Instrument to make sphere in space

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I checked one of my old math books (for about $5$ years ago) and one of the problems is as follow:

$a)$ Why compass draw a circle?

$b)$ Can you give an example of an instrument to make sphere in space ?

Part $(a)$ is easy to answer. but I'm eager about knowing the answer of second part. I searched on internet but couldn't find such instrument.

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Rotating a circle around its diameter produces a sphere.

If they want a physical device, a gyroscope can be pointed in any direction and spins. An ice cream scoop carves out parts of a sphere.

Not sure what else they might be asking for. It's not as if we have a 3d piece of paper to draw on.