Vol.2
No.3
9 April 2003
Q. How do you get a uniform thickness and round wheels for the toys wheels? I have tried cutting a small dowel and a paper punch on thin basswood, I have had better results using a paper punch with the wood backed with masking tape. Thank You!
Sincerely, Jean
A. Wheels
of uniform thickness: One method for cutting small or any size wheels
and keeping uniform thickness is
to use dowels
of the proper
diameter. The saw set-up shown in the drawing below, uses a slide
table and a holding block for the dowel. This will keep all your
cuts exactly
the same thickness.
Second Option is to use punch on high quality plywood of correct
thickness. See MicroMark catalog for plywood.
See Drawing below: