Metal lathe knob turner

This is my finished  ball and knob turner. You can make knobs out of any material you want . Brass,plastic,aluminum,steel , wood .This style of turner i can create a ball  up to 1 1/4 inch round.

Step 1 Ball turner base plan

Here are the plans for the base of the ball turner which goes into the cross slide  of the lathe .

Comments

[vincent7520]

great !!!…
but one question remains to be answered : how did you make the first knob as your tool handle ?
A bit like the chicken and the egg, I must say…

Great job.

Thank you !…

[coolbeansbaby68]

i actually had a knob i just put on there to make the first one . The threads didnt even match....

[vincent7520]

nice !…
have a good afternoon (or so …in europe it's already 8:30pm)

[coolbeansbaby68]

I build another ball turner which is more like the ones you see online .Which i have to take the compound off .I can send you a link if you like ?

www.redneckgadgets.weebly.com please leave a comment if ya like ..
Jim

[pfred2]

I started reading the related sidebar and I was like related to outhouses and toilet and camping? Then I made it to survival and I cracked up! I was like yup, I have to agree it'd be tough to survive without balls!

[coolbeansbaby68]

sorry i have a paragraph saved so i just copy it and paste it ...

[pfred2]

I figured the Instructables robot was on the blink.

[heathbar64]

You've got BALLs!!
one of those would make a really sweet shift knob.
I'm thinking I could use this idea with a wood lathe to make wood balls.

[coolbeansbaby68]

It will cut wooden knobs also