Turning a Stunning Metallic Leaf Sphere. Gold, Silver & Copper Inlay

In this mesmerizing woodturning project, I cast a sphere using gold, silver, and copper leaf from Easy Inlay embedded in Alumilite Clear Slow resin. Once cured, I mounted it on my Harvey T60S wood lathe and shaped it into a perfect sphere using the Paul Howard Sphere Jig (available from Simon Hope) and Easy Wood Tools carbide turning tools—with a negative rake cutter ideal for resin work.

The sphere was dry sanded to 400 grit using Klingspor abrasives, then wet sanded all the way up to a glassy 12,000 grit finish. For the resin base, I dry sanded to 400 grit and followed up with a beautiful finish using Yorkshire Grit Original and Yorkshire Grit Microfine.

🔧 Tools & Materials Used:

Resin: Alumilite Clear Slow

Metal Leaf: Gold, Silver & Copper from Easy Inlay : https://www.easyinlay.com/

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Lathe: Harvey T60S

Turning Tools: Easy Wood Tools with Negative Rake Cutter

Sphere Jig: Paul Howard Sphere Jig (from Simon Hope)

Sanding: Klingspor abrasives, Micro-mesh wet sanding

Finish: Yorkshire Grit Original + Microfine

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Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
00:03 - Turn the blank to round
01:29 - Marking out Halfway on the Blank
01:49 - bring up the tailstock for support
01:57 -Take the corners off
02:56 - Re-draw the centre line
03:02 - Clean up
03:10 - Turning a Sphere with the Paul Howard Sphere Jig
04:43 - Take it off the glue block
05:48 - Take the Nubbin off
06:28 - Dry Sanding
06:48 - Cleaning
07:06 - Wet Sanding
08:27 - Making the stand
09:29 - Dishing it out
10:21 - Sanding
10:40 - Cleaning
10:58 - Yorkshire Grit Original Abrasive Paste
11:36 - Yorkshire Grit Microfine Abrasive Paste
11:51 - Outro