By Lionel Crabbe | You will need | Awood 06 55 [20mm hawe | eosnss* \ RO hawdnced 1 en adle onging 040° | 6 Lown spindle gouge ; ae ee eae | 6 Gun voundpaw skew chisel ack ith sme Js | 2 ow ave srr \ sing CETTE * pevaing | Ree Tean toner to \ reowney \ acim length oF 1.5 dcp ae « Aorasive £07920 ort eat yon chece This item is called a kendama. We haven't room here to tell you how to turn a sphere, so you could either buy cone ~ try www.alwayshobbies.com — or go to our website for turning spheres by David Springett. ‘The main shaft For the shaft, take a blank 55mm square x 180mm long and ‘mount between centres. Create a cylinder and cut a spigot. Hold the spigot in a chuck and bring up the tailstock for support. True up the end with a spindle gouge and, using the parting tool, create a parting cut 42mm diameter. This is the outer diameter of the cup. Radius off the outer edge, remove the tailstock and cut a gentle hollow in the end, about 6mm deep in the centre. Once cut, sand it and then use the spindle gouge to create the shaft. About 60mm back from the end mark it, and this is the point at which the taper starts, which will ultimately terminate at a 10mm round-ended tip. To create the taper it is easier to reverse the piece so that the cup end is now held in the chuck. Place tissue paper in the jaws and then tighten. Then, keep the tailstack in place while you create the taper. Once done, sand toa fine finish. Remove the tailstock and just round off the end. The crosspiece Mark the centre of the lenath of the crosspiece and on this point, drill a 9.5mm hole through the full 55mm depth. Next use the reamer to create a taper that is 14.5mm wide at one end and 9.5mm the other. Once done, mount the piece between centres and turn the piece to 42mm diameter. Mount one end of this in a chuck then create a hollow, as on the main shaft, then remove the piece and repeat for the other fend. Sand and then slide the piece over the main shaft. It should slide down and leave the spike projecting about 75mm oF 50. Thread the cord though the 2mm hole in the tall and tie a knot in it. The other end is threaded though the hole in the cross piece and then trapped in place when the cross piece is fitted to the main shaft. Job done and happy playing! FLIPPER This toy was very much an experiment, based on a small plastic Christmas cracker toy. There isn’t room here to explain how to ‘tur the catching bowl, but see mini projects in issue 40 for bow! turning. I started by planing down a 20mm wide strip of ash to around 3mm thickness, left well overlength ~ I would suggest 400mm. To make the firing cup for the ball, I drilled a ‘12mm hole down the centre of 25mm dowel and cut off a 15mm slice, I then glued this about 25mm from the end of the lath. When dry, I sanded the edge of the dowel flat. For the body, which will house the ‘spring, I cut a'50 x 70 x 60mm block of beech, cutting an angle of a few degrees on the top face ~ this was to give the spring the angle to flip the ball forward. I cut a 7mm slice off the angled side, and cut a rebate in the larger section of body to the wwwwoodworkersinstitute.com | You will need | fBeech and ash ofteut 1 Shall dewel otfout 5 GP mactice ball $ Twmea vou! * Aovasive +9320 full depth and width of the ‘spring’, so it could be secured in place by gluing the ‘tid’ in place. Now the trial and error bit. Clamp the lath into the body, with the lid in place and all onto the bench, leaving about 200mm protruding. Put the ball in the cup and twang the end of the spring so the ball loops high and forward. You then want to adjust the amount the spring sticks out so that the ball will, land in your cup within the length of your plinth. Measure all your positions, then glue the spring in the body with the lid, and glue and screw the body with spring, and the bowl, onto the base ~ a piece about 350 x 75 x 20mm. I used a roundover cutter to break the edges of the body and sanded and oiled it. With any luck, you wil now have a fun, if infuriating, toy. ISSUE 42 WOODWORKING PLANS & PROJECTS 55. S1D3/Od INIW SAOL,SAOD @ Darou