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22nd April 2019, 09:49 PM #1
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Sphere practice
I haven't turned any sphere's for a while and as with any other skill, if you don't keep practising, you loose the finer details.
So I turned a couple spheres. I rough turn, then refine with the Vermec Sphere Jig.
One is an offcut of Camphor and the other is a scrap of Spectraply.
Spectraply 19 low res.jpgCamphor 01 low res.jpgCamphor 02 low res.jpg
Spectraply 05 low res.jpgSpectraply 09 low res.jpgSpectraply 11 low res.jpgSpectraply 14 low res.jpgSpectraply 15 low res.jpgPat
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22nd April 2019, 11:39 PM #2
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Pat, I don't know the difficulties encountered while doing spheres, but they all look pretty good to me. Thanks for showing the work in progress.
I'm gonna guess they are all solid. If you are stacking gluing up the Spectraply, when you make the next one, make the blank longer. Cut it in half and hollow out each with a matching rabbet on each half? Glue it back together, and finish your sphere. If all measurements were correct, you would have a hollow sphere. Is that doable???............. Jerry (in Tucson)USA
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23rd April 2019, 06:53 AM #3
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Hello Jerry, a Spherical box, done them. They are actually easier to turn than a regular sphere, as long as you allow for the mortice and tenon, DAMHIKT!
Pat
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23rd April 2019, 08:30 AM #4
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Like theseIMG_20171231_152951980.jpg also done with the Vermec.
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24th April 2019, 07:15 PM #5
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Nice spheres Pat.
Do you find there is an eager market for them?.
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24th April 2019, 08:39 PM #6
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People like them, but they are a novelty, so not so eager for discretionary frivolities.
I've made a number on a commission basis, for martial artists and a mixed media artist, two totally different end uses.Pat
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24th April 2019, 10:44 PM #7
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luv the camphor one
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