Wood Turning a Football

I have wood turned a football. I had thought the project would just be about the shape, but I found that with the seams in the pigskin and stitching on the ball there was quite a bit of inlaid work to be done. This would make a nice opportunity for a wood turned segmented football. I made the body of the ball out of some cherry wood that I cut up years ago. The seams of the ball are padauk and the big stitches of the ball are holly wood that I got from a neighbor last spring.
I built the main body of the ball from rings made from the cherry. Once the form of the ball was made, I use the CNC router to cut the inlay work in the ball and the parts themselves. Then I wood turned everything flush. I shaped the points at the ends of the ball on the disk sender and then with the hand sander. I finished the ball with walnut oil.

Some of the tools used in this project

CNC: http://www.cncrouterparts.com
wood turning tools: http://carterandsontoolworks.com/

Cantilever Clamps: http://amzn.to/1TJmAFx
KANT TWIST Quick Acting Fixture Clamp: http://amzn.to/1TJn2DP
Milwaukee 18-volt Compact Drill: http://amzn.to/1sj855F
Metabo Random Orbit Sander: https://amzn.to/2Ebp4Aw
Router Bit 1/4-Inch Down Cut: https://amzn.to/2piSkw5
Whiteside Router Bit 1/4-Inch: http://amzn.to/2bPwUhf
Oshlun 8-1/2-Inch Negative Hook Finishing ATB Saw Blade :http://amzn.to/1TJmTQ
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3M Peltor H10A Optime 105 Earmuff: http://amzn.to/1sj80iw
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Oneway Stronghold chuck: http://amzn.to/1VViyjO
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