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    Since moving into a commercial space many positive things have happened. Which I’ll cover in another post soon.

    Now I have a question for the brains trust.

    I have been asked to make cricket stumps. But with a modification.

    What i I want to ask is. How would you machine the point on the end where it goes into ground. These will prolly never be hammered in but need to have an authentic look.

    currently I am toying with the idea of a jig fixed to the spindle moulder fence with a hole at the correct angle into which I would feed the stock.

    What say you? Hit me with your ideas.

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    Sounds like an OK idea just don't get carried away and end up with short stumps. I am remembering the first time I used an electric pencil sharpener
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    something akin to a pencil sharpener
    Veritas has this Veritas® Tapered Tenon Cutters - Lee Valley Tools and for a sharper point this Veritas® Tapered Tenon Joinery System - Lee Valley Tools
    but the same can be achieved with a hardwood block and plane blade

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    Quote Originally Posted by Enfield Guy View Post
    currently I am toying with the idea of a jig fixed to the spindle moulder fence with a hole at the correct angle into which I would feed the stock.

    What say you? Hit me with your ideas.
    The only problem I see with that is a possible OH&S issue. While it's perfectly possible to do, if the operator got a tad too enthusiastic feeding in the stump at the start - or turning the stump too quickly once in position - the cutters could grab too big a chunk,

    This'd either spin the stump in the operator's hands (ouch! friction burn!) or do the usual big bite routine, from which the work-piece rarely escapes unscathed.

    Personally, I'd just rip down some square stock and slap it into a wood-lathe... Shouldn't take more than 5 mins each from go to whoa, complete with any desired beading/decoration, once you get into the groove.
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    There are 500 to do.
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    Do you have a lathe?
    If so, a "pencil sharpener" mounted in the chuck, with the stump guided by two or three steady rests would be my suggestion.


    with a bit of ingenuity, a Veritas taper tenon cutter could be chucked in a high torque drill, and the drill mounted horizontally.


    and if you can develop the necessary eye-hand coordination, a carpenter's ax is possibly the fastest way to point a round stick. I wouldn't be surprised if a skilled ax man could point a stump in under 30 seconds.
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    At tech we weren’t to use the disc to put taper on the dowels for coreboxes or patterns.
    A sharp chisel is much quicker once you factor in walking and waiting for the disc to get up to speed.
    I can never understand woodworkers who have a pencil sharpener in their shop.
    A chisel is quicker and a chisel point on the pencil will track better in a knifed line.
    That being said you need to machine these.
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    make out of fiberglass and just paint.
    I would love to grow my own food, but I can not find bacon seeds

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    Quote Originally Posted by Enfield Guy View Post
    ......
    What i I want to ask is. How would you machine the point on the end where it goes into ground. These will prolly never be hammered in but need to have an authentic look........

    Good Morning Bevan

    The points on authentic cricket stumps must be bronze, preferably polished to psych out the opponents. Nothing else is authentic.


    Cheers

    Graeme

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    then when the match gets nasty you have a weapon to attack the other team. forgive my nasty streak.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Enfield Guy View Post
    There are 500 to do.
    In that case I'd suggest that instead of a spindle moulder you down-size to a good, robust router with a 2" straight flute bit.

    ie. still make a heavy duty powered pencil sharpener, but one that's less likely to remove the skin from your hands if something goes wrong.

    I'd also lay the router on it's side at a height such that you could hold/manoeuvre the stump comfortably while you sharpen. With 500 to do, that wouldn't be an insignificant factor! (Not to mention safer overall...)
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    What about a disc sander, with a jig like you suggested for the spindle Moulder.

    Slower then the Moulder but you get to keep your fingers.
    Apologies for unnoticed autocomplete errors.

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    Thanks for all of your help peeps.

    further investigation says that I am not competitive. I have other projects to move forward with. All good.

    cheers
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