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chinese ball

  1. Chinese ball

    Chinese ball

    Chinese ball - seven balls in a ball. Karelian birch. The stand is boxwood.
    • Konstantin Gusev
    • Media item
    • chinese ball
    • Comments: 7
    • Album: My most challenging projects
  2. Chinese ball

    Chinese ball

    It is difficult to imagine, but this shape is completely made on a lathe. The number of turning axes is 32.
    • Konstantin Gusev
    • Media item
    • acacia chinese ball multi-axis totw
    • Comments: 3
    • Album: My most challenging projects
  3. Boule de Canton

    Boule de Canton

    This one was done at Jean Claude Charpignon's wood shop in France this July. 4 Spheres with a Star in the middle, 65 mm diameter.
    • Jean-Louis Meynier
    • Media item
    • boule de canton chinese ball spheres with star
    • Comments: 7
    • Album: Boule de Canton
  4. Boule de Canton

    Boule de Canton

    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.
    • Jean-Louis Meynier
    • Media item
    • boule de canton chinese ball eccentric turning finial sphere
    • Comments: 0
    • Album: Boule de Canton
  5. Boule de Canton

    Boule de Canton

    The 3 components
    • Jean-Louis Meynier
    • Media item
    • boule de canton chinese ball eccentric turning finial sphere spiral
    • Comments: 3
    • Album: Boule de Canton
  6. Boule de Canton

    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...
    • Jean-Louis Meynier
    • Media item
    • boule de canton chinese ball eccentric turning finial sphere spiral
    • Comments: 8
    • Album: Boule de Canton
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