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| Nowicki:
So I'm new here and very impressed with everything. This ball turning thing has me going. I want to do some for knife and dagger pommels. I saw the one for rounds but is there a tutorial for the other shapes????. I will be making the tool soon but plan to put it on a quick change tool post. |
| rleete:
Divided He ad (Ralph) is the king of turning fancy shapes. His posting is kind of sporadic, so it may be a day or two before he sees and replies. |
| Divided he ad:
Whey hey!! Hi Roger :wave: Sporadic Ralph has made an appearance :D Hi Larry :wave: If you want a vid' I'll be happy to make one :) If it was my video that led you here (awesome :thumbup: ) then you will probably have found Steve Bedairs site to help with the building/design? There is also my project log on the building of a mini version of the ball turner around here somewhere.... Search and ye shall find :thumbup: I can also help you with the set up and understanding of the tool itself. I've been using it for a few years now and think I've pretty much worked it all out since the first outings where I made some great looking metal acorns! :lol: I've got some stuff to make soon, but mostly small and fiddly....so I'll chuck up some larger stock, set up the camera and see if I can't make an informative vid'? Any shapes in particular or do you just want a straight forward vid' of me making random shapes in a bar? Ralph. |
| Nowicki:
A video would be great. I plan to use it to make guard spacers and pommel/but caps for swords and daggers. I plan some damascus letter openers and would like to do some fittings for them too. I bought a kit and turned some wood handles but I know I can do better for the fittings. Rounds and cones with some other shapes that would work. Some of the ones in the fishermans friend look great. I got some pommels a friend uses on his swords and will get a pict tomorrow. I have been hanging with some guys at the streetcar museum shop and when I told them about the tool they pulled out 2. One was in a box with 2 tool holders and would do up to a 5"ball. The other was never used but was smaller and could probably do up to a 1" ball. It could set in a quick change tool post. The small one has never been used. The other has seen some work. I think making one is in my near future. Help with the set up and understanding of the tool itself would be great. I also plan to do some sand castings in bronze and would like to have a machine finish on them. Looking forward to seeing how it's done. |
| Nowicki:
Here are 2 pommels but more shapes would be nice. This is just a start. Larry |
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