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Exact radius round over bits won't give a smooth cylinder. The guide bearing will be riding on a curve for at least two of the passes and give a noticeable offset. 1.5" square stock is best rounded with a 5/8" diameter bit and the rest can be done on the lathe.
 

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Please tell us a little more of your project. How many pieces do you want to process ? Are you going to turn them on a lathe after you do the roundover ?
This very valid question has yet to be answered and thus we are left to speculate.
Back when I was doing a lot of turning for others and I'd get a baluster job, I'd use a make shift router table to round over the edges in the middle of a stick. This significantly reduced the vibration of the roughing out process and made things a lot smoother on the hands when using the left hand as a steady to get a rounded steady rest area.
I don't have photos of my router setup because it was little more than a long piece of plywood with a router stuck under the middle. It was really helpful and made a spindle job go much quicker and easier.

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