Wood Butcher
Local Chapter Leader
For all of you who have a barrel trimmer and are concerned with cracking, tearing off chunks or getting the end of a finished blank absolutely square, here's an idea to try. I looked at all of the trimmers and sanders and decided I could save some money by using my barrel trimmer as a sander. Here are a couple of pictures to show what I did. I used a 3/4" punch, a 1/4" punch, a piece of MDF to hammer on, a hammer (duh), and a 5" 220 grit PSA sanding disc. I can get from 25 to 30 sanding discs from one 5" disc. Just chuck it in a drill (or the lathe) and slide the finished pen barrel on it and sand it square and flat. HTHS
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