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    Default Welding garden art balls.

    Everyone has seen these, scraps of steel welded together to make a ball, I have seen specimens 2m diameter, priced at over $1500!

    How do you make them? I was going to try with a metal bowl which is a slice of about a quarter of a sphere, fill it with bits, weld it up, then move it round a bit and weld some more, eventually making a sphere. It seems a good way of using up scraps, and learning to weld, as the welds are all on the inside.

    Anyone have any tips?

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    How about this one!!!!
    I think it was a project for wet weather....in Armidale....yeh a lot of wet weather
    The covered wagon is cute
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    Kind regards Rod

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    Just think of all the Bar-B-Q plates you could make out of that gate entrance ball.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cookie48 View Post
    Just think of all the Bar-B-Q plates you could make out of that gate entrance ball.
    I use them for planters, since succulents love growing on rusty steel, just look at the flowers and colours on this beauty!
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    cookie48 is offline Old Fart (my step daughters named me)
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    That does look very nice indeed. Well done. Will not show the missu tho, those discs are hard to find now.

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    I've made this ball that is about 350mm in diameter. I made a concave 1/2 spherical mould out of plaster, packed it with about 1/2 the tubes and TIGed up the ends. Did the same to make the other half and then silver soldered the two halves together. It's finished with zinc plating.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Blu_Rock View Post
    I've made this ball that is about 350mm in diameter. I made a concave 1/2 spherical mould out of plaster, packed it with about 1/2 the tubes and TIGed up the ends. Did the same to make the other half and then silver soldered the two halves together. It's finished with zinc plating.
    You've got wayyyy to much time on your hands, very nice job though
    Kryn

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    Quote Originally Posted by Blu_Rock View Post
    I've made this ball that is about 350mm in diameter. I made a concave 1/2 spherical mould out of plaster, packed it with about 1/2 the tubes and TIGed up the ends. Did the same to make the other half and then silver soldered the two halves together. It's finished with zinc plating.
    Lovely job, like a pro. Just look at mine, but I'm looking for the rustic look! Not finished yet. Good way of using up all those scraps of pipe around the back of the shed.
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    ...and when spherical pipey things take over the country, I'll be able to say "I was there when it all started..."

    Michael

    (Nice work though)

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    Default My Ball

    Not finished yet, but you can see the idea...photo.jpg

    Yes, today the welding bench, tomorrow the WORLD! BRu Ha Ha Ha Ha.

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    Lookin' good Blood! I've seen them done in a selection of different sized round tubes, square tube, square and round tube together... and they all look great.
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