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Ball turner.

toglhot

just a Backyard Butcher.
I made these two ball turners a few years back. I wanted one I could mount in the tool post and that I could use from in front of or behind the chuck.
The first one was just a simple welded design to see how it worked. It worked well, so I machined up a new one with a few additions.
 

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