Once again, another awesome project. It just so happens, I was looking for a way to make balls but after seeing so many sophisticated builds using a metal lathe, I decided to put the ball project further down the list. Now, however, it's back up there! For the millionth time, Thanks!
Very timely... I have just been asked to make some wooden balls and spoons for a junior school fate, egg and spoon race. I'll give it a go. thanks Colin
This is So Cool... Thank You for the knowledge of how to do this. Just started turning a week ago and am eating up all of these wonderful creative ideas and skills You Experienced Turners have. I think Y'all are so Awesome to Share with us! Peace
It's advantages to have the lathe slower then the drill in rpms. The larger differential, the better. If the lathe and the drill are similar rpms, you can assume that at a certain depth the surface speed of the wood and hole-saw teeth will be the same and thus will not cut. In your setup, the teeth on the left of the saw will be traveling up direction at X surface speed. If we assume your wood blank is the same diameter (if it's not, it will be after you cut a bit) and is spinning at same rpm, then outer wood fibers would traveling at the same surface speed but down in the opposite direction. With respect to the wood fibers, the saw teeth would be traveling twice the speed and would cut. Conversely on the right side of the hole-saw, the teeth would traveling down in the same direction as the wood fibers at the same speed. With respect to the wood fibers, the teeth would be traveling 0 mph and would NOT cut. This will make the saw cut on the left but only gear cog on the right. A slightly faster lathe will outrun the hole-saw and would be like running the saw backwards in a stationary wood. Slightly slower lathe will allow the saw to outrun the wood but will be slow cutting. It is more efficient and yields a smoother finish to run a very slow lathe and a fast hole-saw.
I was going to make a comment much like this one about the relative difference between the teeth on the hole saw and the spin of the lathe. cool idea though.
Pretty coolVideoCollin ,I really like sort of silly videos like this I’m a retired ProfessionallWoodworker and imBetweenHomes and shops for my next home i want to build a Wooden Coffee table and display a bunch of of Wooden items i’ve built for fun, these will be silly things like WoodenNuts and Bolts ,Toys , and other Items i’ll be okay with Guests touching and Playing with i also have a nice Wooden Chess board i built years ago and I’ve always planned on building hand made Chess Peices using my Imagination so that might be displayed there as well ImOf Italian Heritage and your method might make it easy to build a Boccee Ball or LawnBowling Set that i will make a nice Wooden Carrying Case for
Saw something similar a few years back at a wood craft show. The fellow there reversed his drill when he had the ball about where he wanted it and also reduced the feed pressure on the drill.
There is a special flat small piece to make a sphere, it looks like half ring with pointy ends, i think the sphere u made was very rough because of the bad metal of the drill's bit .. nice video by the way
I suspect that slow speed drill would be more effective. On one side the cut is going drill speed + lathe speed and one other side it is lathe speed - drill speed. So at certain speeds the drill and lathe speeds coincide and there is no cut. To cut evenly the drill needs to be stopped! But after the initial cuts then there needs to be sort of diagonal cutting so a bit of moderate drill speed is needed. Be fun to try with still lathe, cut 1/3 through, turn spindle 1/3 and cut a further 1/3, turn spindle again and cut again. This would give a very angular ‘sphere’, continuing to nibble away would eventually get a round shape.
Hi Colin, great video. Could you add something to it? How about cutting off one end of the ball, and pivoting your drill and hole saw and try to make a sphere that sits on top of the post? I wonder how that would turn out?
Could try advancing the hold cutter at different positions of the wood to get it started and only use the lathe spinning to finalise the cut. Just thinking aloud.
Mark M.: I'm thinking they maybe a little heavy for tree ornaments but using a lighter wood like pine may work out ok. Then again you may have a "heavy duty" Christmas tree. : )
Not something I'm ever going to try in my shop. At any moment I was expecting something to be jettisoned with you in the 'line of fire'. But I guess, had it happened, you would not have posted it! Thanks for risking it.
