How to weld a rolling ball sculpture - Part 2: welding a T-joint
Here's artist Tom Harold's second instructional video on how to make welded rolling ball track sculptures. This video covers the basics of welding a T-joint, a commonly used joint in rolling ball sculptures. In the video, Tom shows the proper way to prep parts, tack weld, weld with filler rod, and the details of a track clamp -- one of the special tools he uses in making ball tracks.
See more work by Tom Harold on his web site.
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Labels: ball track, DIY, educational, fabrication, gravity, instructions, kinetic sculpture, metal, metalworking, rolling ball, Tom Harold, welding
posted by Dug North on 10/30/2014
5 Comments:
Thanks very much for the post, Dug! I do hope that this video will help some folks who are getting interested in building rolling ball sculpture. Nothing like this video existed when I started, and I thought it needed to be out there to give some folks a hand.
This is a great video, thank you for share.!
Its a very helpful and well learning video you have shared. Thanks for sharing.
Very informative video. thanks for share.
Much appreciated particularly for the post, Dug! I do trust that this video will help a few people who are making history ball mold. Not at all like this video existed when I began, and I thought it should have been out there to give a few people a hand.
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