Starballs

[Dale Lynch]

Hi fellas,here is my latest effort into woodturning wizardry.With a 80% failure rate,it's proving a challenge.Feels great to keep one together.

The plain one I messed around with a texturing tool.The sphere not being perfect caused problems keeping the tool in contact,so it jumped around a bit.

The fully colored one I was messing around with some new markers,orange,fushia,purple,and green.

Red,white,and blue theme with the birch for white on the third.

Orange and black,my daughters middle shool colors for the 4th one.

 

[Jim15]

I think those are awesome.

 

[Herb G]

I agree. Those are pretty awesome.

 

[Dale Lynch]

Thanks fellas,I'm glad you like them.

Already had my first offer,my wife's aunt said "I'd buy one if I saw it at a garage sale for 50 cents,but I'm El Cheapo"

Said to myself:Wow! guess who's not getting something for christmas.

 

[Marmotjr]

Impressive.

My google-fu is weak though. I need some linkies for how to's.

 

[Dale Lynch]

Detailed information on this and other stuff can be learned from the book Woodturning Wizardry.It almost takes you by the hand on everything involved into making one.



I use this type of spherical chuck to hold my work.I found it so much easier than tightning/loosening four screws like the chuck David uses in his book.
MagicalWoodProducts.com - Home

If you want to see what possibilities are possible then look here.He even has drawings to follow,but it hurts my brain trying.
https://sites.google.com/site/tourdeforcewoodturning/projects/project-j

Here is a video of another fantastic turner doing something a bit more advanced than a simple star.It gives you a good real time view of sphere based turning. It's in french,he's the first demonstrator
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D99Gg_R6mdE

 

[Marmotjr]

Thanks..... and yes my head hurts looking at these.