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

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[โ€“] DavidP@toast.ooo 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do try the drill plus support block, but first try rounding them by hand with a rasp, file, or a bench chisel. Using the router like that, especially with such short pieces, seems like a recipe for disaster.

[โ€“] c7plumbcrazy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

undefined> y the drill plus support block, but first try rounding them by hand with a rasp, file, or a bench chisel. Using the router like that, especially with suc

Ooh, if you have a router and round-over bit, you could make a jig making a modified router base-plate out of 1.5" thick stock. The idea would be to create a recess for the round-over bit to set in approximately halfway into the stock. Then have an "1/2" hole offset from the radius of the bit to all you to insert the dowel and rotate. With the jig attached to the router and a hole with a tight enough tolerance you may not get too much chatter when feeding the stock into the jig.