TIG Welding Aluminum Fabrication - Soccer Ball Football

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  • Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
  • Machining, forming, and welding an aluminum soccer ball out of 1/8" flat aluminum sheet. Learn how to weld parts like these here: www.6061.com
    Buy fun "weld-it-yourself" kits here: artisan-alloys...

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  • @prdoohan
    @prdoohan 4 года назад +118

    I'm glad you kicked it.
    I had a weird ocd moment where something felt wrong thinking it wouldn't get kicked.

    • @SilverWedge
      @SilverWedge 4 года назад

      It had to done. GOOOOOOOOAAAAAAL!

  • @Kevin.L_
    @Kevin.L_ 4 года назад

    Any viewers using his Tig button? I'm about ready to buy one, but keep waiting for some reason. More opinions maybe.
    I don't like being tied to a foot pedal. My on/off tig button is ok some of the time, but I miss the heat control near edges, etc. I tried some kind of roller type hand amp control once and didn't care for it all. Really seems like he has the best solution.

  • @davemay6014
    @davemay6014 4 года назад

    Amazing to watch.

  • @DaneSaysStuff
    @DaneSaysStuff 4 года назад +216

    He didn't have to make a soccer ball out of aluminum, but he did. He did that for us.
    Or so I like to think, anyways.

  • @arch5281
    @arch5281 4 года назад +80

    bit at the end ..... brilliant, spat coffee out , hilarious, well played

  • @oliverjd26
    @oliverjd26 4 года назад +39

    Should sell ad space on the welding gloves! : )

  • @jcims
    @jcims 4 года назад +25

    Are you related to this old guy named Tony?

  • @spkrman15
    @spkrman15 4 года назад +28

    Just modelling a soccer ball is a pain. Loved the use of the die to curve the parts. 15/10. Nicely done.

  • @aerobyrdable
    @aerobyrdable 4 года назад +22

    7:41 The true purpose is revealed: Steel toe checker :)

  • @HappyHarryHardon
    @HappyHarryHardon 4 года назад +14

    I wonder how many people’s minds you boggle with your welds.

  • @Kevin-gx8lc
    @Kevin-gx8lc 4 года назад +15

    Beautiful.... I can't get enough of your welding vids, you're the aluminium weld KING! Greetings from Southport, UK.

  • @mickellis8747
    @mickellis8747 4 года назад +13

    Nice piece of art there and I love the CNC lathe, is that something you put together yourself?

  • @zeermz450
    @zeermz450 4 года назад +23

    Skills man! Ps: .. .. .. Please stop making the "stack of dimes" look so easy ........respect😉

  • @milliondollar2981
    @milliondollar2981 4 года назад +28

    Starting bid on Ebay is $75,000us

    • @SuperMadpom
      @SuperMadpom 4 года назад +1

      Cheaper than toilet roll then!

  • @davemcdaniel4856
    @davemcdaniel4856 4 года назад +7

    Wait, Aaron has hands? I thought he was born with tig gloves for hands....

  • @glidercoach
    @glidercoach 4 года назад +9

    All those nice tools...
    You sure know how to make a grown man cry.

  • @j.velsco2498
    @j.velsco2498 4 года назад +18

    7:41😂😂😂😂😂

  • @youngduckpark9333
    @youngduckpark9333 4 года назад +1

    Very good 👍 i am Korean welger

  • @ryancaugust
    @ryancaugust 2 года назад +2

    I made one years ago out of 2mm Stainless Steel but didn't curve the parts - just welded a small nipple on it and pumped it up with a pressure washer until it "popped" out to round!

    • @wadepatton2433
      @wadepatton2433 Год назад

      That I would have liked to see--not necessarily in person!

  • @bruinflight
    @bruinflight 4 года назад +2

    As a noob I'm beginning to understand, once you get your technique down, the BIG deal about welding (and fabricating in general of course) is problem solving and creative solutions.

    • @carpediemarts705
      @carpediemarts705 2 года назад

      Anyone can get two or more pieces of metal to stick. Having things not warp is the art form.

  • @stefanczechorskidds5536
    @stefanczechorskidds5536 4 года назад +3

    Glad you showed the fabrication Process before welding; wow! Thank you.

  • @desertratz2992
    @desertratz2992 4 года назад +3

    if the "Stig" from Top Gear was a welder, it would be 6061! Nice work!!

