Lathe Ball Making Tool

You can also make ball joints governor weights railing knobs round contact points for tools nose cones and many other useful and decorative objects.

Lathe ball making tool.

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. This fits straight onto the cross slide of your lathe machine for quick turning of cones and balls. 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. One common example would be a smokebox door.

Make sure this fits by entering your model number. Using the tool you can make ornamental balls on the end of handles. If you want to use those tips that is. The perfect sphere tool is a sphere and concave turning system adaptable to most lathes on the market.

In i ve seen many ball turning designs as i read through the back issues of. How to make a metal lathe knob turner. Balls in the ends of rods shafts or handles are easily turned with the tool. A ball turning attachment is an easy way of making a round shape.

Metal lathe projects lathe tools homemade lathe homemade tools lathe accessories 3d cnc metal working tools turning tools machine tools. This is my finished ball and knob turner. Maximum ball diameter possible is 38 mm the head can be adjusted for different ball sizes. Using a ball turning attachment.

Now the important bit. Vbmt 16 04 08 ur are the tips i used in the 9 20 version shown in the video. 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. Tool are the outer frame the inner frame the handle the shank the tool bit and the tool bit set screw.

Free metalworking project plans. Ball turning toolpost lathe mill projects in metal llc. Brass plastic aluminum steel wood this style of turner i can create a ball up to 1 1 4 inch round. You can make knobs out of any material you want.

1 using the tool the omw radius ball turning tool is designed to cut convex radii ball shapes on a variety of materials.