Wood Turning a Football
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- I have wood turned a football. I had thought the project would just be about the shape, but I found that with the seams in the pigskin and stitching on the ball there was quite a bit of inlaid work to be done. This would make a nice opportunity for a wood turned segmented football. I made the body of the ball out of some cherry wood that I cut up years ago. The seams of the ball are padauk and the big stitches of the ball are holly wood that I got from a neighbor last spring.
I built the main body of the ball from rings made from the cherry. Once the form of the ball was made, I use the CNC router to cut the inlay work in the ball and the parts themselves. Then I wood turned everything flush. I shaped the points at the ends of the ball on the disk sender and then with the hand sander. I finished the ball with walnut oil.
Some of the tools used in this project
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Dear Frank, I’m following you for a good while now because of your interesting projects. But I more and more realized that I’m also doing so because of you. You’re such a calm and positive person with huge amounts of patience, it’s a pleasure listen to your thoughts and watch your smart workflow. Thank you for always giving me a good time while enjoying your well made videos. All the best for you and your family!
Frank is a very talented artist. I too love his voice, many do not know that Frank speaks with a pronounced stutter when not on video. Go figure.
I totally agree. Sometimes Frank feels like the Bob Ross of woodworking videos.
I agree. He's also a master filmmaker. There's no denying that.
I agree 100% could watch his videos all day
@@TerryPullen The King's Speach !!
I honestly believe you have your laugh pre recorded and just paste it in every now and then 😂😂😂
And then he... starts describing... the current steps... very slowly and deliberately.... And then comments, "That seemed to work pretty well." Then the dry chuckle. 😂
LOL
Something tells me he watches Ivan Miranda a lot, annoying af.
Oh no they are on to you... lol
The really sad thing is his mistakes look better than others perfect projects.
All I could think of while watching this was "bed goes up"
me too!
It should be built into the mechanism via a limit switch.
Came here to say that. :)
@@LostWhits Pretty easy and cheap with an Arduino.
Same here. Bed goes down.
It amazes me every time, when Frank first throws the bits of wood he has selected on the table they look to me like something you would chuck on the fire or dismantled pallets.
Then with those same pieces you create something so beautiful.
Truly A master craftsmen.
That's cuz he got a jointer lmao
@@eviethekiwi7178 shhhhhh....you'll break the spell
I'm not a sports fan, but I am a fan of your work. Beautiful looking foot ball.
indie825 Thats what she said!
This is Awesome Frank. Thank you for leaving in and showing us your mistakes. Simple things get us all. Can't wait for your next one.
Great use of the CNC here, I love how you manage to tell us a story
Hugs from France
When I was bout 12, American Football came to the UK on Channel 4. I attempted to turn a 4 piece block of wood into an American football. I did well, but ran out of time to add the laces. I loved being at the lathe and being trusted with such a big machine. I didn't do well at school, but little things like this over the my years there were not noticed by my teacher. I'd love a lathe, and watch these videos from time to time. SO it great to see an expert do what a 12 year self tried so many years ago,
Awesome, I may have to try this. I was disappointed we didn’t get Homer’s “table goes down” though... 🙂
He already did that gag in one video, let's not go Family Guy on it.
Your point on tools at 13:51 is so well made. Every maker who shares and watcher who absorbs needs to hear that regularly! 🔑
Thanks for sharing another fantastic project Frank! It will only look better over time as that cherry darkens up closer and closer to pigskin.
Great job as usual. Another option for the seams is to turn the football and carve or cut channels that you fill in with Apoxie sculpt, resin or milliput.
I got some milliput to test out, I still need to do that.
A true wood master, like yourself, when they encounter a mistake knows how to work with it to either correct it or embrace it. An amateur would’ve given up. Thank you for showing how to push through and create a piece to be proud of.
Looks so good Frank! I always love hearing your thought process throughout a project. Also, I'm kicking myself now, because my neighbors took down a massive holly last summer, and I should've grabbed some chunks...
i guess I am kinda off topic but do anyone know of a good website to watch new series online?
@Ayaan Emerson try Flixzone. Just search on google for it :)
@Brecken Alejandro Yup, been using FlixZone for months myself :)
@Brecken Alejandro thank you, I went there and it seems like a nice service :) Appreciate it!!
@Ayaan Emerson glad I could help :)
As I was told when I first got into wood working, "It's not that you make a mistake, it's how you recover from a mistake" that defines a master craftsman. You passed the test.
Man I don't know who edits these videos but they always blow me away
This would make the coolest piggy bank! It’s hollow and the slit for the money could easily be hidden anywhere. It would be a stupid expensive piggy bank. It just beautiful.
