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TurtleCreek

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Re: Dowel cutters for making shafts, a few ???
« Reply #15 on: January 25, 2012, 06:07:15 am »
That's a neat idea Bubby, thanks for sharing

Offline zdogk9

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Re: Dowel cutters for making shafts, a few ???
« Reply #16 on: January 26, 2012, 12:04:23 am »
It looks like you're using a 4TPI blade I bet if you used an eight or 12 tooth per inch blade you would come out with a lot smoother shaft. Thank you for the idea, I'm going to use it since I've got a bunch of broken band saw blades.
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Re: Dowel cutters for making shafts, a few ???
« Reply #17 on: January 26, 2012, 07:44:15 am »
you are right going with more teeth, there is a guy on youtube that made one from a piece of flat steel, drilled two 1/4" holes3/8" apart and one 3/8" in the center, then countersunk the smaller holes, it worked very nice, Bub
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Re: Dowel cutters for making shafts, a few ???
« Reply #18 on: January 26, 2012, 09:31:30 am »
 Seams like a metal blade with more smaller teeth would work better on square stock.
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Re: Dowel cutters for making shafts, a few ???
« Reply #19 on: January 27, 2012, 01:08:40 am »
Just for perspective, it will be unlikely that more than two  teeth of a saw blade can be in contact with the dowel stock, since the saw blade is straight.

Here is how quite a few of us make dowels.




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Offline bubby

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Re: Dowel cutters for making shafts, a few ???
« Reply #20 on: January 27, 2012, 07:19:17 am »
asharrow i agree, but the more teeth per inch means smaller teeth, and it does make for a smoother cut, i don't have the room to set up like you have i got too many iron's in the fire and very little room, Bub
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Re: Dowel cutters for making shafts, a few ???
« Reply #21 on: January 27, 2012, 10:00:11 am »
Asharrow,

Although I believe I have seen a photo of your jig before I don't think I saved a copy, any chance of a better photo, even when blown up the writing remains illegible.

Craig.

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Re: Dowel cutters for making shafts, a few ???
« Reply #22 on: January 27, 2012, 05:26:45 pm »
This should be better.
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Re: Dowel cutters for making shafts, a few ???
« Reply #23 on: January 29, 2012, 09:54:51 am »
Thanks Jim.

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