Making a steel sunflower



Jack Donnell writes in about this video from Andrew Crawford's blacksmith studio in Atlanta wherein he goes through the process of making a steel sunflower using a waterjet cutter and traditional blacksmithing techniques - Link.


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Posted by: Justin on March 1, 2008 at 12:59 PM

Wow. That seems like an awful lot of work for just a single steel flower. I can't imagine how much would cost with all that labor.


Posted by: John on March 1, 2008 at 1:02 PM

Very cool!


Posted by: dan on March 1, 2008 at 7:20 PM

way cool , thanks


Posted by: MadScott on March 3, 2008 at 8:48 PM

Well done! I want that shop!!


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