NM_Woodworker

Wow, what an honor and privilege.

Thanks for sharing and Bravo, Zulu.

@RoBanJo,
No sir, I didn't heat treat.

Had some 1" round handy, so thought I'd give it a go. When I drilled the 3/16" dia hole, it went very easy, so I'm assuming it was mild steel.

I found that instead of using flat stock for the dowel plate, a solid round dowel plate made nice, round, smooth dowels.

I drilled a 3/16" (what I needed and hard to find size) diameter hole in a 1" diameter solid round. A wood jig makes centering the 3/16" on the 1" solid stock easy.

Once the round dowel plate is made, I ripped some 3/16" square Cherry. Used a block plane to remove corners at one end so it fits in the round hole.

Here's the trick - "chuck" up the square dowel material in a portable drill and turn slowly into the round dowel plate. It feeds itself and perfect dowels.

The sinusoidal profile of the hole in the round dowel plate makes a better cutting edge than a flat plate and driving it home with a hammer.

Incredible work and attention to detail.

Very nice. Don't let it waste away on a shelf. A tool of this quality needs to be worked. :)

Thank you all for the nice comments.

Nick,
Always enjoy your work, ... and commentary. :)

Thanks dsureb !

Working with Maple is fun. This was my first Burl. Every part of the process got better. The patterns, color, figures, etc. etc. kept showing itself with everything I did too it.

I've got a another bigger Burled Maple "slab" that's currently in the design process.

Life is good. :)

Very nice Nicholas.

I know what you mean about getting the idea on paper. I'm currently struggling with a table design as I write.

I go thru this process every time. It happens on its own schedule. And that's the way it should be. :)

Hi Red Rock,

Thanks for the comment.

Its optical. The top is tapered to the center. Its 13/16" at the center and 1-1/16" at its outer edge.

WOW! Nice shop with excellent use of space. Great presentation. So much for showing static pic's of my dirty dwelling :)

Job well done Brian.

Books are good! I'm in.

Hey Julie,

Never mind the last comment. I found your web site.

WOW, beautiful work.

Would you mind discussing how this was made?

Cookies ?!?! Did someone mention Cookies ???

I like Cookies.

Thanks Norm,

You definitely are a great teacher and reason I took up woodworking.

And Yes, I do "remember this: there is no more important safety rule than to wear these — safety glasses."

Thanks Again Norm,
Greg in New Mexico