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Dick Carlson of Hastings, MN made a banana out mild steel.  I 
think he took strips of mild steel, tapered them and welded 
them together to get the gross shape. To get the slight bulge 
on the "sides", he filled it with water, then welded it 
shut.  Then he let nature do the work for him--he put in the 
freezer.  The slight expansion of ice forming inside caused 
the sides to bulge out.  It was a very realistic, natural 
shape afterwards.

-Rick