I have wood turned the Telstar 18 which is this year's World Cup football/soccer ball. It is a segmented sphere with approximately 2013 pieces. It is made mainly of maple with a patterned section of birch, cherry, walnut, and ebony. It is 9" in diameter and 4lbs 7 oz. It is hollow. I constructed the segmented form with three intersecting rings; these rings are made up of 12 rectangular pieces and 6 square pieces. 8 triangular pieces fill the space in between the rings to complete the sphere. The surface is walnut oil.
Some of the tools used in this task
CNC:
wood turning tools:
FIFA World Cup Ball:
Cantilever Clamps:
KANT TWIST Quick Acting Fixture Clamp:
Milwaukee Small Angle Grinder:
Milwaukee Close Quarter Drill:
Milwaukee 18-volt Compact Drill:
Whiteside Spiral Bit with Up Cut Solid Carbide 1/2-Inch Size:
Whiteside Router Bits Compression 1/4-Inch:
Oshlun 8-1/2- Inch Unfavorable Hook Finishing ATB Saw Blade:
Freud 8-1/2- Inch Saw Blade:// amzn.to/ 2qtNTfT.
Amana 16 Inch Saw Blade:.
Wixey WR410 8-Inch Digital Protractor:.
Wixey WR300 Digital Angle Gauge:.
FastCap Glu-Bot Glue Bottle:.
3M Peltor H10A Optime 105 Earmuff:.
3M Reusable Respirator:.
3M Particulate Filter P100:.
Oneway Stronghold chuck:.
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You’re crazy. This turned out so well! Awesome project.
good pun well spotted
Fun fact: it looks like the triangular bits at 13:15 were at the magic angle (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_angle )
I love seeing my favorite channels spontaneously interact
That “turned” out better than expected
I love soccer
Wow! 14:47 Soooo good! Tedious process and beautiful outcome.
This guy is from another planet. That animation is amazing
Agreed.
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Impressive amounts of artistry and patience!
As Indiana Jones would say, “it belongs in a museum.”
Thanks David
David, doesn’t someone then reply “YOU belong in a museum”? 😉
wow super creative! I love it!
You did a fantastic job much better than the original. I’m not a fan of the official ball. Sweet push stick too by the way, needed a longer rear stud though.
This should be the new World Cup trophy!
I loved the soccer boot with the clits that was used to push the wood. The attention to detail is amazing!
Clits?😂
It’s “Cleats”
@Alex Cortés football boots
Not the same clits 😅😂
They’re called football boots.
OMG! Cleats.
This has got to be the best wood turning video to this day. Frank, amazing craftsmanship. Thank you for all your time and effort on this project and sharing it with the world.
✌️,
Jeremy
So satisfying to watch, on so many levels. I don’t know of anyone attempting projects like this! Well done, Frank 🙂
Another insane masterpiece, thank you as always Frank – you never disapoint! I’m always excited when notified you’ve posted another video.
Simply Amazing. You are so talented!
What a masterpiece!
Hi Martin!
Ayeeee
The man, the myth, the legend has appeared!
When combining your phenomenal craftsmanship with your editing skills your videos are always a pleasure to watch. Great result
Hes most likely not editing it
Absolutely phenomenal! So many woodworking skills went into that. I’m always amazed at segmented woodturning projects. Well done Sir!
Absolutely incredible. Thank you for spending so much time and effort to share these experiences with us. You’re motivating many of us to take woodworking to the next level!
being as a wood worker I can say A pro wood worker must need to know the geomatic , or all the measures in math, but at the Lathe point what you did its near impossible to end it perfectly,, but you did it sir,, you did a great job, its not you just did it right you even carried the right geomatic and put some of your best art on it and the rust is stunning, & with the right tool with the right use things will be shaped as you wanted to,, loved your all work sir, subscribed and liked all of em..
Not only are you the most skillfull and ambitious woodworker i’ve ever seen, but your video editing is also just so professionnal! Keep working just as hard, you’ll end up getting the number of subscribers you really deserve!
Wow just amazing
i think it’s amazing how we have 2 amazing carpenters on youtube as frank and bobby duke, yet their styles are completely different
Seriously I am absolutely impressed by your workmanship and editing skills. It is very fulfilling watching your videos. Keep it up.
Truly appreciated the planning and work going into this piece. The Death Star project was off the hook as well. Great inspiration, Frank!
this is so far ABOVE from my woodworking skillS that i’m almost discouraged to continue, i do not know if it gets better than this… Absolutely mind-blowing.