Turning hollow wooden balls on a metal lathe.

schor

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A friend needed some hollow wooden balls for a game. Here's how he made them. I helped in taking the video.

[video=youtube;gjNzsh3aTv8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjNzsh3aTv8&feature=c4-overview&list=UUL9jxaVoguCp5RiUCFDZL9Q[/video]


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strap a vacuum hose to it

We didn't have one in the shop. It would have probably caused a fire in the vacuum instead of the pile of shavings under the lathe. Once the tool was ground a bit to make more clearance it worked perfectly though.
 
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