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Daniël Bos
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There is an excellent trick for this. Turn a belt-sanding belt inside out and slide it over the pole. Then stick a rubber covered drum in the chuck of your electric drill (ideally make one with an extension rod beyond the drum, and slide a loose pipe over the end, to give you a second handle). You can then run the belt over the pole, tilting slightly to slide forward and backward, and moving the drill from side to side to get the whole pole as you go.

 

Not my idea, I nicked it from "How to Build a Wooden Boat" by David C. McIntosh where the device is illustrated on p.206 for rounding off masts. Given your boat-related interests, I can thoroughly recommend this book anyway, as it's full of useful hints and written with a very dry sense of humour.

 

Alec

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There is an excellent trick for this. Turn a belt-sanding belt inside out and slide it over the pole. Then stick a rubber covered drum in the chuck of your electric drill (ideally make one with an extension rod beyond the drum, and slide a loose pipe over the end, to give you a second handle). You can then run the belt over the pole, tilting slightly to slide forward and backward, and moving the drill from side to side to get the whole pole as you go.

 

Not my idea, I nicked it from "How to Build a Wooden Boat" by David C. McIntosh where the device is illustrated on p.206 for rounding off masts. Given your boat-related interests, I can thoroughly recommend this book anyway, as it's full of useful hints and written with a very dry sense of humour.

 

Alec

 

good tip,,thanks:thumbup1:

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