Not mine -interesting weld table build...bowling ball pivot

[an0nymous]

bowling ball socket, disc brake holder, jack for locking.

 

[Arps]

genius!

 

[drivesitfar]

some guys are just good making stuff out of odd "ball" things. looks like it works great for light stuff.

i'd probably buy a Versa Vice and have it hold a metal plate with a piece of angle iron welded to the bottom, but this bowling ball idea is interesting.

 

[Unmarked Bill]

Gotta make

 

[Professur]

Another ****** canuck

 

[Finky198]

Saw this video last week. I saw a bowling ball on the side of the road.... I slammed on the breaks and grabbed It. We have 2 old disc at the shop and an old bottle jack just gotta break out the plasma cutter and welder and put it together

 

[gungatim]

that is so f'ing cool I have to build one...maybe slip it under a floor drill press you could do all kinds of trick mounting...gotta find me a bowling ball...

 

[gungatim]

I just checked out some more of his videos, the arctic car is pretty cool too...wish I hadn't gotten rid of my old scrap snowmobiles, could build this easy and would have come in handy this year the 2nd snowiest winter in the history of the world.......

 

[DenisG]

Nice!

 

[an0nymous]

Hrmm .. it would be interesting to scribe (long/lat) degree lines on the ball, let you really dial in reproducible settings, and make the whole thing height-adjustable, independent of the locking jack.

 

[gc427]

That's a pretty awesome idea!

 

[Monte]

sweet !

 

[Jarhead0408]

Jean Claude van DAMMMMMMMMM! Maybe?

Awesome idea!

 

[NUTTSGT]

Quite the unusual idea to make something out of nothing.

 

[Steinmetz]

genius!

Agreed. Just loosen a few screws and you can still participate in the bowling league.

 

[zkling]

Seen this a few times over the years. Amazing idea and execution. What I think is most impressive is how he modified and set up the jack for twin lever actuation. I would have just gone with a cam, but the way he did that with the jack is just brilliant.

 

[Dale1962]

id like to know how to modify the jack like that. any help?

 

[Autorotica]

Hrmm .. it would be interesting to scribe (long/lat) degree lines on the ball, let you really dial in reproducible settings, and make the whole thing height-adjustable, independent of the locking jack.

Why not just mount a swinging type angle finder on 2 axis?

Chris

 

[warweapon762]

id like to know how to modify the jack like that. any help?

Looks like he was using a relief valve of some sort instead of a normal screw to bleed the jack.

 

[volleyball]

The jack is kinda dangerous. pump up too much and you may be picking ball out of your balls.
A spring loaded base and a lever to release would be much better.

 

[Big Bad Dad]

Really slick welding table !

I "borrowed" this link from the Slick 60's site. Just had to share. This is truly a brilliant idea!

 

[RonRock]

Re: Really slick welding table !

That's cool. Would be handy at times.

 

[DragPack69]

Re: Really slick welding table !

Thats been posted before, very cool.
I have everything to make this except the jack.
Anyone have a suggestion on where to aquire one?

John