jbswearingen
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I remember seeing somebody use this method, or one similar to it, and I want to make sure I have it right before I ruin a really nice corn cob blank...
I used my drill press to square the blank to the tubes, but even though the cobs were resin coated, they still didn't cut smoothly on the ends, which I didn't notice until I turned them down. I don't want to clamp them again to try squaring them, so here's what I propose:
Use a Jacobs chuck with a center punch mounted that fits snugly in the pen tube. Mount that in the tail stock.
On the head stock, mount a flat piece of wood inside my scrolling chuck. Attach 220 grit PSA paper on the wood. Slide the blank onto the center punch and slide the tail stock forward so it's 1/2" or so away from the sand paper.
Slide the blank forward to sand it square.
I may be over analyzing or worrying over nothing, but I just want to be sure I'm good to go.
Advice?
I used my drill press to square the blank to the tubes, but even though the cobs were resin coated, they still didn't cut smoothly on the ends, which I didn't notice until I turned them down. I don't want to clamp them again to try squaring them, so here's what I propose:
Use a Jacobs chuck with a center punch mounted that fits snugly in the pen tube. Mount that in the tail stock.
On the head stock, mount a flat piece of wood inside my scrolling chuck. Attach 220 grit PSA paper on the wood. Slide the blank onto the center punch and slide the tail stock forward so it's 1/2" or so away from the sand paper.
Slide the blank forward to sand it square.
I may be over analyzing or worrying over nothing, but I just want to be sure I'm good to go.
Advice?