chinese balls

[Tony Morton]

Hi Fellow Woodies
Can anyone tell me where I can get Crown Hand tools for making chinese balls.
cheers Tony

[RETIRED]

Gooday, try Garry Pye in Brisbane.

[sandman]

Check out Mik International in Adelaide, They not only carry Crown tools, but often have them on sale!
It's on the web:www.mik.com.au
Their new store is great! Could spend hours there not to mention $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$!
Good luck,
Sandman.

[JackoH]

No Jokes.....Amazing!

[Harry II]

Not with a ten foot barge pole.

Can I have a please explain on the Chinese balls?

[Wayne Davy]

I think he is refering to those carved/fretwork type balls with a ball inside containing another ball and so on. Just a guess.

[John Saxton]

Ahh So!

[Tony Morton]

hi woodies
thanks for the info but neither garry pye or mik has crown hand tools on their catalogue

good turning Tony

[Jean Michel]

Hi Tony,

I have the Crown chinese ball tool and i figure it is not the best tool I have bought up to now... If you are in the making of chinese balls you probably have or have access to David Springett's book "Woodturning Wizardry" He gives some nice informations on making your own tool.

This kind of tool fits one size balls only as you probably know. the Crown tool is for 2 1/2" diameter balls.

Have fun!

Jean.:)

My little site... (http://www.jeanmichel.org)

[Mik]

Originally posted by Tony Morton
hi woodies
thanks for the info but neither garry pye or mik has crown hand tools on their catalogue

good turning Tony

Just letting you know we (Mik International) have the David Springett/Crown Chinese Ball tools listed in our web site www.mik.com.au in the "Turning Tools;Misc." category (they were only added last week, although we have had the tools for a long while).

Regards,
Mik International