Thanks Thanks:  2
Likes Likes:  22
Needs Pictures Needs Pictures:  0
Picture(s) thanks Picture(s) thanks:  1
Page 1 of 2 12 LastLast
Results 1 to 15 of 17

Thread: Sphere Turnings

  1. 1st March 2018, 04:38 PM #1
    Pat's Avatar
    Pat
    Pat is online now Good Wood Ruined!
    Join Date
    Jan 2004
    Location
    Towradgi
    Posts
    4,839

    Default Sphere Turnings

    I received a Vermec Sphere Jig for my recent birthday. I have turned spheres by hand from 50mm to 150mm diameter in the past and the jig interest me.

    I totally bodged the first attempt, I did not have the jam chucks sorted and produced a lemon. No there is no pic, it is almost as ugly as my mug, so in the interest of public safety . . .

    I got the jam chucks sorted and revisited Guilio and Brendan's vids on the jig, saw where I had made errors and corrected my technique.NSW Rosewood Sphere.jpg My second effort, NSW Rosewood, 80mm diameter

    Today, I challenged myself to turn a Spherical Turned box. I had this offcut of Red Ash (I think) about the dimensions I wanted to play with, 73mm diameter.Practice 02.jpg

    I turned how Brendan did and still had some minor issues, but was able to correct them. Tool control to reduce spigots 50+mm over the tool rest is interesting. I got the magic spiral Practice 03.jpg

    Luckily, there was enough meat to remove that and still end up with sphere.Practice 04.jpg

    I removed the majority of the spigot with a hand saw, then a 12mm skew in scraping mode. Practice 05 (1).jpg

    Of course the bottom cracked when some ham fisted oaf rechucked it. Practice 06.jpg

    But I managed to save it . . . Practice 09.jpg Practice 11.jpg Practice 12.jpg


    I am happy with the jig.
    Pat
    Work is a necessary evil to be avoided. Mark Twain
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  2. 1st March 2018 04:38 PM # ADS
    Google Adsense Advertisement
    Join Date
    Always
    Location
    Advertising world
    Posts
    Many





     
  3. 1st March 2018, 05:03 PM #2
    chambezio's Avatar
    chambezio
    chambezio is offline Burnt Out Chip
    Join Date
    Feb 2009
    Location
    moonbi nsw Aus
    Age
    69
    Posts
    2,065

    Default

    Why are the vids we watch always make the activity look so easy to duplicate????. Pat your perseverance was worth while, it looks good from here. I have thought of making the apparatus but that is as far as I have got....thought. Its still a bit hot to do anything in the shed even with evaporative cooling.
    Just do it!

    Kind regards Rod
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  4. 1st March 2018, 06:14 PM #3
    Pat's Avatar
    Pat
    Pat is online now Good Wood Ruined!
    Join Date
    Jan 2004
    Location
    Towradgi
    Posts
    4,839

    Default

    Rod, as a tool maker, I am good at turning mallets. Anything more complex, then I'll pay for someone's expertise.
    Pat
    Work is a necessary evil to be avoided. Mark Twain
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  5. 1st March 2018, 06:49 PM #4
    aldav
    aldav is offline GOLD MEMBER
    Join Date
    May 2011
    Location
    Albury
    Posts
    3,039

    Default

    I s'pect it would be very easy to start out with something the size of a bowling ball and end up with a marble. Glad I'm not a turner!

    The box is very attractive. Nice work.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  6. 1st March 2018, 08:02 PM #5
    Pat's Avatar
    Pat
    Pat is online now Good Wood Ruined!
    Join Date
    Jan 2004
    Location
    Towradgi
    Posts
    4,839

    Default

    Dave, have you been watching me turn?

    I am an eggspert in making big lumps of wood spin into matchsticks
    Pat
    Work is a necessary evil to be avoided. Mark Twain
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  7. 2nd March 2018, 09:05 AM #6
    Paul39
    Paul39 is offline GOLD MEMBER
    Join Date
    Sep 2008
    Location
    North Carolina, USA
    Posts
    2,327

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by chambezio View Post
    Why are the vids we watch always make the activity look so easy to duplicate????.
    They do not show the balls that look like misshaped goose eggs, or video the ball sailing majestically into the neither regions of the shed after a massive catch.
    So much timber, so little time.

    Paul
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  8. 2nd March 2018, 09:12 AM #7
    chambezio's Avatar
    chambezio
    chambezio is offline Burnt Out Chip
    Join Date
    Feb 2009
    Location
    moonbi nsw Aus
    Age
    69
    Posts
    2,065

    Default

    It reminds me of that old story about a brother who wanted to make something for another brother's birthday. When unwrapping the parcel a tooth pick was the gift. Then the brother admitted...."Well, I started off making a coffee table but I ran into a bit of trouble then I started to make....well in the end the only material I had left was enough to make this tooth pick"

    I think we have all been there if we are honest
    Just do it!

