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Rounding the end of a Dowel
11/12/99
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There's an easy way to round over the end of a one inch dowel. I was making a childs coat rack for the day care, and needed a way to neatly blunt the end of the pegs. |
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Here's a better pic of the setup. You can see that tere
is a little bit of the fence cut away to make clearence for the blade.
The arrow on the fence shows the direction of the bit's rotation.
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Now get yourself a 1" dowell longer than the sum of all the pegs you intend to make. I used a 3' dowell to make four 4" pegs. I wanted the extra so I could keep my hands away from the bit. |
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Here you can see I've clamped a stop block to my chop saw at 4". Cut your rounded peg off the dowel and go back to the router and make another peg! If the pegs are going in at an angle, you need to cut that angle at this time, then square up the dowel for the next cut. I don't like the idea of cutting the pegs to lenght first, because you would be holding a short piece of dowel very close to the router bit, not safe! |
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There you have it! After a little sanding you have perfectly
rounder pegs for your project. Just remember to work safely and keep your
fingers on your hands!
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