| Project by pbtwoodworks | posted 257 days ago | 712 views | 4 times favorited | 7 comments |  |
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This ball is made of quarter inch thick three ply bamboo plywood. Joints are splined and glued together.initial cutting of the pentagon and hexagon shapes were done with a CNC machine for convenience while the rest such as the bevelcutcuts and spline slots were done on a table saw.
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Monte Pittman
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#1 posted 256 days ago
Very interesting. Not an easy task.
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#2 posted 256 days ago
Challenging project I’m sure….well done
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#3 posted 253 days ago
Very cool build !!
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#4 posted 253 days ago
Mighty fine work there, me likey.
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#5 posted 253 days ago
Very cool
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#6 posted 252 days ago
Sides on the hexagons and pentagons are 50mm.the bevel on the hexagons are at 20.9 degrees. for the pentagon its 16.5 degrees
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#7 posted 249 days ago
Wow, that blows my mind. Mind blown…
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