Turning dodecahedrons inside the sphere

Very cool!

-- Gary - Never pass up the opportunity to make a mistake look like you planned it that way - Tyler, TX

Now there is some careful turning with sharp tools!

Excellent!. I thought only cubes can be done.

-- Bert

Very nice!

Did you do the cube-in-cube then turn the outer cube?

Whoa! Makes my head hurt trying to figure out how you did that….

-- Steve - Impatience is Expensive

Amazing, kinda defy’s logic. Very good.

Wow, No idea how you did this but its awesome. Way better than the geometry class I’m currently struggling in this semester. haha.

-- -Jacob Turetsky, Industrial Designer (student), www.Coroflot.com/Jturetsky

That is just too cool. I wish I were that good with a lathe. Have you thought about posting a blog on this technique?

-- Backer boards, stop blocks, build oversized, and never buy a hand plane--

Very cool!

-- Ken, "Everyday above ground is a good day!"

Just goes to show you…what can be done if a LJ puts his mind to it..

way cool .

-- Brian, Ontario Canada,

hmm…

Ok, start with a sphere. Chuck it up in the lathe and bore the straight hole through. Do that for half the holes (repositioning the piece so it’s a simple boring operation each time.)

Heck, you could probably remove most of the material (to a “just shy of separating the internal pieces” point) on the lathe with something like a crooked boring bar.

Not only are you a very talented woodworker but you are also a great photographer.

Nice work on both.

-- "A goal without a plan is a wish."

very good…. i have always wanted to learn to do this…..if you would post a blog on this tequinche i would appricate it

-- wood takes time and effort... just like women

Nice!! I am thinking instead of drilling each hole like a square box you turned each one. and kept rotating the blank. Looks like a great bit of practice.

-- Chris, Washington The State! http://www.chris-crafts.com

Chris you are right about the technique. Making ball is the easy part. Then mark 12 points on the sphere. The distance between them 0.52xD where D is diameter of the sphere. And then I used router bits in the tailstock. I just add two more pictures to show making of the openings.

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