Since it is a Fir Ball and you have cats, my vote is to hollow the sphere, hang it from the ceiling or make a stand, place some padding inside, position the hole so the cats can access the sphere from the side. Cats in a Fir Ball!
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Жыл бұрын
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@thematthewlondon
Жыл бұрын
furballl fir ball! but yeah old school MCM orb chair, i second this idea
@Andreas-tw4cm
Жыл бұрын
That was exactly my first thougt too. Would look fantastic!
@frankmakes
Жыл бұрын
I like it!
@thiagoennes
Жыл бұрын
scratch my suggestion. this is much better.
@dnfriedman
Жыл бұрын
That's a Death Star. The spot where one of the branches grew out is where the laser thing from the Death Star goes.
@Weird_guy79
Жыл бұрын
now that would be cool.
@rjustison
Жыл бұрын
I thought the same thing.
@ajmerkahlon8890
Жыл бұрын
Frank's already done a death star!
@chartle1
Жыл бұрын
@ajmerkahlon8890 history has shown us that you can't have too many death stars. 👍
@Polsnulspace
Жыл бұрын
Frank has already made a Death star from bamboo, if memory serves me correct but given there were two Death Stars, this would be perfect opportunity to make the mk2.
@missamo80
Жыл бұрын
If this is this year's Christmas ornament I can't wait to see the size of this year's Christmas tree 😮
@FarbulousCreations
Жыл бұрын
Frank's ornaments just keep getting bigger but the tree never does! 😂
@kenroberts3511
Жыл бұрын
You could turn it down to an egg shape and put it in the yard next to a sign that reads "Beware of Chicken"
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Жыл бұрын
Hahahahaha omg that would be so funny
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11 ай бұрын
Or "Protected T. Rex Nesting Area - Do Not Disturb Wildlife"
@drewliedtke2377
Жыл бұрын
Look up artist David Nash. The specific piece is called “Wooden Boulder” and that thought of “what do I do with this big ball of wood” is exactly what happened to him. He eventually just pushed it into a drainage ditch, but over time it started to move with the seasons. He started documenting its journey until it made it to the ocean where it met its final resting place and was lost forever. Reading his words about this hunk of wood was heart-wrenching. It started to feel like his child.
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Жыл бұрын
Drill one hole straight through the center, run a long threaded rod with an eye hook on top and an extended pointer on the bottom. Connect the eye hook to a long cable and suspend it from a strong tree branch and allow the fir ball to move as a giant pendulum. Build a sandbox under the pendulum so that the moving pointer can create a design in the sand as the pendulum moves.
@dryroasted5599
Жыл бұрын
Foucault's pendulum.
@TheDivasoprano
Жыл бұрын
Cool idea.
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Жыл бұрын
I have made hundreds of spheres that size for the pyrotechnic industry, they use them as a mold to make round fireworks ball shells' They put the waxed wooden sphere on a machine that wraps a wet glued paper tape onto the ball to make the paper ball shell that is then cut off of the ball in halves after it dries.
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@jackcusick7134
Жыл бұрын
The subtle Rover references from "The Prisoner" were a nice touch.
@boldlygo3469
Жыл бұрын
Turn in into a community bird house with several openings allowing 4 or 5 families of birds. You'd have to put on on stilts or some sort of raised platform, of course.
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@bobdole4916
Жыл бұрын
It'd be an absolute bear of a project to pull off, but filling all the cracks with resin could be really cool - especially coinciding with the table idea. It'd remove the structural problems and stop it from further deteriorating, but, like I said, it'd be a real bear of a project to pull that off.
@I_Do_Not_Know_What_I_am_Doing
Жыл бұрын
To riff off this idea, I suggest hollowing out the interior, sealing the outside, and making a light fixture. Possibly exterior.
@erichenao6537
Жыл бұрын
Awesome use of The Prisoner sample at the end!
@Jonasolsenwoodcraft
Жыл бұрын
Honestly the table idea looks pretty awesome!
@Barbaralee1205
7 күн бұрын
I started coming to your channel for the absolutely amazing woodworking and off the wall creativity. I stay for the giggles ❤️.
@jeffvinyard3643
Жыл бұрын
I liked the golf ball idea. Seeing you lathe a tee that size would be fun too. It would probably need to be stabilized, as many have suggested. I would like to see you figure out how many dimples are required, their size, and then a way to get them symmetrical.
@brycecalhoun
Жыл бұрын
This has been mentioned a few times, and is by far the most fun, whimsical and challenging to do right. I would love seeing the process as it unfolds.
