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I Made this soccer ball this past year. It is made up of 32 pieces all glued together at the appropriate angles to form a ball. Then Sanded vigorously for hours to get the appropriate spherical shape. Took three weeks to make at an hour a day. I was only 17 years old. The shaping was all done without a lathe
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ArmyMrFixit
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#1 posted 1425 days ago
Wow, that is impressive. You did it by hand? No lathe? Even more impressed.
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#2 posted 1425 days ago
That looks like a pain in the neck.. I’m impressed. Good job
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#3 posted 1425 days ago
Very cool !I would never have been able to sand it round by hand…..AWESOME work!
Lisa
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TopamaxSurvivor
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#4 posted 1425 days ago
that sucker is gonna hurt when you kick it!! :-)) I’m impressed! getting the geometry of all those piece to fit, then gettiing it spherical to boot!
BTW, welcome to LJ’s. looks like you are off to a good start. Keep it up.
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kolwdwrkr
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#5 posted 1425 days ago
I’m impressed too. Nice work. May need some steel toe soccer cleats. lol
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#6 posted 1425 days ago
very cool well done
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Greg
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#7 posted 1425 days ago
That is awsome!! Where did you come up with the idea?
Greg
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#8 posted 1425 days ago
Great piece of work. Amazing.
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#9 posted 1425 days ago
Now that is what I call determination Young Jock….good job man.
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#10 posted 1423 days ago
pretty neat, well done.
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#11 posted 1343 days ago
Now that takes some serious skill. Amazing job!!
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#12 posted 1021 days ago
Pretty cool!
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