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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If they're fairly short, you could make a v block jig and drive it with a drill, and use a chisel on the side you want to round over. There's a vid/gif I saw recently of a gentleman doing it to make the dowels themselves after knocking the corners down with a hand plane