    Kind regards Rod
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  9. 2nd March 2018, 10:07 AM #8
    NCArcher's Avatar
    NCArcher
    NCArcher is offline The Laird
    Join Date
    Jan 2007
    Location
    Katoomba NSW
    Posts
    4,774

    Default

    Very nice Pat. The rosewood one looks particularly good.
    For inspiration, check out Frank Howarths videos on the 8 ball and the death star.
    Those were the droids I was looking for.
    https://autoblastgates.com.au
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  10. 2nd March 2018, 02:51 PM #9
    pommyphil
    pommyphil is offline SENIOR MEMBER
    Join Date
    Feb 2008
    Location
    Nth of Newcastle
    Age
    77
    Posts
    811

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by NCArcher View Post
    Very nice Pat. The rosewood one looks particularly good.
    For inspiration, check out Frank Howarths videos on the 8 ball and the death star.
    David Springett is also worth a look for the aspiring sphere turner https://www.youtube.com/results?sear...rning+wizardry
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  11. 7th March 2018, 08:04 PM #10
    Pat's Avatar
    Pat
    Pat is online now Good Wood Ruined!
    Join Date
    Jan 2004
    Location
    Towradgi
    Posts
    4,839

    Default

    Here is today's offering, Southern Silky Oak. 82mm diameter.Southern Silky Oak.jpg
    Pat
    Work is a necessary evil to be avoided. Mark Twain
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  12. 7th March 2018, 08:14 PM #11
    dai sensei's Avatar
    dai sensei
    dai sensei is offline Wandering in search of timber
    Join Date
    Apr 2005
    Location
    Nerang Queensland
    Age
    66
    Posts
    10,766

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Pat View Post
    Here is today's offering, Southern Silky Oak. 82mm diameter.
    well done mate
    Neil
    ____________________________________________
    Every day presents an opportunity to learn something new
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  13. 8th March 2018, 11:20 AM #12
    Skew ChiDAMN!!'s Avatar
    Skew ChiDAMN!!
    Skew ChiDAMN!! is offline Dances with splinters
    Join Date
    Jul 2005
    Location
    Oberon, NSW
    Age
    63
    Posts
    13,360

    Default

    Looking good, Pat!

    So... you started compiling a list of 'mates' who want to borrow it yet?
    I may be weird, but I'm saving up to become eccentric.

    - Andy Mc
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  14. 8th March 2018, 12:23 PM #13
    Pat's Avatar
    Pat
    Pat is online now Good Wood Ruined!
    Join Date
    Jan 2004
    Location
    Towradgi
    Posts
    4,839

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Skew ChiDAMN!! View Post
    Looking good, Pat!

    So... you started compiling a list of 'mates' who want to borrow it yet?
    Only if they have a Yellow Peril
    Pat
    Work is a necessary evil to be avoided. Mark Twain
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  15. 8th March 2018, 06:49 PM #14
    Skew ChiDAMN!!'s Avatar
    Skew ChiDAMN!!
    Skew ChiDAMN!! is offline Dances with splinters
    Join Date
    Jul 2005
    Location
    Oberon, NSW
    Age
    63
    Posts
    13,360

    Default

    Lucky me!
    I may be weird, but I'm saving up to become eccentric.

    - Andy Mc
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  16. 8th March 2018, 07:22 PM #15
    Pat's Avatar
    Pat
    Pat is online now Good Wood Ruined!
    Join Date
    Jan 2004
    Location
    Towradgi
    Posts
    4,839

    Default

    Latest in the saga, some ham fisted yokel managed to have a "significant" catch.

    Let's just say, after hollowing out with a bowl gouge, I set up the jig to make the final cuts and the stuff up fairy caught up with me.Bent 01.jpg
    Bent 03.jpg

    A very late in the day email to Vermec and thanks to Nadine and Enzo for supplying a solution. Off to the post office tomorrow morning.

    Lesson learnt, Sydney Blue Gum requires very gentle cuts, you great big yokel!
    Pat
    Work is a necessary evil to be avoided. Mark Twain
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
Page 1 of 2 12 LastLast
« Previous Thread | Next Thread »

Similar Threads

  1. Sphere boxes
    By Sculptured Box in forum BOX MAKING
    Replies: 0
    Last Post: 17th March 2010, 12:05 PM
  2. Sphere Cuttig Jig
    By Big_B in forum WOODTURNING - GENERAL
    Replies: 4
    Last Post: 7th January 2009, 07:51 PM
  3. Sphere - in - a - Cube
    By Les in Red Deer in forum SCROLLERS FORUM
    Replies: 10
    Last Post: 8th September 2008, 02:19 AM
  4. Turning a Sphere
    By pigoo3 in forum WOODTURNING - GENERAL
    Replies: 19
    Last Post: 26th December 2006, 09:00 PM
  5. Hollow Sphere
    By xplsives in forum METALWORK FORUM
    Replies: 11
    Last Post: 13th December 2006, 04:02 PM

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  

Forum Rules