Doing it by hand with sandpaper is a nonstarter.
Also I don’t have a lathe :-/

  • jnj@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    I’d probably chuck them into the drill press and take a rasp to them. You could get it consistent by using a consistent technique, and checking them against a gauge (e.g. cut a profile in a piece of cardboard).

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    1 year ago

    I’m fairly new at the whole woodworking gig, but I think what I would do is create a negative of the round that you want out of a different piece of wood and then jam some sandpaper into that negative and connect it to my drill.

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      1 year ago

      I’ve actually tried this! The problem is that the sandpaper is too thick to bend neatly in that tight a radius. Maybe I could buy raw grit and stick it in the cavity with spray adhesive…

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        1 year ago

        You don’t want the whole hemispherical cup. Just a semi circle.

        The best and traditional tool for the job is a rasp. I recommend a Shinto rasp. Surprisingly fast and easy to use.