The sphere

That is one pretty cool pencil holder!

-- Gary - Never pass up the opportunity to make a mistake look like you planned it that way & "We are what we repeatedly do, excellence then is not an act, but a habit" -Aristotle

Nice bit of turning Wuddoc. were those insert rings around the pencil holes easy to get?.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

Nice turning project. It would take measuring instruments to tell that was not a sphere.

Thanks all for the comments.

I found the inserts in a decorative cork block. The turning base came from something I found at a roadside flea market.

-- Wuddoc

Nice little desk tool. “It’s a sphere”

-- so much wood, so little time. Bradford.

Very very nice!

-- Brian, Lebanon PA, If you aren’t having fun doing it, find something else to do.

This is a wonderful project. You just can’t resist a challenge can you? :) As a non-turner I can honestly say that posts like this make me want to blow my tool budget and get a lathe for the shop. But then if I did that when would I find the time to look at projects as gorgeous as this.

Thanks for both the post and the inspiration.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

Very nice turning.

-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.