RPM
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I was planning to make the CSUSA Gentleman and the Arizona Siloutte Baron pen per requests from coworkers that want to buy them. However, due to the size of the tubes, I would need to buy new shafts for my blank trimmer at a cost of nearly $40 just for the Gentleman's pen (I'm not even sure of the tube size of the Baron). That is alot of $$ for a trimmer shaft. How difficult is it to trim manually? I have a table saw and a disk sander for it.
It seems to me that I could make a jig using a squared block of wood with a rod of with the same i.d. of the tube inserted in it. Then clamp the block on the miter square and allow the blank to "float" on the rod up to the sanding disk. This would ensure contact that is square to the tube. Does this seem reasonable or am I over engineering a simple task?
Richard
It seems to me that I could make a jig using a squared block of wood with a rod of with the same i.d. of the tube inserted in it. Then clamp the block on the miter square and allow the blank to "float" on the rod up to the sanding disk. This would ensure contact that is square to the tube. Does this seem reasonable or am I over engineering a simple task?
Richard