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Here are ladder rail decorative balls I turned on the lathe using my new ball turner. The old ball ends were plastic and cracked so I made two sets, one for my brother and one for myself.
I turned them out of aluminum and then anodized them and dyed them the Rit Dye color tan. They came out looking a lot like old brass. This will be a good test to see how well anodized parts processed with the sodium bisulfate anodizing solution and dyed with Rit clothes dye and then boil sealed will hold up to UV from the sun. Time will tell.
I turned them out of aluminum and then anodized them and dyed them the Rit Dye color tan. They came out looking a lot like old brass. This will be a good test to see how well anodized parts processed with the sodium bisulfate anodizing solution and dyed with Rit clothes dye and then boil sealed will hold up to UV from the sun. Time will tell.