Lathe Ball Making Tool

One common example would be a smokebox door.

Lathe ball making tool.

If you want to use those tips that is. 1 using the tool the omw radius ball turning tool is designed to cut convex radii ball shapes on a variety of materials. The heavy duty construction and flexible configuration allow you to turn spheres from 1 inch to 14 inches in diameter on most lathes from 10 to 25. Metal lathe projects lathe tools homemade lathe homemade tools lathe accessories 3d cnc metal working tools turning tools machine tools.

Tool are the outer frame the inner frame the handle the shank the tool bit and the tool bit set screw. In i ve seen many ball turning designs as i read through the back issues of. Mounted on a 12x12mm upright. The omw lathe radius turning tool is sized for lathes of 5 or greater swing and the shank size will fit.

Brass plastic aluminum steel wood this style of turner i can create a ball up to 1 1 4 inch round. This is my finished ball and knob turner. Using the tool you can make ornamental balls on the end of handles. Balls in the ends of rods shafts or handles are easily turned with the tool.

You can make knobs out of any material you want. Free metalworking project plans. Make sure this fits by entering your model number. Vbmt 16 04 08 ur are the tips i used in the 9 20 version shown in the video.

A ball turning attachment is an easy way of making a round shape. This fits straight onto the cross slide of your lathe machine for quick turning of cones and balls. Comes with a 1 indexable tnmg16 insert for best turning finish and results. Maximum ball diameter possible is 38 mm the head can be adjusted for different ball sizes.

The tool in the video was the first tool i ever made for my lathe best tool i ever made i used steve bedairs plans and slightly modified the base and the cutting tip. The perfect sphere tool is a sphere and concave turning system adaptable to most lathes on the market. Now the important bit. Using a ball turning attachment.

This method can make round shapes only limited by the swing of the lathe it is possible to make a surface that is part of a sphere of any diameter.