Making a dowel with the sawblade

[Floyd Cox]

You gotta see this, What Kind of blade did he use?

http://www.youtube.com//watch?v=dwDjedeJCZ0&feature=user

[Bill Edwards(2)]

So much to see. So much to learn.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2D3_901kV54&NR=1

[Lee Schierer]

Neat idea, but I think four passes on a router is faster and would yield a smoother finish. On the large dowel, the hose clamp seemed to be a potential hazard to his hand as he was trying to steady the piece as it went through the cut.

[Jim Rimmer]

Seems like a lot of work and risk for something you can buy for $1. I agree with Lee, if you need specific wood dowels, use your router. This method was risky at best and the dowel diameter didn't look consistent.

[Marty Paulus]

I went as far as to watch another vid the guy does on making wooden balls. He puts blocks in various stages of becoming round in a cup that has a disc sander for a bottom and lets the blocks bounce around for 90 minutes. Seems a little inefficient to me since the two pieces that did come out round were close to round to begin with.

[Kent A Bathurst]

So much to see. So much to learn.

One more example of why I buy my lumber.............:D......that looks too much like work!!

[Jim Koepke]

If you are like me and live 12 miles from the nearest source and it is after closing time, you just might give it a try.

I have made dowels with a bead profile molding plane.

jtk

[David Larsen]

Well they say there is always more than one way to skin a rabbit!

[Neal Clayton]

the obvious application of such things that is useful, if you think about it, is functional shutters.

you need to carve an end round, while leaving the center square.