Scooley01
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My boss knows I have a lathe and do pens. His hobby is leatherworking...today he asked me if I could try to make him an "edge slicker." Apparently, that is this:
This particular picture says it's designed to chuck into a hand drill, but he mentioned using it in a dremel, which I imagine would need a much smaller shaft.
I'm not 100% sure where to begin. So far, I've only made pens on my lathe...if I could drill a 1/4" hole in this so it would fit on my mandrel, I could definitely make it (As you can see, it's simple!), but I'm not sure if drilling that big of a hole would keep you from using it in a dremel.
Any thoughts on this? How can I make one of these using what I have, or would I need to get some sort of jawed chuck/collet?
This particular picture says it's designed to chuck into a hand drill, but he mentioned using it in a dremel, which I imagine would need a much smaller shaft.
I'm not 100% sure where to begin. So far, I've only made pens on my lathe...if I could drill a 1/4" hole in this so it would fit on my mandrel, I could definitely make it (As you can see, it's simple!), but I'm not sure if drilling that big of a hole would keep you from using it in a dremel.
Any thoughts on this? How can I make one of these using what I have, or would I need to get some sort of jawed chuck/collet?