Lathe Ball Making Tool

Mounted on a 12x12mm upright.

Lathe ball making tool.

You can also make ball joints governor weights railing knobs round contact points for tools nose cones and many other useful and decorative objects. One common example would be a smokebox door. A ball turning attachment is an easy way of making a round shape. The heavy duty construction and flexible configuration allow you to turn spheres from 1 inch to 14 inches in diameter on most lathes from 10 to 25.

This fits straight onto the cross slide of your lathe machine for quick turning of cones and balls. The tool in the video was the first tool i ever made for my lathe best tool i ever made i used steve bedairs plans and slightly modified the base and the cutting tip. The omw lathe radius turning tool is sized for lathes of 5 or greater swing and the shank size will fit. Now the important bit.

Tool are the outer frame the inner frame the handle the shank the tool bit and the tool bit set screw. Balls in the ends of rods shafts or handles are easily turned with the tool. This is my finished ball and knob turner. Vbmt 16 04 08 ur are the tips i used in the 9 20 version shown in the video.

Comes with a 1 indexable tnmg16 insert for best turning finish and results. Ball turning toolpost lathe mill projects in metal llc. You can make knobs out of any material you want. Metal lathe projects lathe tools homemade lathe homemade tools lathe accessories 3d cnc metal working tools turning tools machine tools.

If you want to use those tips that is. Using a ball turning attachment. Brass plastic aluminum steel wood this style of turner i can create a ball up to 1 1 4 inch round. Free metalworking project plans.

How to make a metal lathe knob turner. Make sure this fits by entering your model number. Using the tool you can make ornamental balls on the end of handles. This method can make round shapes only limited by the swing of the lathe it is possible to make a surface that is part of a sphere of any diameter.

Maximum ball diameter possible is 38 mm the head can be adjusted for different ball sizes.