Making polygons for sheetmetal practice

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I got tired of welding coupons, so I cut a bunch of triangles and am making some cool polygons for practice. This one's a "Stellated Dodecahedron" It's cold rolled steel sixteen gauge and the triangles are three inches on a side, it took sixty triangles to make this and took me about five hours to tack it up and then weld it up with my TIG machine. It's about the size of a soccer ball. The welds are so-so, but with seven and a half linear feet of weld it's a good way to practice, and is a more efficient use of your sheet metal, as you weld on all sides of each triangular coupon. Last edited by insterno; 02-21-2011 at 07:08 PM.
Reply:Hey insterno,Now, that is interesting. I do commend your engagement of grey matter to tackle TIG applications to refine your skills. Your level of competence will rise significantly with each type of configuration you can muster to test your TIG mettle. Good start.... keep it up & post your progress.DennyComplete Welding/Machine/Fab. ShopMobile UnitFinally retired*Moderator*"A man's word is his honor...without honor there is nothing.""Words are like bullets.... Once they leave your muzzle, you cannot get them back."
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Reply:Great idea, and good learning tool.      Like someone said, let it rust and sell it as some art sale...   You'd get $200 for the unique creation.    Ed J.
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Reply:Paint that a cool shade of red....paint numbers on it, sell it to a gamer a a giant die....you'll get 100$ easy.