How would you neatly and consistently round over the ends of dozens of 1/2" dowels?
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/190570
Doing it by hand with sandpaper is a nonstarter.
Also I don't have a lathe :-/
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/190570
Doing it by hand with sandpaper is a nonstarter.
Also I don't have a lathe :-/
Could you use a jig to hold the piece vertically and clamp to keep from rotating, with the to be rounded part pointing down and a router table with roundover bit?
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.
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.