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Today I was working on larger pieces of ash I got at the beginning of the week. I made a hollow form from one and wanted it to be a pretty perfect sphere, or at least as close as I could reasonably get. First step of the mathematical model is to turn an octagon. Here I’m using the combination square to check the 45° angle of the octagon. When the angle is right the ruler will be perpendicular to the lathe bed. Overall this turning is 9 1/4” in diameter, and a hair less in height, accounting for the flat base.