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You didn’t mention the challenge.
Then build the pen in two pieces. Put groove down each half, then glue them together. It’s how pencils are made.
If you have something like a Stanley 45 and a fluting cutter, the assembly would yield a round hole.
If you don’t have such a tool and want a round hole, use a gouge before assembly, use a scratch stock, or drill out the assembly afterwards. A normal metal bit will follow the square hole and ream it.
do it in a couple steps. Or use a red hot rod of the proper diameter to burn out the hole. This actually works, after a couple tries.
I’d have lots of extra wood and shape the outside after. Start with a square. Plane off the corners to an octagon. Plane those corners off, and you’ll be pretty round with a little sanding.
If the challenge is no power tools, this might be the way to go.
There are other methods of assembling hollow pieces into hexagons and octogons fly fishermen and spar builders use ( google birdsmouth spar) but the pieces would get pretty small.
Hey!
If it were easy, it wouldn’t be a challenge.
- This reply was modified 6 years, 10 months ago by Larry Geib.
- This reply was modified 6 years, 10 months ago by Larry Geib.