Someday Is Now

Redwood burl with African Blackwood and copper wire. 

Hollow form is 6.5" in diameter and 6" tall.

Total height is 14 inches. 

Wood Baseballs

Nineteen wood baseballs and one purple ball. 

The baseballs are all around 2 7/8" in diameter. 

The seams and stitching 

were created using pyrography.

Captured Golf Balls

I know many other people have done this with square blocks of wood. 

However, I have never seen it done in the round using a lathe. 

Therefore, I thought I would take a shot at it.

After several R&D tests and

the typical learning curve, there was success.

Each is made from one piece of Hard Maple turned on the lathe.

A small router mounted on the lathe with a 1/4" cutter

is used to make the openings. 

The balls were inserted using woodturner's magic

followed by the finishing process.