Assorts Radius Ball Turning Tool for Lathe 3/8" Shank with HSS Tool Bit

This Assorts' Ball and Radius Turning Tool is designed to cut round shapes or curves or balls in brass, aluminum, steel or plastic on your lathe machine * You can also make ball joints, governor weights, railing knobs, round contact points for tools, nose cones, and many other useful and decorative objects. * The Radius tool is sized for small lathes, although it can be used with any size of equipment. The tool will cut convex curves up to 3/4" in diameter. * This lathe ball turning tool is machined from the highest quality of tool steel. The handle has a nicely turned aluminimum ball for easy gripping. * The lathe ball turning tool is completely machined from solid metal stock, there are no stamped, cast or pressed parts. A pre-ground High Speed steel tool bit is included.* On most lathes, the Ball and Radius Turning Tool will fit in standard tool holders. The tool is designed so that the center height is 1/4" from the bottom of the shank, so that on lathes like the Sherline or Taig, which use a standard 1/4" tool bit, little or no shimming is needed. On other lathes, the tool can be easily shimmed to center height.