Home-Made Tool

[Fredo]

Evening Gentlemen

Here's my version of a ball cutter. See pics. The cutting tool is a half inch round HSS bar ground to a fingernail tip and also ground flat across the top. This tool shear cuts at 45 degrees with the bevel rubbing (not a scraping cut) as you would with a spindle gouge. This gives a very clean cut, you can start sanding at 180-240. The ball in the chuck is as cut and not sanded.

[DJ’s Timber]

Looks very smicko there Fredo, can we get a close up of the tip looking at it straight on or from above

[TTIT]

Ditto to DJ's request - can't quite work out how you have the bevel rubbing from the pics. Very professional looking job Fredo :2tsup:

[Cliff Rogers]

Work in progress pics would be good too. :2tsup:

[hughie]

Fredo,
Excellent piece of work! 'Tres schmick' :2tsup:

[Gil Jones]

Great looking tool, Fredo, thanks!:2tsup:

[Fredo]

djstimber and TTIT - pics in more detail.

1. The Tool.

2. How the shaving comes off the blade - shear cut.

3. Live shot of tool cutting.

4. Tool from behind.

5. Overall shot, showing the orientation of the tool to the job.


Fredo

[DJ’s Timber]

Thanks Fredo, top looking tool :2tsup: and well made.

Consider the idea borrowed

[TTIT]

Ditto again! Thanks for the extra pics Fredo. Very well thought out, particularly the cutting tool - if I ever decide to make a pile of balls I will be copying your rig for sure :2tsup::2tsup::2tsup:

[rodent]

:oo: This is one of the best rigs i have seen and one of the simplest rigs . Great idea fan *%$ tastic .:2tsup: Love some more picks.

[joe greiner]

Extremely well done, Fredo. The second bar looks like it could function as a follower. Do you use it for other pattern work too?

Joe

[Cliff Rogers]

Good action shots Fredo. :2tsup:

[WOODbTURNER]

Fredo well done.
I thought I saw a similar set up before and remembered the one Enzo (Vermec) manufactures. See www.vermec.com