Orbits

Jeff Miller · Dec 27, 2013

This is a nice looking project. Well executed, the orbit rings are interesting. Great job.

Jeff Edwards · Jan 2, 2014

Very nice

martyn · Sep 26, 2015

excellent job well done,i have a question, when splitting the sphere how did you control th point when you broke through, or did you finish the cut with the lathe off using a hand saw

httpme · Sep 26, 2015

Another great project, Jan. You certainly are not shy about trying new things and your results are always excellent.

Jan Conradie · Sep 30, 2015

When splitting the sphere 'you drive by sound'. Splitting the sphere while it is rotating in the lathe could be disastrous so you stop when it sounds like you are almost thru the wall of the sphere. You then saw thru with something thin like a hacksaw and then sand the two halves by hand on say 100 grit paper tacked onto a flat board. The previously completed ring is then glued in place followed by smoothing the sphere and doing the second etc. rings in succession.

Gateway · Apr 7, 2020

Jan Conradie said:
When splitting the sphere 'you drive by sound'. Splitting the sphere while it is rotating in the lathe could be disastrous so you stop when it sounds like you are almost thru the wall of the sphere. You then saw thru with something thin like a hacksaw and then sand the two halves by hand on say 100 grit paper tacked onto a flat board. The previously completed ring is then glued in place followed by smoothing the sphere and doing the second etc. rings in succession.

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