Ball turning accessory

[Mitchell Cholewinski]

High everyone. I was wondering if any of you turners ever heard of a lathe accessory that was used on the lathe when wanting to turn a ball. I heard from someone that they were common years ago but no longer available, at least in his knowledge. Can anyone tell me anything about this? Mitch

[Brian Brown]

What timing. I just found this from Vermec. I think it may be what you are looking for.

[Bruce Shiverdecker]

Hey Brian. Whatever you found didn't show up.

Bruce

[Pete Jordan]

Where did you find it Brian?

[Gary Garmar]

Need for information on where to find this attachment, Brian.
Thanks.

[Bob Justin]

All, I did a Google on "Sphere Cutting Jig" and came up with http://vermec.tripod.com/id1.html that has a picture of this little gem.:)

Hope it helps.

[Ben Gastfriend]

I found a PDF info sheet on this one, but it's $325! I'll let you decide for yourself, but unless you're going to be doing hundreds of balls, I'd just get a new gouge and a video on how to make spheres!

http://vermec.tripod.com/PDFs/spherecuttingjig.pdf

[Bernie Weishapl]

Yep that is a bit pricey. I guess I will stick with the gouge as Ben said.

['Tam' Porter]

Hi all. I have been using ball turning jigs for a couple of years now, all constructed from the design in "David Springett's" book Woodturning Wizadry (http://www.woodcraft.com/family.aspx?FamilyID=5724) very easy, and not expensive to make, and all from timber or MDF board, apart from the HSS cutter.

[Brian Brown]

Where did you find it Brian?

Sorry, my mistake. It was Vermac, not Vic Mark. The link is http://vermec.tripod.com/imagelib/sitebuilder/misc/show_image.html?linkedwidth=actual&linkpath=http://www.vermec.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/spherecuttingjig.jpg&target=tlx_new

[John Terefenko]

Tam

That where I seen a gaget like that. I was racking my brain. Looks like it would do the same thing. Look at the spheres he turns out. Besides you can save yourself $315.79:)