Thread: Wooden balls

Can't help with Sydney but there is a place in Prahran that sells them, it is a craft shop, smaller than lincraft but with heaps of gear, opposite Liquorland if you know anyone in the area.
I rarely go down that way but I would grab your balls for you if I was
There may be someone who lives in the area who may help, Spotlight is another option and The Warehouse sometimes have this kind of thing in their craft section.

Thanks Iain.

A little more research paid off. I see that Timbecon have some as do the Wood Works at Moorebank in Sydney. So I will go to Moorbank to pick up my balls

from howdy doody ?

Originally Posted by Iain

I rarely go down... but I would grab your balls...

That is what friends are for is it Iain?

Very gently of course

Originally Posted by jmk89

I am not talking about testicular cancer, but spheres made of wood.

Pinocchio has 2. (OK maybe 1)

I've a mate here who makes a quick quid in turning red-gum balls for dogs. They last a lot longer than tennis balls for some reason. I think he's settled on 3 basic sizes but I'm sure he'd do a one-off run if I asked. How many are you after?

You really should persist in trying to turn 'em yourself... they are fairly simple things to make once you master a few "tricks." The first one is always a pain, the next half-a-dozen grow easier.

Hi, There's an article in an old Australian Wood Revue where some clever sod made a jig for the lathe. It consisted of a length of, a flat bar bolted to the lathe bed with a few hole drilled through to hold the tool post at 1/2 the dia of the sphere IE 12ins ball = tool position 6ins away on dead centre, The tool holder was just a lump of hard wood which was cut in half and made to fit you parting tool (must be good fit) , tool secured by a bolt and wing nut. With the wood spinning the whole jig was swung in an arc- hey presto one ball - don't go over board with the sanding other wise a flat will develop.
Some other members might have the article. Please excuse any mistakes as this was all in my memory, I read this at the club house one arvo.
Regards Nuggett

Skew

How did your mate come up with the name for the products he turned?

Did he use his name: as in "Bob's balls for dogs, available in three sizes"

and then realise that it may be somehow innapropriate owing to the fact that some dog owners had regressive issues about having their dogs neutered and re-brand them

"Bob's balls, three sizes, dogs love them, chew them all day with no damage"

Realising that this may have lead to many mis-guided google searches maybe he re-branded them "Bob's Dog Balls - Red gum"

Woops - another google problem

Sorry to hijack the thread but try and google "red dog balls" and see what comes up

Originally Posted by BrisBen

Sorry to hijack the thread but try and google "red dog balls" and see what comes up

i dont think i want to no :eek:

Just for purposes of general information you blokes need to understand that MFKL doesn't work on wooden balls.

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Where have you been?
Ive been waiting for you to get here.

Al

Kind of you to wait, Al.

I hesitated before adding my contribution. I wanted to see first if this discussion was going anywhere useful. Regrettably it seems to be just the usual load of old balls.