also produces metal flower stands, metal weather vanes, decorative elements for building facades, and metal window grilles.