7 Ball in the Corner

Yep, it's a 7 ball. A friend asked if I painted it too. No paint on this at all. While in Phoenix, I had the honor of seeing Paul Porter turn one of these. Learned enough that I figured I could turn one myself. As you can see, the experiment was successful. Improvements will be made for the next one too. Box is hollowed and the lid is from the same ball. Finial is Box Elder. Wet sanded through the micromesh grits and polished with Hut High Gloss Polish for Plastics. Finial treated with EEE and Shellawax. Questions, Comments and Critiques welcome.

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Rev. Doug Miller

Rev. Doug Miller

Registered: November 2004
Location: Hardinsburg, KY
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Date: Wed June 22, 2011
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JimQuarles

I was wondering where you got the pink 7 ball. Thumbs Up!

#1 Wed June 22, 2011 6:27am

David Hamann

very nice. odd color though. Thumbs Up!

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#2 Wed June 22, 2011 5:19pm

Mike Baber

Nicely done Rev, it turned out really well if you ask me. Thumbs Up!

Pink... looks orange in this photo, they are red aren't they Rev?

Wizzy

#3 Wed June 22, 2011 8:22pm

Rev. Doug Miller

Rev. Doug Miller

Dark red. Too much flash.

#4 Thu June 23, 2011 5:10am

larry mccartney

neat piece. I never saw onyone turn a pool ball before. Did you have to use carbide tools or just hss?

#5 Thu June 23, 2011 2:56pm

JimQuarles

Larry, you can use HSS but you would spend almost as much time sharpening as turning. The EWT tools work the best on the hard plastic.

#6 Thu June 23, 2011 5:43pm

Rev. Doug Miller

Rev. Doug Miller

There is a place for both in this project so I'm using both. Thin parting tool plays a large role. Ci3m does a wonderful job of hollowing the box. I've been using a bowl gouge to hollow the foot and the underside of the lid, but the Ci3m would work as well. Like Jim said, I can't imagine hollowing with HSS tools. 8^)

#7 Fri June 24, 2011 4:35am

TomTunget

Tom Tunget

Congrats Doug! A great looking BBB!

#8 Sun June 26, 2011 3:02pm

Don Andrews

very cool ! would a Ci0 be too large?

Don

#9 Fri July 1, 2011 8:04am

JimQuarles

Don, A Ci0 will work, but with the small radius of the ball, the lower edge of the shaft can cause problems. I rounded the lower edge back so it didn't rub. I did the same thing on my Ci3. I will try to post pictures over the weekend.

#10 Fri July 1, 2011 7:36pm

Rev. Doug Miller

Rev. Doug Miller

What Jim said. No reason it wouldn't work other than the bottom left edge of the shaft getting in the way. Round it a bit so that you have more clearance and you should be in business. I haven't done it yet, but my Ci3m is going to get this treatment the next time I go out to the shop. 8^)

#11 Fri July 1, 2011 10:05pm

JimQuarles

I posted pics of the Ci3 in the forum tool section that show how I ground the bottom of the shaft.
http://www.woodturnersresource.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1309744457/0#0

#12 Mon July 4, 2011 1:57am