Lathe Ball Turning Tool Plans

I built this radius ball turner a few years back and thought i should finally share what i learned.

Lathe ball turning tool plans.

This lathe ball turning tool is completely machined from solid metal stock there are no stamped cast or. In i ve seen many ball turning designs as i read through the back issues of. Using the tool you can make ornamental balls on the end of handles. New pdf drawings made by burt rosensweig for the ball turner here s a ball cutter i came up with for my 9 x 20 lathe.

The handle is tool steel the pivot pins are hardened and ground and rotate in custom bronze bearings. 1 using the tool the omw radius ball turning tool is designed to cut convex radii ball shapes on a variety of materials. Ball turning toolpost lathe mill projects in metal llc. This is actually the second radius turner i made the first was such a disaster that really settled in to research what other people did and apply.

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