Tkleather1 Report post Posted March 30, 2009 Well I finally got a peice of hardwood. I found a piece of dalmation wood. I had never heard of it but the guy at Windsor plywood told me it was a very dense wood that turned real nice. So I bruoght it home, Now I dont have a lathe so I did things the very hard way. the piece was round to start so that helped, I found the center and drilled and tapped a hole, chucked it up to the grinder that it will be mounted to for the duration of its life, well my center hole was a touch off but pretty darn close, spun it up and went to work with a file to get it all trued up, then I went at it with some 160 grit sand paper and then 220 to get it a little smoother my final sanding was with 0000 steel wool. Now since I dont have a lathe I dont have any of the tools that go with it either. to cut the grooves I used a round chainsaw type file and just worked it around to vary the width and depth of the gooves. after I cut the grooves I went back at them with the sand paper and steel wool to smooth it all up. I rubbed it down with just neetsfoot oil after I was all done and it sure looks nice. I tried it out and it works alot nicer than I expected it too since I am about the farthest thing from a wood worker. I will post some pictures when I get my camera fixed but that is liable to be a while. I know that there are alot of esier ways to do this but the whole thing only cost me 5.99 not bad. granted I had all of the supplies except the wood. Tell me what I should have done different, I know this is difficult without pictures but do your best. ha ha Dimensions are 3" long and 2-1/2" in diameter. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rhall Report post Posted March 30, 2009 You did nothing wrong..I basically did the same using my drill press with a hole saw to cut the rounds, then mounted three pieces on the buffer shaft ,after putting some wood glue on the inside surfaces and tightened the shaft nut to compress them together.Turned on the buffer and cut grooves with a rattail file.I used Red Oak,it works fine! the RO board was a few bucks. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tkleather1 Report post Posted March 31, 2009 Yeah 5.99 and some quality shop time and a learning experience sure beats the hell out of 40.00. No offense to those of you who build and sell them of course. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
