Original poster: gary350@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Have you ever watched Jessy James on cable TV. I saw him build a
fuel tank for a chopper motor cycle like this. Jessy James cut the
2 metal plates into a water drop shape and welded them together. He
heated it in an oven then blew it up with an air hose. This gave me
the idea of making spheres and toroids. I have no oven so I decided
to use charcoal its easy and cheap. I heli arc welded the metal
plates together gave it a test and it worked. Sorry I did not take
any pictures mostly because I had both hands full and was not sure
it would really work very well my first try. The welds held fine
and they did not leak or blow out. I let the air in slow so not to
cool the metal I wanted the metal to stay soft like rubber. When
it appeared to be blown up completely I quit putting in the air.
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>With 30 years of metal working experience under my belt, I have to
say >this:
>Making toroids this way? I`d have to see it before I beleive it.
>I don`t think that anybody with much metal working experience would
>bother to try, so, untill I see evidence that this method has
>actuallt been tested, I warn everybody against trying to do it.
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>But I could be wrong, of course, so: will you pls. supply a picture
>of the finished product to the list.
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>Cheers, Finn Hammer
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>>Gary Weaver
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