Adam Savage Takes the Aluminum Foil Ball Challenge!

Summary by Krater

Adam Savage spends over three hours pounding an industrial roll of tin foil with a hammer to sculpt it into a solid aluminium sphere, before cutting, sanding, and polishing it.

From the video

Answers: How do you make a solid sphere out of tin foil?

• aluminum ball making
• tin foil crafting
• metal hammering techniques
• metal polishing

What it concludes

• Using 250 feet of tin foil is too much for a beginner to handle and leads to outer cracking.
• Compacting the central layers better while building the ball prevents outer fissures from forming.
• A tin foil ball hammered and polished can achieve a remarkably smooth metal finish.