Ball turning
the turning of arms or legs on furniture to make them resemble a continuous row of b-lls.
historical examples
the gate table on the same page with eight legs is a good example of ball turning.
chats on cottage and farmhouse furniture arthur hayden
a simple attachment for ball turning in an ordinary lathe is shown in fig. 1253.
modern machine-shop practice, volumes i and ii joshua rose
rifles should not be too deeply indented; only so much as to prevent the ball turning round within the barrel.
a dictionary of arts, manufactures and mines andrew ure
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