The 12 year old granddaughter of a good friend, whilst on holiday, bought a onyx ball just over 3" dia. and was disappointed when she realised that it couldn't be displayed without rolling so I was asked to come up with a stand, so here, in pictures is how I went about the task. There are several ways and combination of ways that a similar result could have been achieved, but the way shown was quick and simple and no templates were required.
Harry, nice job on the project and the photo shoot. I'm sure your friends granddaughter is going to be very happy!
The illuminated base definitely looks like it was a worthwhile modification!
Thanks for sharing!
Oh no I have several of those big marbles. Now I have another project for the to do list. At lest I have good instructions on how to do it. Thanks Harry
A big thank you to everyone, not only for your king words, but also for noticing my short absence, it was to give a certain person room to manoeuvre. The ball stand took about three hours to complete, including the finish. I did give a long hard look at the unopened can of wipe on poly, but the thought of between five and seven coats with at least a couple of hours between coats, quickly headed me to the fast drying Shellac and even faster drying spray on lacquer!
Small Peter, as you can see, radius from 20mm to about 290mm. infinitely variable between these figures. I'm surprised that you haven't seen it before because it's shown in lots of my threads.
Whilst I made it, it was designed by that other guy!
In one of your pictures, you use the fence as a "control" before moving the workpiece into the bit. Is there a particular reason you didn't use a starting pin?
I can't figure out why you needed to use the extension. Please clarify.
Why go to the trouble of making a pin when I already have a great fence which gives even more support than a pin! Because of the short cutter and the relatively thick base plus the thickness of the jig, I couldn't quite get enough depth of cut and I don't believe in inching out the cutter, a very dangerous practice. It's nice to be back Ron, I was starting to get withdrawal symptoms!
George, I use a FREE program called Paint.net as recommended by Bj quite a while back. Unfortunately the latest version has a little bug, which can be overcome. One of many alternatives is "Paint" which is part of Windows, if it isn't installed, go to "my programs", "accessories" then click on Paint, it's very similar to the other one which I'm now used to. Don't hesitate to ask if you need help working it out.
Very nice holder for your last marble. Don't loose that!
Well done!
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