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Nolan’s Ball
Jul 29, 2012
My niece’s son recently had his first birthday, and I wanted to make him a toy. He derived his name from Nolan Ryan of baseball fame, so I decided, why not a BALL. This was my first ball, and first segmented lathe work. I learned a lot, and need to learn a lot more. The woods are maple (lettering), madrone, acacia (local yard tree), and bubinga. Finish is shellac.
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I started with the hardest layer.
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A trip to the shooting board ensures tight joints.
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Turned from faceplate, with cup tailstock support. Then parted off of faceplate, and turned between faceplate cup and tailstock cup.
Comments
As my students say at school. "That looks sick!" Which of course means very cool.
Nice job on the ball. I am interested in the lathe. Is it your own design? If so, could you part with some details as to how it was conceived and constructed? Thanks
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