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squaring

  1. B

    disc sander abrasive

    I have made myself an offset jig and a sanding disc for the lathe to use for squaring up blanks to the tube ends. What grit abrasive is recommended for barrel squaring?
  2. webby962

    Squaring off blanks

    After some advice on here on squaring off blanks without using a barrel cutter, I bit the bullet and bought a cheap disc sander. Wow, what a difference. All my non standard blanks squared off in minutes, with nothing more than a V block, transfer punch and a scrap bit of acrylic. The acrylic...
  3. webby962

    Squaring Blanks

    Sorry for the newbi question, but what is the recommended way of squaring off barrels when they are not metric? I was looking at trying out some pens which have an imperial barrel size (Such as the Omegas from TM) or odd metric size (such as 9mm). I don't own a disc sander, so is there a...
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