FC Posted June 24, 2013 Report Share Posted June 24, 2013 http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200415218_200415218 I want to make a bench out of golf club heads like I saw at an art store. Pretty neat, but I need "hands", an articulating set of clamps, to hold the shortened iron golf club heads. The link above is the only thing I could find. I'd need two, and would have to mount them to my sawhorses. Will this be the best bet, or any other ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken98k Posted June 24, 2013 Report Share Posted June 24, 2013 Aren't the saw horse part of the clamp? Looks like a very handy tool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FC Posted June 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2013 No, they just clamp onto that sawhorse. Shouldn't be much of a problem to attach to a regular sawhorse. Another problem- I have to make two balls of golf club heads (flat on top) to support the bench seat. Now for how to make a decent globe shape... All the golf clubs are cut off with about 3 inches of shaft still on them. Eight are used for feet. Even the seat is made of these. I have an arc welder. MIG would be nice, but arc should do fine. The whole thing is spray painted. Pretty impressive. I might get a picture up on the site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karlunity Posted June 24, 2013 Report Share Posted June 24, 2013 I have never welded so this may not be helpful..but what the heck. Can you glue the pieces in place and then weld? karl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacrat Posted June 24, 2013 Report Share Posted June 24, 2013 Flatulant Fowl, Idea for globes is to use a sacrificial form inside. Place heads covering exterior of form like a mosaic. Quickly tack pieces and keep a spray squirty bottle handy so as not to melt form. After solidly tacking. Remove form from interior. Then weld. http://www.foamballinnovation.com/ Karl, glueing and welding are two processes that when mixed, rarely end well. To glue, pieces have to be touching at adhesive point. Same place welds must be. Can't weld over glue or any other contaminate. It just boils up in a bubbly tsunami of what is called "birdshit". JM2c Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karlunity Posted June 25, 2013 Report Share Posted June 25, 2013 Thank you sir. I learned something new. karl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FC Posted June 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2013 Neat. Guess you need a squirter assistant to put out those fires! Thanks for the link. I'm guessing I'll have to sandblast those clubs to get paint to stick. I bought 80 clubs at a buck each. The bench I saw runs $1100. Nope- not sold! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donmarkey Posted July 21, 2013 Report Share Posted July 21, 2013 Can't picture it. Can't you just hold the pieces in place with one hand and just tack them with the other? Or weld up a jig to hold them out of angle iron and you can reuse the jig for another one? Trying to visualize it. Don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FC Posted July 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2013 Don, I already bought the jawhorses that can hold plywood, and bought two of the clamps. Could I hold them? Yes, but to make a neat looking circle out of golf club heads I need something to hold them. At least the golf clubs were cheap here in golf land- $1 each! I bought about 80. The bench I saw was selling for something like $1400. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donmarkey Posted July 25, 2013 Report Share Posted July 25, 2013 They look kind of neat from the pics, let us know how they work. Still trying to picture a golf club bench, I'll have to google it. Don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FC Posted July 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2013 Not the greatest picture. It has two round "balls" of golf clubs supporting it, with the club heads for feet. Really neat. I may try making a back out of long clubs. Styrofoam balls for forms ran $45 each. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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