My first sphere

Very nice job on the sphere. However, that looks more like Maple than Oak. I have been turning some spheres recently and can attest to it not being the easiest thing to make it perfectly round. Well done Kayvon.

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Looks like a good skill to have. I’m sure you will come up with plenty of need for those. Great detail additions to many projects. Very cool…..............

-- mtnwild (Jack), It's not what you see, it's how you see it.

I second the Maple….color and tight grain pattern and “rays”.Very well done no matter the species though : )

Congrats on the PM lathe !!!

-- When did quiet and quite become the same word ? I'm guessing about the same time as your and you're did.

It is maple. I even wrote maple on the piece of wood I cut this from. Don’t know where “oak” came from.

-- Kayvon

LOL…typo gremlins strike again : )

-- When did quiet and quite become the same word ? I'm guessing about the same time as your and you're did.

Make another, paint them blue, and then place them on the mantle. Hopefully, the wife will get the hint. (and sorry if that’s a little off color…it just struck me funny).

-- "It's not a mistake. It's a design feature."

Pretty funny, I can tell you exactly what she would say, “Good luck with that.”

-- Kayvon

Looks hard, and difficult to make perfectly round, make 5 more and you got bacci set.

bocci is great because it’s a sport you don’t have to be in great physical shape for, that’s right up my ally, besides it’s hard to drink at the same time with most other sports, except golf.

-- Martin ....always count the number of fingers you have before, and after using the saw.

I’ve seen similar artwork for sale with $35 price tags at craft shows.

-- Branlon, Board Director, South Central Indiana

Nice job, and nice lathe!

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Looked round!

-- Don, Somerset UK, http://www.donjohnson24.co.uk

It takes some skill to make a perfect sphere! Thanks for posting!

-Jim; aka “Stumpy Nubs”
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Nice lathe,,,,Wish I had one of those…..... Oh and the sphere is cool also.

-- Brian, Ontario Canada,

Your new lathe is a real beauty! Occasionally I will make a sphere or two – very satisfying though kind of hard to explain why ;-)

Cheers,
Richard

-- "It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it...It's the hard that makes it great."