Hello folks! In this video I will be experimenting to make an emerging ball piece. This is something I have wanted to try for a while but never gotten round to it.
Starting with a blank approximately 20mm square by about 150mm long, mounted off centre to create the first hemisphere. The blank was then rotated by 90 degrees along its length to create the second hemisphere matching up with the sides of the first.
The results look like a ball emerging from a straight sided square piece of wood.
This was all done by eye so there was a lot of fettling and minor adjustment of the blank in the jaws during the process. A decent share of off camera sanding was done too.
Watch this space as my next one of this type, the ball itself will also be a hollow from! Also I will most likely make a half and quarter circle template to make sure it will be a perfect ball shape.
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00:00 - Intro
00:12 - Sycamore Maple - Mounting to lathe and getting set up
00:52 - Marking the centres and outline for sphere
01:21 - Removing material from the edge
02:23 - Marking and shaping the hemisphere
03:34 - Rotating blank to shape the second side
03:54 - Removing material from position 2
05:24 - Shaping second hemisphere
07:17 - Sanding and first look
07:47 - Close-ups
08:08 - Thanks for watching!
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Really nice quick project!!!
Thank you sir!
A different and interesting design. Congratulations
Thank you Mehmet! 😁
That was really cool to watch! Nice job.
Thanks Terry, glad you liked it! 😁
I've just watched all of this and still have no idea how you managed this. Superb piece of turning Tim. Take care mate. Cheers, Huw
Thank you Huw, this was one of those 'don't blink or even breathe' kind of projects 😂 Cheers mate!!
Ok, that's impressive ... let us know when you've built a dodecahedron with each leg having an emerging ball ! Way to go Tim ! Take care. -Mike
Cheers Mike!! That's definitely a project for the future 😂😂 Thanks for watching buddy, take care.
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Tasteful form❤
Thank you so much! 😁
Very neat my friend 😊
Thanks Jojo, much appreciated 😁
Salut Tim tu as beaucoup de patience et de la précision bravo 👍👏👋
Thanks for watching and the kind words, Denis! 😁
That is cool!
Thanks Grant!
Wonderfully technical bit of turning Tim, I don't think I could have done it without loosing my knuckles lol
I thought about this after Mark mentioned but it didn't actually need to stick out of the chuck at all really, adds to the excitement though ay 😂 Thanks for stopping by Mike!!
@@tfturning Always a pleasure my friend, you have such a beautiful turning style!
Wow man, that's pretty impressive work! Nice job. How about a balloon knot next?
Cheers buddy and a great suggestion!! #cigarcutter 😂
Fun stuff
Cheers Doug!
That's pretty cool Tim. I'd find it scary & knuckle bursting to try but I might put my big boy pants on & have a go......... possibly ! 😊
Thank you so much! To be fair, it doesn't have to overhang at all so it could definitely be done with a lot less madness flailing around. I didn't know where I was going with this at the start so left it on there just in case. The added danger is kinda exciting too 😂
90 процентов травм, начинаются после слов, смотри как я могу! 🤣👍
This is very true 😂😂
Nice job!! What do you actually use this for??
Thank you so much! There is no purpose beyond being a cool thing to hold. Also with it being an odd shape it doesn't look like something that could be made using a lathe. Makes people question how it's possible, especially wood turners. 😁
Why is the block such long in the first place?
I thought I would need more than I actually did. Plus, it's more exciting this way.
In. Credible. That had me guessing the whole way. And that was a long time to hold my breath. But why the assymetric length of wood? Am I i missing something obvious? (Feel free to enter your own joke there.) Thanks Tim, fascinating, informative and enjoyable as always.
Thanks Mark!! The length of wood was because after the initial part was made and the piece rotated, it's then only held in the jaws on one side by the part I didn't touch. Realistically, I probably could/should have cut the full length down to just clear the chuck but what can I say, this way is definitely more exciting 😂 Cheers mate!
This is Black Magic.
Quite possibly, yeah 😂
Nice one Tim. How did you even think to do that? 🤯
Thanks Ben! I actually saw one but on a bigger scale which needed all kinds of jigs to hold the wood, probably the reason I put it off for so long. Didn't realize it could be done with what I had. Cheers mate!
Wow!
Thanks for watching Andy!
Made me nervous that the piece would fly off!
Same, that's where some of the excitement is 😂 Thanks for watching!
You might need to practice a little whittling… that pencil sharpening job looks awful! Lol
You are absolutely right, it's bad and I should feel bad! In my defense.. nah, I got nothing! 😂