https://www.facebook.com/reel/590531722599576
It never occurred to me to try something like this. Looks really workable.
On Saturday, April 29, 2023 at 4:09:28=E2=80=AFPM UTC-7, Michael wrote:
https://www.facebook.com/reel/590531722599576=20
=20
It never occurred to me to try something like this. Looks really workable= >.
Cute, but when faced with a need for a dowel and only oversize sticks avail= >able,
I've done the deed with a swiss army knife... no jig required, and only the= >=20
hole in the furniture for measure. Doesn't even require a work table.
The traditional bodger trick, with a two-point spin support lathe and
a rope around the work, also has miraculous ease-of-operation using only >muscle power. A drill press with a rotating free-end support on the table=
allows
lathe-like operation, freehanding with a chisel... or a file. I've done t= >hat, too.
https://www.facebook.com/reel/590531722599576
It never occurred to me to try something like this. Looks really workable.
whit3rd <whi...@gmail.com> writes:
On Saturday, April 29, 2023 at 4:09:28=E2=80=AFPM UTC-7, Michael wrote:
https://www.facebook.com/reel/590531722599576=20.
=20
It never occurred to me to try something like this. Looks really workable=
Cute, but when faced with a need for a dowel and only oversize sticks avail=
able,
I've done the deed with a swiss army knife... no jig required, and only the=
=20
hole in the furniture for measure. Doesn't even require a work table.
The traditional bodger trick, with a two-point spin support lathe and
a rope around the work, also has miraculous ease-of-operation using only >muscle power. A drill press with a rotating free-end support on the table=
allows
lathe-like operation, freehanding with a chisel... or a file. I've done t= >hat, too.
Doesn't everyone have one of these?
https://www.lie-nielsen.com/products/dowel-plate-standard
Or one of these?
https://www.woodmagazine.com/woodworking-tools/hand/the-stanley-no-77-dowel-and-rod-turner
(the facebook link ibid doesn't work for me).
On Monday, May 1, 2023 at 1:06:19=E2=80=AFPM UTC-5, Scott Lurndal wrote:
whit3rd <whi...@gmail.com> writes:=20
On Saturday, April 29, 2023 at 4:09:28=3DE2=3D80=3DAFPM UTC-7, Michael w= >rote:=20=20
https://www.facebook.com/reel/590531722599576=3D20=20.=20
=3D20=20
It never occurred to me to try something like this. Looks really worka= >ble=3D=20
=20
Cute, but when faced with a need for a dowel and only oversize sticks av= >ail=3D=20
able,=20
I've done the deed with a swiss army knife... no jig required, and only = >the=3D=20
=3D20
hole in the furniture for measure. Doesn't even require a work table.=20
=20
The traditional bodger trick, with a two-point spin support lathe and=20
a rope around the work, also has miraculous ease-of-operation using only
muscle power. A drill press with a rotating free-end support on the tabl= >e=3D=20
allows=20
lathe-like operation, freehanding with a chisel... or a file. I've done = >t=3D=20
hat, too.=20
=20
Doesn't everyone have one of these?=20
=20
https://www.lie-nielsen.com/products/dowel-plate-standard=20
=20
Or one of these?=20
=20
https://www.woodmagazine.com/woodworking-tools/hand/the-stanley-no-77-dow= >el-and-rod-turner=20
=20
(the facebook link ibid doesn't work for me).
That dowel plate is pretty great, but $100?
Michael <michael...@gmail.com> writes:
On Monday, May 1, 2023 at 1:06:19=E2=80=AFPM UTC-5, Scott Lurndal wrote:
whit3rd <whi...@gmail.com> writes:=20rote:=20
On Saturday, April 29, 2023 at 4:09:28=3DE2=3D80=3DAFPM UTC-7, Michael w=
ble=3D=20https://www.facebook.com/reel/590531722599576=3D20=20
=3D20=20
It never occurred to me to try something like this. Looks really worka=
ail=3D=20.=20
=20
Cute, but when faced with a need for a dowel and only oversize sticks av=
the=3D=20able,=20
I've done the deed with a swiss army knife... no jig required, and only =
e=3D=20=3D20
hole in the furniture for measure. Doesn't even require a work table.=20 >> >=20
The traditional bodger trick, with a two-point spin support lathe and=20 >> >a rope around the work, also has miraculous ease-of-operation using only >> >muscle power. A drill press with a rotating free-end support on the tabl=
t=3D=20allows=20
lathe-like operation, freehanding with a chisel... or a file. I've done =
el-and-rod-turner=20hat, too.=20=20
=20
Doesn't everyone have one of these?=20
=20
https://www.lie-nielsen.com/products/dowel-plate-standard=20
=20
Or one of these?=20
=20
https://www.woodmagazine.com/woodworking-tools/hand/the-stanley-no-77-dow=
=20
(the facebook link ibid doesn't work for me).
That dowel plate is pretty great, but $100? https://www.leevalley.com/en-us/shop/tools/hand-tools/dowel-and-tenon-cutters/101492-veritas-dowel-former
whit3rd <whit3rd@gmail.com> writes:
On Saturday, April 29, 2023 at 4:09:28=E2=80=AFPM UTC-7, Michael wrote:
https://www.facebook.com/reel/590531722599576=20
=20
It never occurred to me to try something like this. Looks really workable= >> .
Cute, but when faced with a need for a dowel and only oversize sticks avail= >> able,
I've done the deed with a swiss army knife... no jig required, and only the= >> =20
hole in the furniture for measure. Doesn't even require a work table.
The traditional bodger trick, with a two-point spin support lathe and
a rope around the work, also has miraculous ease-of-operation using only
muscle power. A drill press with a rotating free-end support on the table= >> allows
lathe-like operation, freehanding with a chisel... or a file. I've done t= >> hat, too.
Doesn't everyone have one of these?
https://www.lie-nielsen.com/products/dowel-plate-standard
Or one of these?
https://www.woodmagazine.com/woodworking-tools/hand/the-stanley-no-77-dowel-and-rod-turner
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