Here is a realy dangerous and cool trick.

1. Get a piece of PVC pipe about 8" long. In your case lets say 2"
diameter

2. Cut a length of wood about a foot or more longer than you need the
dowel. Size it square so that it just fits inside the pipe but rotates
easily.

3. Mount the pipe on a board (use your imagination) and mount the board
on a table of most any cutting tool TS, Router, RAS, even bandsaw.
Mount it so the stock is running perpendicular to the blade (if using a
saw) and so the edges of the wood barely contact the teeth.

4. Run the tool and rotate the stock and move it in and out past the
balde nicking of the edges.

5. Now either move the pipe or raise the balde\bit depending on the
tool and run the stock round and in and out again.

6. Rinse and repeat until you have the size you want.

P.S. you can also get real fancy and have the pipe on both side of the
cutting area for better stability.


The Wolf wrote:
If you start with a square stock and make an octgagon and keep going
won't it eventually turn into a round dowel 1-1/4"

Anyone done this? What are the angles?

Thanks.