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Glass Sculpture 1

A display stand to hold a collection of flower implosion marbles


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The CAD model

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Padouk and Maple, cut with band saw, sanded with drum sander, and glued

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Segments cut on miter saw, then precisely sanded on disk sander and glued

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The drum sander makes everything flat and parallel

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Clamp in place for roughing

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First side roughing complete

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Finish with 1/4 ball end bit

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First side complete

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Drill some holes through the piece into the router table (probably not a good idea, need to rethink)

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Pegs in the router table for alignment

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Counterbore the top side, 0.010" bigger than the glass rod size

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Screw through the counterbores to hold the piece in place for top side roughing

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Top roughing complete

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After sanding and spraying with catalyzed conversion varnish

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The finished object, with marbles