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Make a Sphere from Firewood and Epoxy Resin! // Woodturing (Ep. 95)

3,898 views · Published 10 December 2018 · 4:17 · Indexed 6 November 2026

Channel: Sean Rubino · 2018 · Howto & Style

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In this video I show how I made a sphere-ish orb from a piece of eucalyptus firewood after filling the voids with colored epoxy resin.  The process is really simple it just takes time to prepare the wood for turning and make a couple cup jigs for the lathe head and tail stocks to hold the sphere to true it on multiple axes.  I used a combination of carbide scrapers and gouges to turn the sphere.  The final shaping was done with the wings of a fingernail grind bowl gouges.  To finish the sphere I sprayed on 15 coats of lacquer, sanded from 120 grit to 12,000 grit, and polished on a buffing wheel with wax.  I also made a small stand from a little bit of left over resin from a previous resin pour.
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In this video I show how I made a sphere-ish orb from a piece of eucalyptus firewood after filling the voids with colored epoxy resin.  The process is really simple it just takes time to prepare the wood for turning and make a couple cup jigs for the lathe head and tail stocks to hold the sphere to true it on multiple axes.  I used a combination of carbide scrapers and gouges to turn the sphere.  The final shaping was done with the wings of a fingernail grind bowl gouges.  To finish the sphere I sprayed on 15 coats of lacquer, sanded from 120 grit to 12,000 grit, and polished on a buffing wheel with wax.  I also made a small stand from a little bit of left over resin from a previous resin pour.

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