[Woodcarver] Ball in Cage

[Steven Klein]

Hi Dick,
    Do you have a picture of this posted anywhere?

Steve
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From: "Dick Allen" <rja9 at usfamily.net>
To: "Barney Elking" <belking at humboldt1.com>; "[Woodcarver]" 
<woodcarver at six.pairlist.net>
Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 9:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Woodcarver] Ball in Cage


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> Barney Elking wrote:
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>>
>> A while ago one of the magazines had a feature on carving a caracature 
>> bust with a golf ball in a cage in its base.  Does anyone know where that 
>> appeared and/or what dimensions and drill bit size were used?  As I 
>> recall, the cage was carved and the bars were soaked in water to make 
>> them supple enough to force the ball in. Any help would be appreciated.
>>  Barney Elking
>> Fortuna, CA
>>
>
> The original cage that Bill Russel worked from for the article was a 2x2x3 
> block with a 1.5" hole. The golfball is about 1.67" in diameter.   I used 
> a 5/8 " bit which was orignally used for cane segments and drill 6 holes 
> thru the sides in both directions.  After removing the pieces left, I then 
> took a Foredom with a fairly large bull nose bit and a thin piece of wood 
> to keep the bull nose about 1/4" above the surface.  Using this, I would 
> grind the segments so that the post would be about 1/4" .   Some of the 
> carvers have been using  2.25  squares which would give a little larger 
> post in the corners but the opening should remain about 1.5 " or less. 
> Making the block longer, there is more variation that can be allowed.
>
> Another one that I did was put a 1 5/8 " cube (basswood or butternut) 
> inside a walnut or cherry cage so that the corners of the cube are 
> sticking out of the openings in the cage.
>
> Dick Allen
> Forest Lake, MN
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