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@Drew-de7ey
Жыл бұрын
Super cool as always, Frank. Leaving it to roll around the yard is my favorite idea. Maybe turn some pins and have a giant lawn bowling set??!? Keep us posted, thanks!
@warrenwerks
Жыл бұрын
I love that you turned this just for the sake of doing it not really having a purpose in mind for an end product
@DavidVines
Жыл бұрын
When you showed the table idea I instantly thought of you making that the "destroyed" deathstar where the side is blown out.
@nickhenscheid369
Жыл бұрын
I like the "let it roll around the yard" idea. My dad always used to say "I don't have time to work on it, so I'll put it outside and let the weather work on it". I love the cat sphere idea though, my immediate thought was the fir ball/fur ball pun!
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@noremorsewoodworking2258
Жыл бұрын
Make some giant bowling pins as you already have a giant lawn-bowling ball
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@jcortese3300
Жыл бұрын
Enjoyed the background audio. :-) Maybe you can inlay some pretty architectural gingerbread form Portmeirion where "The Prisoner" was filmed.
@mauroarriagada
Жыл бұрын
Frank, you are the best. How about a disco ball that instead of having tons of small pieces of mirrors you carve out some holes with the CNC in random places to then fill them up with some kind of epoxy that has small lights on each piece. Then you hang it and put a motor to rotate it and have the coolest disco ball in the world.
@davedavedavee
Жыл бұрын
Hi Frank. My name is Ella I am 8 years old. I like watching your videos with my dad alot.And l think you should just use it for decor.😊
@knuckletherapyserveothersf6092
Жыл бұрын
Frank I just wanted to I think you are an amazing human being. You're creativity is inspirational. In my humble opinion I feel like you're work shop is second to none. No disrespect for our fellow woodworkers out there. There definitely some amazing shops out there..
@mauroarriagada
Жыл бұрын
I second this. Frank you are a genius!
@triphopchill
Жыл бұрын
I really liked the idea, to make a table out of it, it's not such a crazy idea, more like an experiment in which you play with form and volume. Love the channel! love the projects! cheers from Romania
@davidlipschitz6422
Жыл бұрын
I would suggest that it be used as a base for a coffee table with either a glass top, slab or cookie (Nakashima style) Keep the cracks, maybe a bow tie or two if you thing it needs to be stabilized. Thanks for sharing
@liveoak4124
Жыл бұрын
Now that you’ve made the Perisphere, I’m looking forward to the Trylon build
@WackeyWorxWorkshop
Жыл бұрын
Looks good Frank. I like the globe idea. And then build the axis so that I can spin like a globe.
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@FrietjeOorlog
Жыл бұрын
Great Balls of Fir. Isn't that a song by Jerry Tree Lewis?
@martinrpke5388
Жыл бұрын
Fill in the crack's with black resin, saw it in half like a Weber grill, hollow it out, water proof the interior, mount it on 3 legs, fill with ice and beer
@brianpainter6620
Жыл бұрын
Those large cracks remind me of the Valles Marineris on Mars! Making a topographical globe of Mars (or some kind of exoplanet) would be cool.
@jandavis1523
Жыл бұрын
Hi Frank! You could make this the first of a planet series, use epoxy to smooth/refine the exterior. Maybe this could be Jupiter? Then find a way to suspend them into a huge outdoor? indoor? mobile.
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Make a stand in the shape of your lathe cup. Finish it with satin over translucent stain, so it retains wood appeal. Cut a flat on top. Tempered glass top for a table, and/or another Lexan ring at the equator, mimicking a ringed planet. You do nice work, looking forward to seeing what you come up with.
@I_M_Nonno
Жыл бұрын
Best thing I've seen for turning large pieces like this is a router mounted to the lathe on an articulated arm. with the lathe turning very slowly, the route roughs out the piece with minimal effort. I would think your CNC might be able to rough out the initial shaping too. As to ideas, apply a mirror finish, mount it on an acrylic shaft and stick it in your garden. A floating mystery ball.
@SeraphimKnight
Жыл бұрын
You've got the first piece of a truly epic pool table! 😁
@AbyssalMelody
Жыл бұрын
Put it in a basin with a water spout to make it like, one of those globes you can spin around.
@jero37
Жыл бұрын
A possibly simple-ish thing to do would be to fill the cracks with epoxy and then re-round from there. I think the random lawn ornament idea is pretty decent. Maybe a less aggressive sanding method to get it started once you have the cracks filled?
