Titanium Balls - Part 2

This is the "Part 2" of the Blog post I wrote yesterday on Titanium Balls.

I showed you the experimenting and making of big and small titanium balls.

Today is the next iteration. It's a slightly larger ball (54mm diameter) and a fairly thick wall.

Let's take a look at the process of making it (because, honestly, it's been a bit of a challenge and some very long weekends to get it done).

Here's how the ball starts - a solid chunk of Titanium Round Bar:

Here's the finished ball.

Now, confession:

I initially only use the magnets as a way to hold the two halves together. But, turns out, it's really nice to fidget with and rotate/click. So, of course, I'm having a play with the next iteration of what a ball may be like with it specifically designed to fidget with.

So we now have three Titanium Ball prototypes.

I know what I'm trying next (hopefully this weekend) and it should become something I can actually offer you.

The truth is...

I feel like I've barely scratched the surface with what can be done here.

The reason for this is we literally have very little to offer. Our machines are absolutely flat out and we're basically only ever one day ahead (yes, believe it or not, when you see something dropping on the website ...it typically came off the CNC that morning!).

I will of course email out when I know what we're going to offer - so hang in there for a little bit.