Since we are talking alternatives now, I recall a method of using a belt sander. You build a box over the belt and toss in cubed pieces of wood. You let them toss and turn for a while and they become naturally round. I've never tried this method, but it stuck in my head.
Also, I didn't see anyone mention the real basic question, the following bearing diameter must be the same size as your router bit diameter. The other basic thing, is the template and wood diameter setup correctly? With the flat on the one side, you are either moving over too far, or the diameter of the stock is too small. -Tim ----- Original Message ----- From: Bill Bulkeley To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, September 26, 2016 2:34 AM Subject: RE: Balls I think the lowest cost method to do a wooden ball is to go back to your lathe and follow this method https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lConTQ-cUw Bill From: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com [mailto:legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Ellis Sent: Monday, 26 September 2016 6:35 PM To: Legacy Ornamental Mills Cc: curtgeo...@wowway.com Subject: Re: Balls Hi Curtis I like the idea of a round over bit, but far too costly. At present I am using a 12 inch 2 flute milling cutter. When I round over a square bit of wood it leaves an almost perfect finish. It is the first time I have tried using milling cutters, it wont be the last !! I have made sure that the carriage and router plate has no play. I think after I do the round over at the end of the stock it is not too far out, when I do the other part of the ball I think as it gets towards the end of its job the wood may flex away and make it different curve. I can as a last resort use the other lathe. See pics of Three of the 18 skittles and other lathe Richard On Monday, September 26, 2016 at 2:02:14 AM UTC+1, Curtis wrote: Richard instead of using a template, have you tried to using just a round over bit on this spindle? If you cut one edge with a round over bit, then just move the carriage over to make your second cut, if you do things right, you should have a pretty close to perfect ball, with just a nub to cut off from the spindle. I think Bill is right, The slop in the works (that is rails,or carriage, is why your balls and not coming out perfectly round. Between you and me. I find that the craft stores are selling wooden balls for much cheaper then I can make one for... I also believe that if your take your egg shaped balls, you can make those round off of a sander with-out much troubles. Perhaps the WC is not the best suited machine for this job? Again I wish you luck. talk to you more latter. C.A.G. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