Criminies Frank....you are the coolest woodworker in the universe.
I just looked up what the laces on an American football look like. That "screw up" in the perimeter of the laces looks absolutely fine. I wouldn't have even noticed it if you hadn't went into detail about it.
Your video was more exciting then the game itself. I mean, when you fumbled that cut, I was up out of my seat, and then you recovered the ball buy filling the gap. What a play. 🏈
Thanks again for always including the 'mistakes' on your videos. We all make them, and learning how to recover from them is a priceless skill!
Frank, you are the Lord of the Rings! We need you to come down to the shop and teach a few classes. Guild of Oregon Woodworkers!
You are like the Bob Ross of woodworking. Great inspiration, but the skills gap between you and the rest of us is approx the same distance from here to mars.
This is my favorite shop channel on UA-cam. Frank manages to turn anything into something absolutely amazing. He also has really like-able character. Every video leaves me dying to see the next! A great job yet again, Frank!
Those are not catastrophes Frank, just happy little accidents. Ones again a beautiful piece of work and an even better video. Love the editing and the voice over. Thank you.
Frank I could watch your stuff 24/7.👍😀
don't, because you will run out of Frank to watch and be left hanging like me right now :D
THIS should be the half time show at the actual Super Bowl!
At least then it would be entertaining
that football came out INCREDIBLE!
Thanks Joel!
Coach is impressed, you did a good job and we like the football!
for some reason i thought this would be boring, but it’s another amazing project. glad you’re still using the lathe!
This project turned out really nice Frank. I like it when you go into details on how you do something as well as showing Jigs and fixtures you use to make what you're working on. I especially appreciate your honesty when you make a mistake and show us how you can fix it on video. I also like your narration on all your videos. Keep up the good work, looking forward to more of your videos. Thank you.
As a professional editor and turning enthusiast as well as a lifelong woodworker, I must say that your work and is extraordinary. I watch most of the turning UA-cam stars and your camerawork and turning skills are very creative. Thank you for keeping me inspired and motivated to grow as a turner. I too like your chuckle!
You could have....glued up every ring as four quadrants, leaving the glue out of those joints, and then glued all of them together around four long strips of Pauduke. Then your seams would have truly lined up. I really like your segment cutting jig. Beautiful work. thanks for posting. Keep it up.
You are amazing Frank and very inspiring. Your woodshop is the best out there. You definitely put our SuperBowl Trophy that we made a few days ago to the test. Check out our video when you get a chance and tell us what you think. Cheers and god bless.
Totally agree with you. His shop is top notch and the tools are crazy.
This is amazing and very cool and intriguing. He did put yours to the test Trust
Anyone can make what hes making with the tools he has. He has a 300k shop if not more
@@bornfree922 I agree and that shop is worth more like 500 grand
He is awesome and very talented and the ones who say you can build it with expensive equipment are mistaken. You need to be talented too
Your jolly chuckles, like the one at 6:07, always make my day. Amazing work as ever, thank you for the entertainment!
Very envious of your workshop and capacity to be imaginative and translate that to form......
Frank I have watch you make these wonderful creations for several years and you continue to amaze me with your know how and wizardry. Thank you for taking up this hobby and sharing it will the world. Keep up the good work my friend and I look forward to seeing what other wonders you will be making in the future to come.
Looks really good, and man I can't believe how much I am enraptured by just watching you cut on the lathe or doing something "simple". That said, after you mentioned it with the white stitching being raised, I think that would have looked really cool too.
You are like the uncle with the hobby you never got in the eraly teens and only realise how cool that stuff is when you come back from university ^^
Can't wait to see you use some of the new CNC stuff!
That holly is so brilliantly white that I bet a holly-ebony piece would be stunning
Frank I have watched most of you projects twice or more. It is simply amazing and stunning everything you make. I love it.
Hey Frank, I really enjoyed watching your video. I especially love your commentary it helps so much to not only see what your doing but to hear what your thoughts, plans and ideas are. Thank you for all the wonderful content.
Can’t wait till the next one. 💜📐💜
Your editing is getting more and more impressive
Frank - I don't want to sound boring - but I'm loving your work ...
Oh Frank what a wonderful project it is awesome. Thank you, I love your workshop and all your machines.
Lovely handegg! Always love watching your videos!
The game winner! Nicely done.
This was my halftime show! Thanks Frank!
I really enjoy when you explain your thought process! Well done
Thanks for the video Frank. This year is Rugby World Cup year. Its going to be held in Japan this time. I would love to see you make a rugby ball for the World Cup.
