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Duplicators can be as simple or as complex as you make them. Mine is super simple, very much like Professor Ms except that the materials for everything except the cutter can be found in your shop already or HomeDepot/Lowes. The table is a scrap of melamine left over from another project, the base and holder for the template are scraps from around the shop, the templates and sled (the device that holds the cutter) are from scrap hardwood from other projects. If you don't have these in your shop they are all available at your big box store. I do recommend the carbide cutter from Professor M.
If you have a Sears lathe like mine, you need to make a table that straddles the tube that serves as the bed. Check out my posting on the other site. It was on this site as well but got lost in a crash. Google my user name and duplicator and it will lead you to my 10 year old posting with pictures that show how simple a duplicator can be. There have been some recent updates. It will also lead you to other posts that show other ideas. After 10 years I am still turning out plugs on the same duplicator.
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