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How would you neatly and consistently round over the ends of dozens of 1/2" dowels? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by AMillionMonkeys to c/woodworking
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/190570

Doing it by hand with sandpaper is a nonstarter.
Also I don't have a lathe :-/

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[โ€“] AMillionMonkeys 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was thinking horizontally. I'd hesitate to do it vertically since gravity would be pulling the stock into the bit. If anything went wrong it's not exactly fail-safe.

[โ€“] Golfnbrew 2 points 1 year ago

I think the roundover bit is your best bet. But you don't have to go vertical. Horizontal, perpendicular to the fence of a router table. You will need to build a jig somehow.