turning dowels

I find plastic center finder the easiest to use.

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Here is a helpful link

http://lumberjocks.com/GaryK/blog/8899

Here is a link to the center finder:

http://www.woodcraft.com/product.aspx?ProductID=02J14&FamilyID=3046

-- Lew- Time traveler. Purveyor of the Universe's finest custom rolling pins.

I agree with lew. Cheap and accurate.

-- Jerry--A man can never have enough tools or clamps

I have one of these plastic gadgets. Works fine on square stock, guess I’ll have to figure out how to use it for round.

-- Acts: 2:38

Just lay it in against the edges and make a mark. Turn it a quarter turn and mark again. It will give you the center.

-- Jerry--A man can never have enough tools or clamps

i found it on lee valley but there are most expensive

http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=1&p=43205&cat=1,330,49237

or one like this work great i have one like this http://busybeetools.ca/cgi-bin/picture10?NTITEM=B1879

When I was growing up, my dad was a pattern maker at a steel foundry. A few years ago, he decided to have a yard sale and gave me first crack at his tool box. I don’t know why I didn’t take more, but one of the things I did get was this 6” Starrett.

The center finder works great for both square and dowels. I just wish I would have snagged this one’s 12” brother with the protractor, but I didn’t want to be greedy.

-- Brian, Lebanon PA, If you aren’t having fun doing it, find something else to do.

The plastic one I have is a two sided device. One side has a set of “fences” place at a right angle. Use this side for finding the center of square stock. The other side has a set of fences placed at about a 45 degree angle to each other. Use this side to find the center of round stock.

-- Lew- Time traveler. Purveyor of the Universe's finest custom rolling pins.