You have a lathe. Why not turn the ball using wood turning tools? Yes, I'm a turner and I have a website showing several ways to do it. Search "turn a sphere" and you will find my site. Under Articles, click on Projects and you should find it.
Ok, I really hate doing this, but this idea won't work. There is a reason there was burning in the wood especially after increasing lathe speed. The right side of the cut was rotating down with the direction of the hole saw and was going faster than the hole saw. Thus it was as if the hole saw was trying to cut in an anticlockwise direction. A slower lathe speed and a finer tooth hole saw should improve performance.
This is perfect, I'm going to make wooden golf balls I get hit into my pond and not worry about getting back thanks!
It is a unique opportunity to learn along “with” an accomplished woodworker who is not afraid to learn with us on camera. Bravo!
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Once again, another awesome project. It just so happens, I was looking for a way to make balls but after seeing so many sophisticated builds using a metal lathe, I decided to put the ball project further down the list. Now, however, it's back up there! For the millionth time, Thanks!
Very timely... I have just been asked to make some wooden balls and spoons for a junior school fate, egg and spoon race. I'll give it a go. thanks Colin
Dialed in too see how much trouble you can help me get into. Thanks for the influence.
This is So Cool... Thank You for the knowledge of how to do this. Just started turning a week ago and am eating up all of these wonderful creative ideas and skills You Experienced Turners have. I think Y'all are so Awesome to Share with us! Peace
There are bits made for this purpose. I’m still looking for a good source.
It's advantages to have the lathe slower then the drill in rpms. The larger differential, the better. If the lathe and the drill are similar rpms, you can assume that at a certain depth the surface speed of the wood and hole-saw teeth will be the same and thus will not cut. In your setup, the teeth on the left of the saw will be traveling up direction at X surface speed. If we assume your wood blank is the same diameter (if it's not, it will be after you cut a bit) and is spinning at same rpm, then outer wood fibers would traveling at the same surface speed but down in the opposite direction. With respect to the wood fibers, the saw teeth would be traveling twice the speed and would cut. Conversely on the right side of the hole-saw, the teeth would traveling down in the same direction as the wood fibers at the same speed. With respect to the wood fibers, the teeth would be traveling 0 mph and would NOT cut. This will make the saw cut on the left but only gear cog on the right. A slightly faster lathe will outrun the hole-saw and would be like running the saw backwards in a stationary wood. Slightly slower lathe will allow the saw to outrun the wood but will be slow cutting. It is more efficient and yields a smoother finish to run a very slow lathe and a fast hole-saw.
Interesting ... some experimenting should yield the best setup and speeds. Thanks for watching!
I was going to make a comment much like this one about the relative difference between the teeth on the hole saw and the spin of the lathe. cool idea though.
Pretty coolVideoCollin ,I really like sort of silly videos like this I’m a retired ProfessionallWoodworker and imBetweenHomes and shops for my next home i want to build a Wooden Coffee table and display a bunch of of Wooden items i’ve built for fun, these will be silly things like WoodenNuts and Bolts ,Toys , and other Items i’ll be okay with Guests touching and Playing with i also have a nice Wooden Chess board i built years ago and I’ve always planned on building hand made Chess Peices using my Imagination so that might be displayed there as well ImOf Italian Heritage and your method might make it easy to build a Boccee Ball or LawnBowling Set that i will make a nice Wooden Carrying Case for
Thanks for video you gave me a great idea for a jig set up.
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I always enjoy your tutorials
Thank you that was awesome I can't wait to try it!
Saw something similar a few years back at a wood craft show. The fellow there reversed his drill when he had the ball about where he wanted it and also reduced the feed pressure on the drill.
Thanks for the tip and thanks for watching!
GOOD JOB !!! :)
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There is a special flat small piece to make a sphere, it looks like half ring with pointy ends, i think the sphere u made was very rough because of the bad metal of the drill's bit .. nice video by the way
For a lower profile you could use magnets to hold it down too. Cool stuff, thx for sharing!
Great idea, thanks for watching!
