Reducing the Diameter of Dowels
The sketch shows an old patternmaker’s trick to reduce the diameter of a dowel. Simply chuck a router bit in a drill press and clamp down a couple of scrap blocks to guide the dowel and to serve as a length stop. Lower the quill to take a light cut, lock the quill in place and rotate the dowel under the bit. Continue taking light cuts until you’re at the desired diameter
Wallace C. Auger, Fairfield, Conn.
Fine Woodworking Magazine, April 1982 No. 33
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