[Woodworkers] Turning Help

[Gcw804 at aol.com]

Hi All,
I'm making a walnut cabinet for our bathroom, which is patterned after a  
mid 1800's French Country Pine Nightstand. It has bun feet. I've turned 4 for 
 the new piece, but am not exactly happy with them. When Turning the bun or 
ball  part, it is difficult for me to get them ball shaped. I turned a 
cylinder a tad  larger than the finished diameter of the bun. Then I marked the 
bun off in  thirds, and started turning. Starting from the middle working my 
way down to the  ends. I used a 1/2" skew and 1/4" thumbnail gouge.
Pictures attached. The first picture is the original cabinet and  the 
second is one of the feet that I turned.
 
Any advice is greatly appreciated.
 
Thanks
Gary Williams
Mechanicsville VA.
 
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