  • @PhilVandelay
    @PhilVandelay 4 года назад

    Wow that was some next-level problem solving. If you polish this up and put it on pedestal this would make a great soccer trophy

  • @marquisethomas5611
    @marquisethomas5611 4 года назад +3

    Great now paint it, go to a soccer field & record the pain

  • @fabiangarcia5503
    @fabiangarcia5503 4 года назад +4

    5:03 "the flaming welder" great as always

  • @alexraccuia7550
    @alexraccuia7550 4 года назад +3

    Huge respect for what you do. Keep up the good work. 👍

  • @waltcomotorsports3994
    @waltcomotorsports3994 4 года назад +3

    I watched the whole video just for the 5-10 seconds at the end love it lol

  • @Ekvorivious
    @Ekvorivious 3 года назад +1

    for that one bully that likes football.

  • @doublediamondgarage3031
    @doublediamondgarage3031 4 года назад +1

    fanflippingtastic
    I bet you would be shocked at the price you could get for this piece on fleabay!

  • @igor_welder
    @igor_welder 4 года назад

    realy nice work in aluminium! hi from germany

  • @SkandranonOwens
    @SkandranonOwens 4 года назад +2

    didnt think this was gonna be part of my day. love it

  • @Ayah4304
    @Ayah4304 4 года назад +2

    The master of Aluminum welding.

  • @PANTYEATR1
    @PANTYEATR1 4 года назад +1

    awesome as usual!💪 how did you grounded the work piece? if need another video idea, try making the Disney Epcot Center ball😏 smaller version of course. that soccer ball would make nice table art.

  • @Jimmeh_B
    @Jimmeh_B 4 года назад +1

    That's it!
    I'm gonna dig out all the boards from my TIG that blew up and I never got around to fixing... and fix it!

  • @quadraxisdominator7364
    @quadraxisdominator7364 4 года назад +2

    Damn that ending had me in tears man. Pure gold.

  • @wacohillcrest2010
    @wacohillcrest2010 4 года назад +1

    It would be great if you sold this as a kit so all of us who don't have a mill and a lathe could make one. Amazing project!

  • @BrilliantDesignOnline
    @BrilliantDesignOnline 4 года назад +1

    An Artiste.

  • @wippip
    @wippip 4 года назад +1

    Work of art! Though I preferred the partially welded ball 👍🏻

  • @gmacka6333
    @gmacka6333 7 месяцев назад

    The fully welded version is in my opinion much nicer. Partially welded also looked good, but I think it was definitely much better finished.
    Damn nice job.
    Please add to your store.
    For any of you that weren't aware of his store, go check it out, link in description

  • @stevesteve6506
    @stevesteve6506 4 года назад +1

    Ha!!! When you kicked it. Too funny. How did u calculate the correct curve to press into each segment to get everything to line up?

    • @StyxHackshop
      @StyxHackshop 4 года назад +1

      Overall ball diameter plus some sort of springback factor specific to aluminium, I'm guessing

    • @citizenrand0m
      @citizenrand0m 4 года назад +1

      Knowing the final outer radius, you subtract the thickness of the stock and you get the inner radius. Both these radii are the same for all segments.

  • @gmacka6333
    @gmacka6333 7 месяцев назад

    I see this video is 4 years old already, so I kinda doubt you'll even see this comment. Hoping you do though.
    So with that said, I just went over to check out your store, so hoping to see that you had these hexagon, Pentagon pieces for sale in your "weld it yourself" section.
    Is there any chance you could add this amazing project to that list?
    That said, I loved this video and love to project. I would absolutely love to try this out

  • @jean-philippestiee3527
    @jean-philippestiee3527 4 года назад +1

    05:15 Here my next project for Mother's day!

  • @Watchyn_Yarwood
    @Watchyn_Yarwood 4 года назад

    Project idea: fabricate an LS style intake to fit a Duramax diesel ruclips.net/video/4ddVgmVFarU/видео.html with the talent, artistry and precision only you have!

  • @dilldragon1959
    @dilldragon1959 2 года назад

    Does anyone know what size the Pentagon and Hexagon plates are? I'm trying to figure out what size, so I could cut it and weld them together?

