Kathy Marshall
03-25-2012, 2:47 AM
Our club hosted an all day demo today with Keith Gotschall. The demo was great, learned a few tricks and Keith was a great demonstrator. He kept everyone interested, had plenty of stories and a good sense of humor. I'll be spending tomorrow with him and some other club members for an all day hands on class.
One of the projects he demo'd today was turning a perfect sphere, so when I got home I found a small hard maple spindle blank and cut off a piece and gave sphere turning a try.
This is the result. It's just under 2", sanded to 600 and no finish as of yet. It looks to be as close to a perfect sphere as it gets. Not sure what I'll do with it, but at least I know I can repeat it.
This shows it in the jam chuck I used. The fit was a little too good and I had to basically cut it out to free it. Once I cut it out, the fit was perfect and I was able to use it as is to finish turning the ball and do all of the sanding.
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The finished sphere.
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And just to show one use for keeping a big pile of shavings behind the lathe (make a really nice tool rack :D).
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Thanks for looking!
Comments and critiques are welcome.
One of the projects he demo'd today was turning a perfect sphere, so when I got home I found a small hard maple spindle blank and cut off a piece and gave sphere turning a try.
This is the result. It's just under 2", sanded to 600 and no finish as of yet. It looks to be as close to a perfect sphere as it gets. Not sure what I'll do with it, but at least I know I can repeat it.
This shows it in the jam chuck I used. The fit was a little too good and I had to basically cut it out to free it. Once I cut it out, the fit was perfect and I was able to use it as is to finish turning the ball and do all of the sanding.
227987
The finished sphere.
227988
And just to show one use for keeping a big pile of shavings behind the lathe (make a really nice tool rack :D).
227986
Thanks for looking!
Comments and critiques are welcome.