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Jean-Louis Meynier

Boule de Canton

After 1 year of no activities on my lathe, I am back.
A sphere of 65 mm with 6 spheres inside in maple.
The mother sphere has 3 mm wall, the other 5 have 2 mm wall and the central sphere is 7.5 mm radius.
The spiral support idea comes from “The Manuel du Tourneur” by L. E. Bergeron, 1816, planche 12, fig. 33.
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Tom Gall
An amazing piece of work! I assume the base & finial can be inserted into any of the holes in the sphere. If they remain aligned and vertical in any combination of holes that shows some very precise work.
 

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