Awesome job Frank. I'm ordering my first CNC very soon after all your inspiration. I'm a long ways off from the 4th axis projects, so I'll have to live vicariously through you.
I know I am jumping the gun but I am already excited for the 5th axis on the CNC. Looking forward to seeing you make some complex compound curves.
It's got this great vibe of old basketball courts.
Hey, Thanks for showing us the whole process in this and how to recover when things don't go you're way.
This is really the most extreme woodworking I have ever seen. Great work.
GREAT JOB FRANK!! I love to watch you work in your incredible shop -green with envy. Thanks for sharing, all the best!
You have the voice of a 27 year old man! Beautiful piece...amazing tutorial....thank you very much
You are the man Frank. Hello from Nova Scotia Canada.
Great project using multiple tools. Thanks for videoing and sharing.
You never cease to amaze me Frank. Great project😊
Always Enjoy Watching Your Videos Frank!
Love how the little threads look like they go over the big piece!
Your voice is so soothing, it is so satisfying to see the process
Love seeing your process and thank you for showing your mess ups. As a artist I know how hard that can be. Really turned out beautiful.
You will always be the woodturning boss
Far better than the game. Thanks, Frank.
That editing is spot on.
You deserve so many more views and subscribers the effort you put into the carvings and the video is unmatched. Truly both art. Thank you for your work
That CNC machine is just awesome. I'm jealous 😃😃
Frank, fantastic concept, I do believe to two observations you made would have made it even better. Our architectural training often times has us re-designing as we're building! lol
Awesome Frank! Reminds me of the soccer ball my dad made years ago (long before cell phones and good UA-cam documentation!) I wish there was a good way to post it here for you.
So honest, so brilliant. On the reveal I said Wow out loud!
😂 😂 Me too
I love it when you are in twice. Next trick, though: hand yourself a board from one side of the planer to the other...good luck with that! Awesome result.
Love the project. I agree with all the positive comments. By not waiting to glue in the cross stitches, you eliminated tearout of the mortises for them. Either that or you would have had to remount the turned piece to cut them. Great job. Looking forward to your next video.
Hi Frank. You Sir are in a league of your own. Great job.
I would love it if some PAC12 teams would use this as their rivalry trophy! Amazing work as always Frank!
It would be very interesting to redo the same project as a 4th axis project. It would change the possible catastrophes to be something very different. Maybe channel the paduk stripes with the cutter and cut the fillers on the flat part of the CNC.
You can build a little wooden kicking tee to place it on for display. Great video like always
Awesome project Frank! Thanks for sharing it
I kept thinking about how I would go about making a hollow box. Maybe make it in two halves. What a wonderful Beads of Courage box it would make.
Frank you are a wood magician. Very well done as always.
Beautiful as always, Frank! Such a pleasure to watch and learn.
What a great work @frank ☺️👍🏼. Thank you for that video 😎
Holy moly Frank!! You surpassed yourself once again. #AMAZING 💯🔥🔥
Your projects are always super cool and turn out great! if I had a dollar for every time I messed up a cut on my cnc, I wouldn't need a job!
Great project. Thanks for posting it. The ‘patch’ is a design opportunity for sure - maybe a patch shaped stand ...
Incredible job Frank. I really enjoyed this one.
Great work! Pulled together with seemingly no effort!
I would like to see you leave the laces proud on the next one. Think it would look sweet!
Your Work gets crazier and more sophisticated every Video, keep it up
Thanks frank, I really enjoy these “different” you objects design and make on the lathe. Must have felt so frustrating to make that mistake,, when you’ve invested so much time already. But I like the patch solution.
Best football I've seen all year.
Man, I always wonder how Frank doesn't have millions of subs already, he's one of the highest quality creators on UA-cam as far as I'm concerned.
Simply superb ! Maybe do another one for next year.
Incredible! Beautiful work.
Awesome work Frank! I love it!
Happy Football day, everyone! Go sports!
Great project, Frank. 👍
Nice work Frank. You always seem to come up with really cool ideas to get your projects completed. Maybe next time you can use that new 4th axis to do the lathe work on your CNC. Then you could leave the laces a little proud of the surface without having to glue them in after the fact. Heck, you could even use a V cutter and mill in all of the little dimples. That would be really cool. At some point, you could even rotate that 4th axis on a 5th axis which would allow you to mill all the way around a spherical surface while keeping the milled spot perpendicular to the cutter (or not, if needed). 😉
I like this.
Love watching your videos! Amazing work
Thank you Frank! This was easily more interesting than the Super Bowl!
You are an artist Frank! Genius work, many thanks for your videos!❤️