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@wittworks
Жыл бұрын
Amazing Frank.
@VaingloriousGaming
Жыл бұрын
I know it has already been suggested but, Frank, you have a Death Star.
@iivarimokelainen
6 ай бұрын
The shot where you had it up in the air to me was really beautiful. Maybe it's silly, but I'd suggest to keep it as an art piece, install it on some thin invisible spoke somewhere and just a have a ball of huge wood grains in your yard.
@scottanguish2714
Жыл бұрын
Love the Rover references! Fill the cracks with resin. Put it back on the lathe to smooth. Cut it in half on the bandsaw. Use the cnc to carve a pennyfarthing bike in the top. Fill that with a colored resin. Now it can be an indoor Prisoner-themed table!
@rorywallace7335
Жыл бұрын
Was anticipating your next video. What a pleasant surprise. I see this as a base for a larger piece. Thanks for the inspiration.
@johngassmann9581
Жыл бұрын
Here's a video of a cool cat hacking up a fir ball. 😂
@freebeerecords
Жыл бұрын
Make a big cup for it to float in with as little water as will float it, then it could be a tactile spinning sculpture. Great vid, many thanks!
@DracoOmnia
Жыл бұрын
Good foundation for making a Kirby statue out of wood. Got to admit the cats in a fir ball is really appealing though 😂
@joelhollingsworth2374
Жыл бұрын
I'd like to suggest mounting a shade-producing item (patio umbrella, or something with a more interesting shape like a leaf or whatever strikes your fancy) into it, and making a seat that can tighten down onto the ball to lock the shade item into the orientation needed at that hour.
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@propertystuff7221
Жыл бұрын
OK so I'm not the only one who saw Death Star. Starkiller Base was another good suggestion. Did an image search for wood sphere and the vast majority were just that: objects of beauty with no other function. If it must be put to use somehow, maybe a giant candle holder? Chandelier or lamp? Cut in half it could be a home for a star projector / planetarium projector. The first hemisphere could be the used as the legs for the 2nd. Huge or they could become serving bowls for vast quantities of walnuts. Bore a hole in it and it's the world's fanciest birdhouse. Heck, at that size, the cats could fit inside. I know if I were a cat, I'd love to own a hollow Death Star bed. ;)
@tpottrell
Жыл бұрын
I just have visions of seeing it rolling around in the background of future videos 😅
@lauraw3117
9 ай бұрын
Make two more and have an outdoor snowman decoration. ❤
@MorganJohnston
Жыл бұрын
The thing the differentiates it from your other spheres is that it’s a solid block, so you should play with that. Drill holes through and play with the space inside the sphere making a lattice or something
@rorywallace7335
Жыл бұрын
Yes, but it has to go deep. That is where the wonder is! Thanks for all the sharing. It's inspirational.
@DrWeird
Жыл бұрын
@@rorywallace7335careful not to go to deep, you might uncover a Balrog and no one wants one of those in the house
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@daboonies8603
Жыл бұрын
I saw this title and immediately thought of the cult horror movie critters 🤣 I don't know why but that would be a cool build! Cheers love your videos!
@curtismakes
Жыл бұрын
I think you should make a giant spiral track that this giant "marble" rolls down, and an elevator to lift it back up to the top again on loop. Channel a bit of Colin Furze and keep going with the oversize scale.
@ShredPile
Жыл бұрын
Love it. Single rope tree swing is my vote but there are so many good ones here already!
@xdebroux8909
Жыл бұрын
It seems a good start for some oversized bowling alley. You've got the ball. Now all that is left is to make ten (segmented) oversized pins.
@hershycows
Жыл бұрын
It would be cool to turn it into one of those water features where the ball floats on a thin flim of water inside a cup so it can spin freely. The ones I've seen are usually some kind of rock tho so idk if it would work with wood.
@einname9986
Жыл бұрын
probably needs to be coated in a thick layer of epoxy so the water does not cause it to rot
@freebeerecords
Жыл бұрын
Ha I had the same exact idea! Nice!
