TIG Welding Aluminum Fabrication - Soccer Ball Football

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
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[@spkrman15]

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

[@arch5281]

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

[@prdoohan]

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

[@SilverWedge]

It had to done. GOOOOOOOOAAAAAAL!

[@Kevin-gx8lc]

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

[@DaneSaysStuff]

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.

[@gmacka6333]

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

[@crazyrat51]

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

[@mattaomartinez.9817]

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

[@stefanczechorskidds5536]

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

[@shadricosuave]

You take welding to a completely different level. I'm amazed at the talent skill and experience to craft something so perfect as a round ball with all of those pentagons. You had to really spend time to get every curve just right. I'm a subscriber for life. I love to see these things and I hope you bring us more. I learned to weld last year and I am terrible at it. So this motivates me.

[@garthbutton699]

I'm truly speechless,your really setting the bar high.

[@Ernie-zk3gb]

The whole process, very cool. Well done.

[@alexraccuia7550]

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

[@PhilVandelay]

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

[@sausage5849]

Impressive welding and engineering!

[@quadraxisdominator7364]

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

[@Mr215Alive]

Glad you welded all of it. Looks better

[@SkandranonOwens]

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

[@HappyHarryHardon]

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

[@Ayah4304]

The master of Aluminum welding.

[@ryancaugust]

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]

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

[@oliverjd26]

Should sell ad space on the welding gloves! : )

[@wacohillcrest2010]

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!

[@aerobyrdable]

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

[@desertratz2992]

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

[@youngduckpark9333]

Very good 👍 i am Korean welger

[@nathangan806]

Another awesome video! thanks 6061

[@ryannicolini5370]

Very talented fabricator/welder. Mad skillz sir!!!!

[@stupidsignals2363]

Believe me I am a Blacksmith in my real life i do my work very well but i will feel lucky if i ever gonna get a chance to learn welding from you man.

[@NSW]

This is so sick! What a professional you are!

[@welder5033]

You are always killing It Aaron !! Great job

[@FrankPSF]

This guy has the most steady hand I've ever seen. There's no way I would ever be able to weld like this ... unfortunately!

[@Nevoytbn]

Oh my God! It's magnificent process!!!

[@hamps856]

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.

[@jcims]

Are you related to this old guy named Tony?

[@glidercoach]

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

[@Thespecimenhunter]

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

[@danielcurtiss7891]

I love your videos!!! By far my favorite welding related channel! So much skill, so much awesome and very entertaining!

[@adambergendorff2702]

Great build!

[@kfiatooh666]

I like the first, non-welded one the most :)

[@172satoshi]

Those are some clean welds

[@TrampusWingo]

A great idea, nicely executed.

[@igor_welder]

realy nice work in aluminium! hi from germany

[@fabiangarcia5503]

5:03 "the flaming welder" great as always

[@julianmahoni7618]

Nice work man.

[@bruinflight]

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]

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

[@roberttaylor9029]

My son plays competitive soccer and would love one of these

[@wippip]

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

[@Roverlon96]

Your work is simply stunning!!

[@josephhenninger1064]

Always a fun moment here and there

[@mickellis8747]

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

[@thehaze1972]

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

[@henrikm4657]

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

[@Jimmeh_B]

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!

[@dalea1691]

Great how you got each piece the right curve to it.👍

[@matthasaname]

Why did I wait so long to hit that subscribe button!? I love all these videos!!!

[@ohmslaw6856]

Extremely impressive

[@sergiomiranda1337]

Great that you showed the whole process. I'm still figuring out if you are a great welder or a great artist. Or both?

[@tiagolomar]

Man your skills are amazing........

[@JlerchTampa]

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!

[@spraybomb1]

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!

[@zeermz450]

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

[@waltcomotorsports3994]

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

[@moebaradaaji864]

Wow man is very talented keep up the great work 👍

[@GraditelMacedonia]

Master of Aluminium!

[@jean-philippestiee3527]

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

[@simonjdouglass1978]

I was thinking about a soccer ball the other day and here it is.

[@Kevin.L_]

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.

[@es47]

That looks awesome good job glad ya welded it full

[@BrilliantDesignOnline]

An Artiste.

[@spencer5082]

Stunning!!!

[@milliondollar2981]

Starting bid on Ebay is $75,000us

[@SuperMadpom]

Cheaper than toilet roll then!

[@SquirrelsForAll]

Just wow! So impressive.

[@forjw2google135]

good weld job 👍

[@bartszwarc5433]

What a great job!!!

[@davemay6014]

Amazing to watch.

[@galaxxyi8625]

What an amazing football ⚽️

[@JacuzziSurfer]

Wow that’s sick!

[@BRUXXUS]

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!

[@jellyhands3173]

Pro welding skills

[@BigSmiles214]

You do bad ass work

[@JohnnyRottenest]

Love this channel.

[@Bachuzzz]

BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@PANTYEATR1]

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.

[@filipe1713]

You are so good Congratulations

[@kssn_alj3543]

The kick at the end is what waited for 😆😆

[@gmacka6333]

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

[@matthewcollingwood]

We have a soccer ball in the workshop at college. Always wanted to know how it’s done

[@lalchandra4590]

Welding artist.

[@Unknown_Industries_]

Awesome work 👌

[@binhwoycke5018]

The ending part was hilarious 🤣😂😆

[@DJ-fn3jm]

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.

[@mfaridkhanmfaridkhan8974]

very nice ډېرښائسته

[@CracklenPop]

Oh snap a 7+ minute video!

[@80MTh]

Magnifico! I wait to see how last piece will be welded... And i didn't see it )))

[@doingstuffwithdan9692]

Kick it to me! kick it to me! Nice work!

[@ljdm1956]

I'm jealous, wish I had 1/2 of the tools/toys you have at your disposal, lol

[@lourias]

Nice beads!!!!!

[@judeson3995]

Ur so good at it! Wow! Plus the bonus scene XD

[@lakojake4215]

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