  • @eezeprint7687
    @eezeprint7687 3 года назад

    That’s incredible, I’m looking for the comments from all the pros that don’t even own a welder telling you you’re doing it wrong, there has to be some. People are so stupid

  • @AmanInd-k8d
    @AmanInd-k8d Год назад

    Bro how did you did the miling and how thick is the workpiece and ,
    How did you clamp into the vice

  • @Armadurapersonal
    @Armadurapersonal 4 года назад

    I'm thinking I should have been a metalworker, not a programmer.

  • @nathangan806
    @nathangan806 4 года назад +1

    6:42 if the coin said “leave it”, we riot!

  • @EricH_1983
    @EricH_1983 3 года назад

    Paint it black and white and go put it on a school football ground! Record the ensuing hilarity..

  • @Wildboy0001
    @Wildboy0001 3 года назад

    holy shiit
    thats awesome skills!
    did you sold it on amazon for 12000$?

  • @T-Fyre
    @T-Fyre 3 года назад

    Why not hydroform it? It seems like it’d be a lot easier to assemble flat then have it... pop out, so to speak

  • @SMunro
    @SMunro 3 года назад

    Learned how to make a nuclear compressive shape... I mean soccer ball.

  • @jamesa7506
    @jamesa7506 3 года назад

    See!? And THAT'S why you should always wear steel toe boots!

  • @kssn_alj3543
    @kssn_alj3543 4 года назад +1

    The kick at the end is what waited for 😆😆

  • @controlledchaos8851
    @controlledchaos8851 3 года назад

    Omg if you could paint it to look like a actual soccer ball I have a neighbor that I would love to prank .

  • @thehaze1972
    @thehaze1972 4 года назад +1

    Kewl!! And a really good Neymar impression at the end. Thumbs up!

    • @henrikm4657
      @henrikm4657 4 года назад

      That was more of a Ronaldo “the wind messed up my hair and now I’m in excruciating pain” impression 😂

  • @zyxwvutsrqponmlkh
    @zyxwvutsrqponmlkh 3 года назад

    Ouch, my eyes. I didn't have my filter on.

  • @hulkmutant_hd5788
    @hulkmutant_hd5788 4 года назад

    sooooo now the question how hard can you kick it before it shatters in 1000 pieces

  • @esegueyjose7870
    @esegueyjose7870 4 года назад

    you should make another one, fill it with lead, and have someone paint it so it looks like a normal soccer ball and then leave it at a park then stand back and watch

  • @nunyabisnass1141
    @nunyabisnass1141 3 года назад

    Oh the april first game is going to be so funny.
    Now fill it with hornets.

  • @czowiekzlasukorzeni9682
    @czowiekzlasukorzeni9682 3 года назад

    Can such a ball keep a vacuum inside? Will not collapse?

  • @Koislasuo
    @Koislasuo 4 года назад +1

    1:59 when you die in pacman 🤣

  • @TheCort1971
    @TheCort1971 4 года назад

    ummmm that looks like an implosion mirror. maybe not a good idea to google that one.

  • @CracklenPop
    @CracklenPop 4 года назад

    Oh snap a 7+ minute video!

  • @Brainmalfuction
    @Brainmalfuction 4 года назад

    Fucking awesome video as per usual!

  • @MaxPower_Designs
    @MaxPower_Designs 4 года назад +1

    Noice! New lathe?!

  • @Typical.Anomaly
    @Typical.Anomaly 10 месяцев назад

    4:33 Burning my retinas through the screen lol

  • @aurum6527
    @aurum6527 4 года назад

    hey mario, check out what i made
    its a stone luigi you dident make it

  • @kyoto7616
    @kyoto7616 4 года назад

    Couple tacks here and there... Boom.

  • @TheRadChannel
    @TheRadChannel 4 года назад

    Hahahahahaha!! The ending killed me 🤣🤣👏👏

  • @undrachevr
    @undrachevr 4 года назад

    Ok now you're just showing off.

  • @robertwilliams8450
    @robertwilliams8450 Год назад

    polish the welds and it would look even better

  • @carlhaggard3792
    @carlhaggard3792 3 года назад

    The guy makes it look easy believe me it’s not

  • @mfaridkhanmfaridkhan8974
    @mfaridkhanmfaridkhan8974 3 года назад

    very nice ډېرښائسته

  • @RatRatRattyRatRat
    @RatRatRattyRatRat 3 года назад

    I'd kick the ever loving heck out of that

  • @Ernie-zk3gb
    @Ernie-zk3gb 10 месяцев назад

    The whole process, very cool. Well done.

