balls of brass

[jimsehr]

Making a brass ball with my homemade ball turner using the front and back tool posts on my Logan.
Jim
My first video.



http://s86.photobucket.com/albums/k1...t=768f1273.flv

[motorworks]

"balls of brass"

Perhaps so, but they will still freeze off around here in the winter

eddie
ps n/work!

[tony ennis]

Nice video.

[Your Old Dog]

Thanks for the post, that was pretty interesting as I still havent' made one yet but plan on doing so. Nice job.

[wierdscience]

Nice,probably the simplist radius turner I have seen.

What camera did you use for the video?

[Robo]

Nice video and a really nice ball turning setup. Will that setup work on steel as well? I have to make some ball cranks for my mill.

[The Artful Bodger]

Nice effort, the brass balls and the video too!

I would be afraid to try that style of radius turner with steel though as what happens if a 'dig in' occurs? I fear something must break and I am not sure that it would always be the tool or the work.

[jimsehr]

Robo
Yes it works fine on steel.
wierdscience
I call my turner [Jim Sehr's super simple ball turner] and if you notice how far
I can turn around the ball dia I have never seen any turner that can go that far around . The turner is made to turn 4 sizes of ball 1", 7/8, 3/4 and 5/8 dia.
It uses a 1/4" carbide round as a cutter. And it has no side clearance on the tool. That is why I used the back tool post. If one wants to use just one tool
post then clearance must be ground on the round tool. The only thing I used to polish ball was steel wool. Pic looks like it is not round but it is closer then
.002 round or better.
Jim

[jimsehr]

artful bodger Here is a steel ball I made.



Wierdscience the camera is a Vado made by Creative . I bought it last week
from Walmart online cost about $70 bucks and you can upload right to Utube
or Photobucket. This is my first video and I am happy with it.
Jim

[The Artful Bodger]

Thanks Jim, you convinced me!