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Originally Posted by NIB
Hey Paul,On the Needles how do ya make the face cuts.I do a few the same way and I just sand em on the belt sander.It takes some care to make em perfect as far as alignment with the eyes and all.I know it don't matter if it's 100 percent but it would bother me it it where not.
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Hey Tony
I sand the Stezko needles with a small drum sander you can put in your drill press. I made a quick fixture to hold the plug up right using the belly hole I then go in from both sides sliding the fixture on the drill press, Bridgeport, table till I get them even. The small needles I use an endmill and put plug in a bridgeport vise and mill the flats. Not very helpful to you I know but I would think you could do them the same with the drum sander in the spindle of the drill press, but it would leave a bigger radius. Doing it free hand leaves to many ways to screw it up, something a fixture would eliminate IMO.
PS. it would bother me too if they weren't even.