  • @GazEdwards8690
    @GazEdwards8690 2 года назад

    Can I have dimensions please or the plates

  • @genkidama7385
    @genkidama7385 3 года назад

    next vidio how to shoot the aluminiom ball

  • @michaelsimrell8575
    @michaelsimrell8575 4 года назад

    those weld beads gimme a chubby

  • @JacuzziSurfer
    @JacuzziSurfer 4 года назад

    Wow that’s sick!

  • @ohmslaw6856
    @ohmslaw6856 3 года назад

    @2:00.. super mario shrinking

  • @av8tore71
    @av8tore71 4 года назад

    I'm an airplane mechanic and use 7075 aluminum. With the copper content 7075 is made of and makes it very hard to weld. Can you weld 7075??

  • @spraybomb1
    @spraybomb1 4 года назад

    Woah woah woaaahhh....CNC lathe?!? Where you been hiding that, huh?!? Mister “I’m too good to show off all my toys to my adoring fans”! That is a sweet ball though. Good job!

  • @DavidG2P
    @DavidG2P 3 года назад

    totally useless but utterless beautiful

  • @mattaomartinez.9817
    @mattaomartinez.9817 4 года назад

    Some might find this video silly. But 6061 is just dropping tons of fabrication tech on all the kids, without saying a single word.

  • @hamps856
    @hamps856 4 года назад

    6061 here is a project for you.. Technically speaking this, i.e. Soccer Ball is a "Truncated Icosohedron". It has "dihedral angles of 142.623 where the pentagons intersect the heaxagon and 138.19 where the hexagons intersect. It's miter angles are 18.6867 where the pentagon and hexagons intersect. And, 20.9052 where the hexagons intersect. You should mill the pieces these miters and then assemble. Once assembled put it in a lather and turn it into a sphere. That would be a great project. I've done this in wood several times. Good job on this project. Very interesting.

  • @BRUXXUS
    @BRUXXUS 4 года назад

    Oooh! Do a volleyball next! Maybe bowling ball?
    JK. Fantastic work, as always. Not only are your welding and fabrication skills incredible, but also your filming and editing. Top notch!

  • @TheoTHERON_SA
    @TheoTHERON_SA 3 года назад

    I struggle to tack weld my Alu pieces. At what Amps do you tack them so easily sir? My pieces 'melt away' from each other, not 'towards to' each other 😢

  • @nextchapter2343
    @nextchapter2343 4 года назад

    kicks the ball thank me later 7:41

  • @crazyrat51
    @crazyrat51 4 года назад

    You are one of the VERY few people on RUclips to tighten ALL of the fingers of a lathe or drill chuck!...I was taught to do this by an old very good machinist...

  • @lakojake4215
    @lakojake4215 3 года назад

    Damn you, coin!
    Also, you should replace the plug with an air valve and put the proper psi in there.

  • @DJ-fn3jm
    @DJ-fn3jm 4 года назад

    Excellent job. I was thinking someone needs to kick that.
    Can I buy one of those? That would be the perfect gift for someone I know. Perfect for engraving.

  • @generalgod4326
    @generalgod4326 4 года назад

    Now their needs to be a game

  • @6miler
    @6miler 4 года назад

    Awesome work, beautiful shop. I made a similar project out of steel. Turned it into a fire pit. I just had to take it out and kick it around the yard, it was fun up until the cracks got filled with dog shit. Well I guess you live and dont learn lol.

  • @JlerchTampa
    @JlerchTampa 4 года назад

    3:41 A naked hand is exposed to all of us, it is an Honor! :) Also, I like to think you flipped the coin until you got the 'right' answer and that is the version added to this video! Love the work as always!

  • @bent540
    @bent540 4 года назад

    wonderball

  • @bobbiac
    @bobbiac 4 года назад

    Really cool! Kind of wish you welded the inside to keep the seam gaps tho.

  • @arthurhedberg7995
    @arthurhedberg7995 4 года назад

    You need to fabricate a workboot. The stitching could be different weld beads and the lacing could be molded filler rod.

  • @n2daair23
    @n2daair23 2 года назад

    Awesome work! Just curious how long has it taken you to develop such an amazing shop! I’m getting there, but I can only dream of a shop like this!