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Thread: Welding garden art balls.
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17th Mar 2014, 03:45 PM #1Novice
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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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17th Mar 2014, 04:59 PM #2
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 cuteJust do it!
Kind regards Rod
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17th Mar 2014, 09:03 PM #3Old Fart (my step daughters named me)
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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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17th Mar 2014, 09:31 PM #4Novice
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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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17th Mar 2014, 11:47 PM #5Old 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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20th Mar 2014, 08:26 AM #6
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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21st Mar 2014, 01:03 AM #7Most Valued Member
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23rd Mar 2014, 07:06 PM #8Novice
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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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24th Mar 2014, 09:34 PM #9Philomath in training
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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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26th Mar 2014, 07:42 PM #10Novice
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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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26th Mar 2014, 08:16 PM #11
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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