I suspect that slow speed drill would be more effective. On one side the cut is going drill speed + lathe speed and one other side it is lathe speed - drill speed. So at certain speeds the drill and lathe speeds coincide and there is no cut. To cut evenly the drill needs to be stopped! But after the initial cuts then there needs to be sort of diagonal cutting so a bit of moderate drill speed is needed. Be fun to try with still lathe, cut 1/3 through, turn spindle 1/3 and cut a further 1/3, turn spindle again and cut again. This would give a very angular ‘sphere’, continuing to nibble away would eventually get a round shape.
You could also run drill in reverse prior to sanding
Thanks for the knowledge Sir and that is pretty cool.
Thank You!
You have a lot of great ideals
That is very cool thank you Colin
You're welcome! Thanks for watching.
Hi Colin, great video. Could you add something to it? How about cutting off one end of the ball, and pivoting your drill and hole saw and try to make a sphere that sits on top of the post? I wonder how that would turn out?
Should work if your careful doing it. Thanks for watching!
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It looks like you're using oak. Reasonably hard wood, but I wonder if a hardwood with a finer grain would given a smoother result.
Could try advancing the hold cutter at different positions of the wood to get it started and only use the lathe spinning to finalise the cut. Just thinking aloud.
Great build & experiment!
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very cool idea!
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An interesting experiment!!!
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I suppose these might make nice Christmas tree ornaments. Enjoyed that Colin, thanks as always.
Mark M.: I'm thinking they maybe a little heavy for tree ornaments but using a lighter wood like pine may work out ok. Then again you may have a "heavy duty" Christmas tree. : )
Maybe wood canon balls? Thanks for watching!
@@knecht105 hmm, that means a wooden cannon - sounds like a project for someone!
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Great video Colin love the idea of laminating different woods !
Cheers, Bram
Thanks for watching, Bram!
You are the jig master. Fun video!!
Thank You!
Why not slide the drill press right under the lathe, line it up, and pull down instead of coming in sideways and avoid building a lot of extra stuff
Interesting project Colin! Thanks for sharing.👍😎JP
You're welcome! Thanks for watching.
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Is it possible to make 15mm diameter wooden ball?
You are amazing!
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Very creative idea but it looks dangerous as hell 😂
Thanks for sharing this cool idea Colin. I wonder if reversing the drill every so often would help.
Instead of sanding, smooth with a shear scrape with a bowl gouge, or if you are brave, a skew!
Thanks for the tip and thanks for watching!
U need to use 2 lathes in a cross pattern instead of a drill for more stability and finer cut
Thanks for the tip and thanks for watching!
What about a finer tooth hole saw?
That's a great idea to reduce sanding. Thanks for watching!
i saw a start but no wooden balls. maybe youre making a chair leg or baluster.
Well knock me down and call me shortly.... What an ingenious idea for a very project. Thx for sure on this one.
You're welcome! Thanks for watching.
Just a question from Denmark, what you wear is what you have made?
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Er det uret du spørger om han selv har lavet?☺️
Ja det er det jeg spørge om.
Prøv at omformulere dit spørgsmål Kurt. (Did you make the watch you're wearing yourself?)
Det armbåndsur Colin Knecht har på har han også lavet det selv ?
You can get the watch here: amzn.to/2Msbt7P
Not something I'm ever going to try in my shop. At any moment I was expecting something to be jettisoned with you in the 'line of fire'. But I guess, had it happened, you would not have posted it!
Thanks for risking it.
Ill just hold the bit in my hand. That seems kinda sketch
You have a lathe. Why not turn the ball using wood turning tools?
Yes, I'm a turner and I have a website showing several ways to do it. Search "turn a sphere" and you will find my site. Under Articles, click on Projects and you should find it.
Ok, I really hate doing this, but this idea won't work. There is a reason there was burning in the wood especially after increasing lathe speed. The right side of the cut was rotating down with the direction of the hole saw and was going faster than the hole saw. Thus it was as if the hole saw was trying to cut in an anticlockwise direction. A slower lathe speed and a finer tooth hole saw should improve performance.