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Thread: Hand tools and jaw balls
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3rd January 2012, 05:00 PM #1
Hand tools and jaw balls
Yeah..well you think of another title
Nice and quiet around the shed this morning ...(and the head's still a little tender from the other day)
So I decided to stay off the power tools and try this (white beech) male torso with just chisels...
I've posted up my bowling ball carving clamp before but I haven't used it for ages and had forgotten just how handy and maneuverable the thing is..so here it is again for those carvers that need a new gadget for 2012......a must have IMO..
The torso blank is about 700mm high and weighs about 12kgs and is only hot glued to the wood handle set in the ball...I've never had one break away even with a decent mallet and gouge bashing...
BTW...you don't need super jaws...fits in a bench vice just as easy..
what if the hokey pokey is really what it's all about?
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3rd January 2012, 06:30 PM #2
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4th January 2012, 12:16 AM #3
Wow, you do have big jaw balls Undie, great idea, when I get 5 min I'll knock one up (hmm 5min???) Thanks for the plan.
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4th January 2012, 08:50 AM #4
Its great, so is the ball. Did you baton screw the handle to the ball?
" We live only to discover beauty, all else is a form of waiting" - Kahlil Gibran
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4th January 2012, 03:09 PM #5
I trenched a section of the ball to take the 100mm wide bit of wood, then countersunk a couple of 6 inch coach screws into the ball....the ball has some sort of rubbery stuff underneath the hard skin that you screw into... and it deadens the mallet impact as well..(so you don't get as many chatter marks in the chisel cut)
what if the hokey pokey is really what it's all about?
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4th January 2012, 07:34 PM #6
Just look out for a bowling ball now. Quite a few choices on ebay:
bowling ball | eBay" We live only to discover beauty, all else is a form of waiting" - Kahlil Gibran
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4th January 2012, 07:36 PM #7
Just look out for a bowling ball now I suppose. Quite a few choices on ebay:
bowling ball | eBay" We live only to discover beauty, all else is a form of waiting" - Kahlil Gibran
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10th January 2012, 04:58 AM #8GOLD MEMBER
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Underfoot: That looks like a brilliant solution to a puzzle that I don't quite have yet!
1. Do you suppose there's any merit in making a smaller one (smaller ball?)
2. What's the jaw gripping material? Wood? Rubber?
3. As you work around the carving, moving it from vertical to horizontal and rolling it over, are there any uncomfortable times where the working height or direction is awkward?
Canadians play the 10-pin game and a 5-pin game with a smaller ball, possibly 20cm diameter or a bit less. Normally the balls are supplied at the venue so I might pay them a visit the next time I go to the city. Never hurts to ask.
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10th January 2012, 05:29 AM #9
1..The advantages of the big ball is that it has a much larger surface contact..less vibrations from mallet impact..also I can tighten it just enough to still move by hand (so I don't have to unlock jaws all the time) very handy when surface texturing.
2...the jaws are out of 6 inch steel pipe, with a leather strip glued on where it makes contact..(I posted up some sketches of how to make it ages ago..but not sure how to post link)
3...No..I alternate between standing and sitting a lot and can always seem to move the area I'm working on to the right position
what if the hokey pokey is really what it's all about?
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10th January 2012, 07:41 AM #10GOLD MEMBER
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That was quick! Thanks for all the information, much appreciated.
From your experience, I can now understand how mass matters.
I keep some carpenter's chisels for bashing through the occasional knot of 1-3cm
diameter, that would be about as hard and as often as I'd swing a 30oz mallet.
In western red cedar, the knots are as hard as bone, if not worse.
Rather short grocery list of things to find, that's even better.
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12th January 2012, 04:14 AM #11Member
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That is ingenious. Where did you come up with the concept?
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12th January 2012, 05:23 AM #12
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12th January 2012, 10:48 AM #13
Coolio. Simple design, which are always best and it is definitely big enough to impress visitors !
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26th January 2012, 11:43 AM #14
what if the hokey pokey is really what it's all about?
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26th January 2012, 12:25 PM #15
ANother great work undie, I love putting them back outside and letting nature finish them off.
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