You can make wooden balls for various DIY crafts on a lathe. But what way to choose so that the work takes a minimum of time, and the result meets expectations?
In this review, we will consider one of the easiest and fastest ways to make wooden balls in the home workshop.
And for this, even a homemade mini lathe is quite suitable. Details on how to assemble it, read here.
The mini lathe must be secured with clamps to the work table of the drilling machine. A wooden block is used as a blank (you can grind, for example, hornbeam, oak, ash or other wood species).
The technology of manufacturing wooden balls
In the drill chuck, the master clamps the crown on the tree of the desired diameter. Then you need to turn on the mini lathe, and you can get to work. The crown must be gradually “pressed” into a wooden block until a finished ball is obtained.
Since the surface of the product is rather rough, it will be necessary to sand a wooden ball with sandpaper. Please note that several balls can be made from one bar.
For details on how to make wooden balls on a mini lathe, we recommend that you look in the video on our website.
