About: My name is Troy. I'm a Mechatronics and Aerospace Engineer. I make things out of wood and electronics and spend time outdoors (especially SCUBA diving).

Wooden spheres can be helpful for an entire range of crafts, decorations, and even art. This project was mainly for practice for an upcoming instructable, but also a proof of concept for the process.

A sphere is a three dimensional object where every point on the surface is the same distance from the center. With this elementary knowledge, the process shown below for turning a sphere on a lathe makes a lot of sense. As the sphere is turned on the lathe through all three axis, all the points on the surface become the same distance from the center.

This project is simple enough to complete in a few hours. I recommend trying it out if you want to learn a new technique for your wood turning.