Making a big wooden sphere

I have wanted to make a large sphere from a single section through a log so that the grain is continuous all the way around the sphere. About two years ago, I turned two bowl blanks from opposite sides of the same cherry log. They are now dry and ready to be finished. I needed a little more dimension between the two halves so that they would form a sphere. I made a segmented piece to fit between the two bowl halves. Using the CNC, I cut into the rim of the two bowls and into the new segmented space section, forming a geometric wavy pattern for the segmented section. I wood turned the insert and the two halves into a sphere on the lathe. Some say it looks like Jupiter.

Tools used in this project can be found at
http://www.frankmakes.com/

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

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