Wonderful. Looks like it works great!
Wonderful. Looks like it works great!
I seen a video on dowel making with something like bergerud's idea except they used a router and it was a little slower.
CarverJerry
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Michael T
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have to say the same wow
That's fantastic! I'm sold!
Henry
Every one has a photographic memory. Some just don't have film.
Dan,
That's pretty slick. A nice bit of engineering.
Steve
Dan that looks great. I have been using a router for smaller dowels.
Thanks guys. It is fun to make something and have it work better than it should. I cannot take credit for the idea. Thanks to James RS for starting this thread on the cylinder mill.
I was really hoping to modify my rotary jig to double as a dowel maker but had to give that up. What I will do is have the dowel maker mount and hold the dowel exactly the same as my rotary jig does. That way, it will be easy switch the dowel from the dowel jig to the rotary jig.
After I cut out and try the next version, I will post the files.
If you are interested in making this dowel maker, you might want to order the bearings now. It used two F6000 bearings. (F for flange) Also a standard 6000 like in the rotary jig, spindle top, and cut motor. The flange ones are harder to find so you should order some now.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from...aring&_sacat=0
These are metric bearings which will require a 10mm shaft. You could go for imperial size bearings if you want. (No sweat for you to change the hole sizes in the mpc.) These are just what I had on hand and match the rotary jig sizes.