Sphere Challenge of 2018 – Final
by Alan Stratton on Thursday, August 2nd, 2018 | 2 Comments
I challenged woodturners to turn a sphere by the end of July. Why? Because spheres are an essential skill. I received some training years ago that just did not work. It took me years of false starts to turn my first good sphere. Since then I’ve learned and shared the techniques and process that works for me and for anyone wanting to turn a sphere. As a plus, no expensive jig is required.
Here are the results of the challenge. This is great work that I find inspirational to me. I trust you will find inspiration also.
Resource for you to review:
Woodturning Essentials – Octagon Method For Perfect Spheres
Woodturning A Perfect Sphere Into A Strata-Sphere
Enjoy!
Very nice challenge, VERY inspirational !
A lot of good ideas… please continue next year.
My preference goes to #26 and #31.
But I also recognize the very nice and fine work done for #4, #14 and mostly #26 !
Finally I liked #5 for making owls…
Thanks a lot for the idea and thanks to all woordturners who participated !
Vincent (from Belgium)
All I can say is WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW!
Every one of the submitted spheres is amazing, and humbling! Thanks, guys and gals for sharing your creations. When the weather cools down, and I’m back in turning mode, I plan to refer back to this video for some ideas. Thanks, all!