Timeline for Is there a way to extend the length of a dowel blade?
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| Jul 20, 2018 at 15:59 | comment | added | SaSSafraS1232 | Unless you got a carbide-tipped plug cutter there's no way that it'll survive making 1000 of them, even in a soft wood like construction lumber. Most of the cheap ones are just that. Plus you don't really want to use them without a drill press because any lateral movement at the bottom of the cut will break the teeth off. If you really want to make hundreds of feet of dowel you need something much more efficient. If you just want to use hundreds of feet of dowel you should really buy it, not make it yourself. | |
| Jul 20, 2018 at 5:10 | comment | added | Kromster | It is unclear why you want to use this specific inefficient approach. Just buy some rods and cut them to length. | |
| Jul 20, 2018 at 4:21 | comment | added | a coder | i can use the sawdust for totems | |
| Jul 20, 2018 at 3:28 | comment | added | Graphus | It would be much, much more cost effective to buy lengths of softwood dowel and a decent hand saw, then cut the dowels into usable lengths. It will actually take far less time too. | |
| Jul 20, 2018 at 3:26 | comment | added | Graphus | If you mean plug cutters then no you can't extend them, you buy ones of the depth you need. FYI if you really want to produce this many you'll wear the bit out and will need to learn how to sharpen it to a decent standard or buy a replacement.... or ah 'more than one' — if you bought cheap I'd expect them to go blunt after about 20-30 holes (no, I'm not joking I'm afraid). [contd] | |
| Jul 20, 2018 at 1:42 | comment | added | a coder | close, but i want to use the drill bit since i'm making about 1000. | |
| Jul 19, 2018 at 23:47 | answer | added | RedGrittyBrick | timeline score: 6 | |
| Jul 19, 2018 at 22:36 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Jul 19, 2018 at 22:18 | comment | added | SaSSafraS1232 | Possible duplicate of How can I make my own dowels? | |
| Jul 19, 2018 at 21:11 | comment | added | rockerpult | Since you tagged the post with 'drill-bits', I want to assume that the tool you're asking for help with is something similar to this?: homedepot.com/p/General-Tools-Plug-Cutter-Set-3-Piece-S31/… | |
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| Jul 19, 2018 at 20:52 | history | asked | a coder | CC BY-SA 4.0 |