@keiphillips7648
Жыл бұрын
It’s so big, it would be so satisfying to see it in some kind of perpetual motion. Like how those huge crystal balls float on a garden water feature. Or some kind of spinning mechanism? I’m not sure how, but it’d be so cool to see such a lump moving gracefully. Tho I can hear myself,, I understand that’s a tall order on the engineering side of things. I’ll comment if lightning strikes
@suedfrucht44
Жыл бұрын
I love it as is - find a nice half-shaded corner in your garden and put it there. Watch it get overgrown with moss - maybe put two smaller siblings next to it
@frankmakes
Жыл бұрын
I like this. It's easy lol
@krsulock
Жыл бұрын
glad for an update and new project to watch :)
@alanbutler1657
Жыл бұрын
My thoughts as you were turning was that you make a globe drinks container by cutting it in half. Always fun to watch your work.
@dsvdmeer
Жыл бұрын
The last shot kind of reminded me of the Eye of Sauron. You could use the crack to turn it into a huge creepy eyeball rolling around the garden!
@clintmyrick4128
Жыл бұрын
Maybe a giant pendulum; swing seat
@Everythingisgoingtobealright
Жыл бұрын
That’s good, just drill a hole for a rope and hang it up, done. Sometimes the basic thing are the most interesting.
@elliotsummons5246
Жыл бұрын
So it would be a tremendous amount of work (not even sure how you would do it, tbh), but if you could fill the cracks with resin, smooth the whole thing out, hollow out a section in the middle such that a light source (LEDs, for example) would shine through the resin in the largest cracks from the inside, put it on legs like the table idea or just a flat on the bottom to sit on the floor, it could make a really interesting ambient/mood light
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Жыл бұрын
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@durandanne-john6621
Жыл бұрын
Hello ! You can use it as a giant foot for a dinner table ! With a great piece of flat rock or glass maybe ? It's a huge wooden ball ! You can also digg in to do a game for the cats ! I have many ideas for this piece but it's not easy to explain because english isn't my native language. Sorry ! Thanks you for all your interesting videos !
@Blanchebranche
Жыл бұрын
Hi ! You can turn it into a planter, a decorative element in the shape of a walnut shell, a lamp base, an original storage box, a grafting box for your cats... Thanks for your videos!
@cassia_cries
Жыл бұрын
Rolling around the garden is it's perfect place! Maybe plants flowers or fungus in the cracks and let it merge back into nature ❤
@yootoob7048
Жыл бұрын
The audio clip at the end is a nice touch, Frank. Very clever.
@valianttry
Жыл бұрын
Hollow it out, add lighting from the interior, and make it into a beautiful chandelier. You could cut interesting shapes into the surface from which light escapes, or add a few external lights on stems extending from the ball.
@artfx9
Жыл бұрын
Giant eyeball sculpture. CNC the rhetna.
@weekendstuff
Жыл бұрын
Judging by the amount of cracks and missing parts it has i'd do a fire ball from the fir ball :-). As I don't like the usual resin/epoxy "fixes". Other than that a garden seat just as it is (waxed maybe) would be nice also.
@davidmoffitt981
Жыл бұрын
I love the idea of an outdoor table!
@marcuscicero9587
Жыл бұрын
looks like you had some fun
@brockroberts4258
11 ай бұрын
I love it, Frank! It’s a beast!
@michalsedy547
Жыл бұрын
I think that it can be a firt part of snowman with stand in corner of garden and will hold a new yraerly make christmass ball.
@MrRemi1802
Жыл бұрын
A wooden Sputnik, a funky lamp or coffee table, a design speaker, a flowerpot, ...
@unabashedgeek
Жыл бұрын
I can't believe I didn't immediately see the pun in your video title - I must need a nap more than I thought!
@nofunsir
Жыл бұрын
My vote, since it's SO rough, is to use your geometry talent to fill in the voids with epoxy. An extra challenge since it's effectively a convex table. And keep it rolling in the yard for years. I was thinking that right before you said that. Then, maybe one day you'd be able to see it from space via Google Earth.
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@bseely772
Жыл бұрын
Love your videos Frank :)
@davidshaper5146
Жыл бұрын
I use the Big Bite chuck spur regularly. Pound it in first with a mallet.
@kenhukushi1637
Жыл бұрын
I was wondering why the Number Six music in the beginning until I saw the sphere rolling around on the grass and "aah OK"
@susanvasquez3625
Жыл бұрын
A super elegant plinth, set in the yard somewhere the sphere can mellow and naturalize... rather like a gazing ball on a log, but in reverse.
@christopherwaterman4925
Жыл бұрын
Perhaps a concave side and use it as a succulent planter. Maybe with the legs from the table idea.
@Bjuffs
Жыл бұрын
Slice it up into sections, distance the slices to create empty spaces between the slices and put a lightbulb in it. Could be a floor lamp, table lamp, or ceiling lamp.
@frankmakes
Жыл бұрын
I had not thought about this. Very cool.
@lesliespeaker668
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, I thought about hollowing it out, make the wall relatively thin and because there's lots of cracks enough light might come through for this to be made into a lamp. But with all the fragile thin cracks he would also lose a lot of material and it'll look ugly. So I think if he wants to machine it no matter what, he needs to fill the cracks with resin. Could be clear resin if he wants to hollow it out, or he could use the color of the wood if he wants to make it into a lamp made out of rings.
@RonaldJS
Жыл бұрын
Cut off a slice to make like a table with short legs but the table top made thick could be swung off to the side pivoting on a hidden pin to reveal the hollowed out interior below for storage.
@chrissteere9494
Жыл бұрын
I see a Death Star being made out of it. The flat portion could be where the cracks and gouges are. Once complete, hang it from the rafters!
@ThompsonsWorkshop
Жыл бұрын
Frank - turn a few giant bowling pins and then you have lawn bowling!
@lord_derbro2568
Жыл бұрын
You could stableise it with resin and then make a spinnging ball on water "sclupture" out of it. idk if you know them but they are useually made out of stone and are often in parks( I think they are called Kugel ball´s), so a smaller version made out of wood would perfekly fit into your garden
@ericdgood
Жыл бұрын
Drill holes through it and make a smaller wooden ball puzzle game. You have to roll it around till the ball comes out.
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@MRrwmac
11 ай бұрын
Gonna be interestng no matter what you decide!
@Lobsinus
Жыл бұрын
Man is back at it again with his massive balls
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@Steve-od2di
Жыл бұрын
Make it into a Star Wars Death Star. CNC the trench / emitter details in.
@rDunfee
Жыл бұрын
Jimmy DiResta just did a video where he turned a log into a really nice looking treasure chest. I bet you could cut a section off, carve out the center and maybe seal the inside and make a great little outdoor cooler
@nickcody7257
Жыл бұрын
I wonder if you could build a screw jack that goes between the ways of the lathe to help jack things up into position when they are heavy. I guess you don't work on things this heavy very often. I was just thinking the threads would be more adjustable than just propping it up on blocks. Maybe take the threads from a C clamp and weld a square of metal with the tips bent up onto the Movable jaw so it is bigger.
@I_Do_Not_Know_What_I_am_Doing
Жыл бұрын
I was thinking something similar, but a small scissor lift
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@lanemurphy8395
Жыл бұрын
Polish it out super super smooth, put some brass legs under it and call it art. Great conversation piece
@jaromir_kovar
Жыл бұрын
hello Frank, how about epoxy pour fix the cracks, then hollow it out and make one of those fancy opening globes on a stand you can put some secret stash into? Like minibar or anything else. You could still inlay the continents, or any made-up landmasses. The epoxy-filled cracks could be like wisps of an atmosphere, depending on the color.
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@wesley115777
Жыл бұрын
Frank, I suggest you try to find that other section of the log and make it into another ball. Then you'd have a pair. A really big pair. Then you could leave them in the front yard and passersby could comment on your really big pair . . . of fir balls . . .
@TizonaAmanthia
Жыл бұрын
I say, lop the top off, about 25% down, do an epoxy fill on the cracks. then lathe out the inside so it's a hollow sphere, and then set it up to be a drink cooler! it looks big enough to hold a 6pack of beers or a couple bottles of wine!
@mavigogun
Жыл бұрын
Truly a Prisoner to your own impulses.
@impalatube
Жыл бұрын
Cut in half. Hollow out each half. Reattach the halves with a hinge. Bung on some legs. Fill with ice and booze. Impress your mates.
@sidewinderdrums
Жыл бұрын
I think a combination of this idea and vacuum resin to stabilize would be awesome.
@therealkakkamakkara
Жыл бұрын
make an outdoor puzzle out of it. something inbetween having to figure out how the pieces go together aswell as balance them just right for it to stay together. or have one piece be an anchor, that when pulled out the rest falls apart. so puzzle is made instantly ready for someone to solve.
@joshuanelson4559
Жыл бұрын
That last audio clip made me think of Sputnik, maybe you could make a map of notable satellites on it
@R.E.Mellick
Жыл бұрын
Coat ..and by coat I suggest submerge.. your piece in a colored epoxy resin to fill in and soften it's rough edges and deeper imperfections. Then turn and sand to smooth. THEN decide on what it will be.. even if it's to roll around the yard it will at least be weather protected.
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