[TheForge] RE: Tarnished brass

[dan tull]

I have mig'ed 'em.

I've started at the bottom, then stacked them as I weld on the inside of the 
cluster.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "robert hensarling" <rhrocker at hilconet.com>
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Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 10:49 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] RE: Tarnished brass


> This is good to hear.  I have several boxes of 1/2" and 5/8th's" ball
> bearings that I got from MCS I think, maybe from McCarr.  I wasn't looking
> forward to annealing all of them to make grape clusters.
> Speaking of which, anyone have any ideas as to how this is easily done? I
> had read about one method was to take a bowl of moist sand, and using my
> hand make an indention to symbolize the front 1/2 of a grape cluster. 
> Then
> place the ball bearings in the indention and TIG them from behind.
> Are there better ways?
> Robert
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Washington, Aubrey O." <awashington at ou.edu>
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>>>Ron asks:  I did anneal the bearing several times but does anyone 
>>>actually
> KNOW of a bearing exploding because of welding? <<
>
> I've welded ball bearings to make spring fullers, and various other items.
> I have never bothered to anneal and have never had one explode.  Of 
> course,
> that doesn't mean it has never happened....
>
> Aubrey
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