Lathe: how to turn a sphere with a lathe.

It is possible to achieve the result if you use a stock hand, but if you want to do it with a single lathe at the specified diameter, it is possible in the case of infinite time and wear and tear.

1. Cut out the appropriate block of wood for the size of ball needed. Knock off as much of the edges of the wood block as possible, the imitation object eats too much of the knife as it spins due to uneven admittance. If you have the conditions, you can use a cylinder knife, cut out the right size of the cylinder, do beads, you can use the hole opener to take, only this is 5cm in diameter, too big, there is no ready-made cutter

2. Use the addition of the tool to clamp the end of the material. Find the center of the circle, the center of the circle to the center of the circle, nail hammer fixed

3. On the lathe, to align the center of the circle, to ensure that the cylinder in the process of turning, will not be more and more car smaller and smaller. The method is to chemical garden on both sides.

4. Rotate out a small plane, you can get on the chuck, in this case, the object will be more stable.

5. At the beginning, you can use a turning tool, turn out a prototype, and then on the molding tool, to reduce the danger, but also to increase the entertainment.