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Ball turning tutorial?
Divided he ad:
Hi Fred :wave: Long time no see :)
Your kind of stuff this ehh? You should have a good chat with Larry :thumbup:
Thanks for the link, I'll have a good look at it when my eyes arn't quite so heavy ::)
Ralph.
Ralph.
madjackghengis:
I've got to say, this is the best ball turning demonstration I've seen, the simplest set up, easiest to align, set up to spec, and start turning, and one of the best methods of putting the power right over the strongest part of the lathe bed while working. I've had lots of plans, and looked at many ideas, but this is the ball turning setup I am going to replicate. It's almost too simple to be true, but most of the time, a difficult question gets the simplest answer. I am taken!! thanks much for the video and the idea Mad Jack :thumbup:
Divided he ad:
Hi Mad Jack,
Glad you like the vid' :thumbup: This is in my opinion as in yours a very simple and awesome tool.
It was the first tool I made with and for my lathe and I've never wanted another version of radius turner since.
All the links for Steve Bedair's plans etc are in my video descriptions on my youtube pages. The only things I changed were the depth of the base, the steps on the turret and the tip design.
All the tip info is in the "mini ball turner" thread I did a while back. I think it's in project logs?
Ralph.
Nowicki:
I got the turret done and cut the base to go on my plunge. The turret is larger than the one I was going to use, 3". I plowed off some of the radius on one side so the set screws don't have to go through as much metal The base turned out fine but for not taking into account the base and turret would be almost parallel to the tail center. When I went to measure the height of the tool holder I can only do a ball about 1/4". I'll be modifying the base to ride alongside the plunge to give room for the tool holder. Haven't decided weather I will heat and bend a piece of bar stock, cut and weld the pieces or mill and bolt one together. I'm leaning toward bending the stock but not sure if I can make the bends right.
Divided he ad:
Hi Larry,
are you talking about bending bar stock for the tool tip holder ?
I would be careful if that is the case, it might change the properties of the metal and make it do odd and possibly dangerous things?
If you're talking about the handle then it's not so bad.
I made my tool tip holder from an old piece of garage door. The lifting arm, 50mm square and 12mm thick.
The height sure would be limiting if a 1/4" ball is all it can achieve! Hope you can remedy that one easily? :dremel:
Just wanting all tools to be safe :thumbup:
Looks like your having fun designing it around your machine though :)
Ralph.
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