Jase
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I turned my first dowel rod nosecone today for an MMX bird I'm building.
I used a 5/8" dowel to go into a BT-5 tube. I couldn't find any 9/16".
I tried using a 1/8" dowel as a mandrill, but had nothing but breakage with that. I then moved to a 5/16" and that seemed to work pretty well.
My question is this: How do you get a nice clean shoulder out of these things and keep them round?
I sanded the cone to shape and then ended up using an x-acto to score a line for the shoulder and then more or less whittled the shoulders in.
I'm curious to see if there's an easier way.
I also built my first Bic pen rocket. Pics to come soon.
I used a 5/8" dowel to go into a BT-5 tube. I couldn't find any 9/16".
I tried using a 1/8" dowel as a mandrill, but had nothing but breakage with that. I then moved to a 5/16" and that seemed to work pretty well.
My question is this: How do you get a nice clean shoulder out of these things and keep them round?
I sanded the cone to shape and then ended up using an x-acto to score a line for the shoulder and then more or less whittled the shoulders in.
I'm curious to see if there's an easier way.
I also built my first Bic pen rocket. Pics to come soon.