Lathe Ball Turning Tool Plans

Ball turning tool post for the 7x mini lathe by rob on february 27 2010 i want to tell you about ralph patterson s free plans for a ball turning tool post that will fit a 7 by whatever mini lathe and show you how he used it to fix a broken shower head.

Lathe ball turning tool plans.

Ball attachment for lathe turns round concave and convex metal wood ball quickly u new improved taper turning attachment with revolving live center for lathe machine metric morse taper 3mt jwgjw 120034 tooling package mini lathe quick change tool post holders multifid tool holder. 1 using the tool the omw radius ball turning tool is designed to cut convex radii ball shapes on a variety of materials. Free metalworking project plans. Using the tool you can make ornamental balls on the end of handles.

This is actually the second radius turner i made the first was such a disaster that really settled in to research what other people did and apply. The handle is tool steel the pivot pins are hardened and ground and rotate in custom bronze bearings. In i ve seen many ball turning designs as i read through the back issues of. This lathe ball turning tool is completely machined from solid metal stock there are no stamped cast or.

Frames are machined from high strength aluminum alloy. I built this radius ball turner a few years back and thought i should finally share what i learned. Metal lathe projects lathe tools homemade lathe homemade tools lathe accessories 3d cnc metal working tools turning tools machine tools. Quick change radius ball turner for metal lathe.

New pdf drawings made by burt rosensweig for the ball turner here s a ball cutter i came up with for my 9 x 20 lathe. Tool are the outer frame the inner frame the handle the shank the tool bit and the tool bit set screw. Click here thanks to dividedhead for the video. 9 x 20 lathe site gladewater tx.