Today I turned a few add ons to the sphere you saw me turn a couple of days ago. As I stated in the previos post the project would be in multiple steps and I would be taking you on a ride through the process. These photo’s are the process of making decorative finials that will be attached to the sphere after they are turned. I will not show any pictures of the finished product until all of the parts are assembled. I will leave you to your imagination on that.

   

 

You can see by these picturtes the process in which I fit a tennon into the ball to accept an area to glue into, then I turn a top finial, and a lower finial. This process is time consuming because the finial becomes very delicate. I only turn about one inch of the lower finial at a time because you can never go back and reshape the finial after it’s been turned.

On a personal note. Dave has inspired me to get my butt in gear and go buy a good pair of running shoes and start getting some of this extra unhealthy weight off. I used to be in top shape, work as a personal trainer, and I even owned my own wellness facility for some time. It’s time to get back into the wellness swing.

Links for this article are as follows:

Dave Fleet - Dave’s Website

Princess Margret Hospital Foundation

Original Post telling you about the charitable cause and dates for the  auction of this piece for Cancer research.

Digg - Listing for this article on Dave’s site

Dave’s Post on the Project

Direct Donations to Dave’s Cancer Research Fund

Look forward to the next update coming on Wednesday when you will see me building the base of the piece.

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