Questions tagged [dowel]
Using and making of wooden dowels which are mainly used as structural components or as fasteners
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How to secure a "basic" butt joint where three pieces of wood intersect? [closed]
I have a sofa that has detachable wooden legs with a bolt attached directly into the legs. Across the length and width of the couch, there are support beams that are permanently mounted to the frame ...
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Dowel diameter reduction
im making a fire staff. My friend bought me a 1 ¹/4 diameter, 58" long dowel but I need to reduce it to 1". I have no equipment, (pretty sure homedepot doesn't accept returns that have been ...
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Would a 2 Pass Dowel Glue Up For a Hung Door Be Stronger and Reduce the Fall
I recently had to rehang a laundry door as it had dropped over the years. As I was squaring up the door and redrilling the dowels I wondered whether the door would be stronger if I drilled and glued ...
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How to fit small dowel/barrel nut into a large hole?
Please see this image from an old desk I have inherited:
I have concluded that these holes need dowel/barrel nuts and then at-most an M8 bolt that shall be screwed into them. It is also possible to ...
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How big hole can I drill in edge of plywood?
I want to glue two 3/4" (11/16" actual) sheets of Baltic Birch plywood together to make a 1.5" (1.375" actual) thick sheet.
I then want to add two "legs" coming out of ...
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How do I get good glue coverage with a very small, 2-3mm, dowels?
I am building a small wooden box. To ensure the joints are strong, and to compensate for variations in my cutting, I was planning on using through dowels to get a good strong joint. I was also hoping ...
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Difference between commercial joinery dowels and smooth dowels
I've been looking into using dowels for joints in a project of mine.
As I've lead a sheltered life, I have pretty much only seen dowels in this "ribbed" style.
However, as I'm planning to ...
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Advice for drilling dowel holes in a circle for an adjustable joint
My husband is making my daughter an adjustable pikler climbing frame and we are trying to work out the joins.
I think the best way would be to do 8-dowel joins then with a bolt and nut through the ...
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How to make LARGE wooden dowels?
I have a midi lathe, a router and a few other odd's and sods with regards to machines.
I need to make some hardwood dowels and they should be 38mm in diameter ( for some wooden screws).
What way is ...
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Strengthened leg miter joint with spline [key]
I'm building a coffee table with legs that are sub-assembled with a miter joint. See photo. The plans call for a Domino or dowels in addition to a spline [edit: key, see link below] for added strength....
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making or buying a wooden tap?
I've purchased a second hand die from ebay but it's missing the tap portion:
What is the best/recommended way to make or purchase a matching tap for this?
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Self centering dowel jig not centered...How to align correctly?
I bought the premium self centering dowel jig from Rutlands and I have been testing it on pieces of 18mm plywood, however it seems that it is not quite centered correctly.
I did contact Rutlands ...
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90° notches into side of thick dowel legs
I’m trying to build a fairly simple-looking wooden table with four 3" dowel legs.
I don’t plan on using any screws, what I want to do is about 1" down from the top of the dowel I want to ...
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Dowel joint between 3/4"x4"x3' pine wood board and 3/4"x4"x36" acrylic panel
New to the forum and need advice. I need to join existing pieces of pine 3/4" x 4" x 24" and/or 2" x 2" x 54" pine leg (3 dowel holes provided by wood supplier) with a 3/...
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How to attach dowel legs to make a side table
I want to make a few small mid century modern style triangle side tables. It's too expensive to buy the shaped legs. My husband can cut the board for the tops. I thought of making legs from round ...
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Joining MDF - Pocket holes vs dowels
I will be making my first cabinet out of MDF, taking inspiration from a product I have seen, also made out of MDF.
It won't be anything fancy, as you can see from the simple diagram of the join below....
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Is a single dowel strong enough to resist sheer forces on a bed frame?
I am building a new bed for the missus for Christmas. She liked this bed from ikea:
The problem is where the headboard connects to the legs. The legs/headboard piece are both 1.5 inches in diameter. ...
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Wooden dowel rod for wall hangings
I'd like suggestions of what size (diameter) and wood type to use for a project I'm considering. I want to make macrame wall hangings that incorporate plant holders, so the rod would need to be strong ...
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How do cabinet makers achieve seamless joins
How do cabinet makers achieve a seamless fit when joining panels with dowels to make up their furniture? The dowels obviously help align the panels perfectly, but to avoid a half millimetre gap along ...
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How many 6mm dowels to support a shelf of a given weight?
I’m building a bookshelf out of MDF (18mm thick) using 6mm dowels (Silverline brand like the dowelling jig). Each shelf will be dowelled in place at the back and on both sides.
I’m concerned about ...
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How Much Weight Can a 1inch x 11inch Dowel Hold/Support?
I am asking about the 6416U 1 in. x 1 in. x 48 in. Hardwood Round Dowel they sell at Home Depot.
I plan to join 3 4x4s and use the middle one as a swivel, the middle one will be under load and the 2 ...
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Doweling technique - can they be applied in two stages?
I am planning to build a custom box to fit in my car's trunk on one side, as tall and long as the trunk and as wide as little as possible. This would hold my tools, emergency gadgets etc.
Since I ...
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How is the mekugi for a katana shaped by traditional methods?
A key part of a Japanese sword is the mekugi, the tapered peg that fastens the handle to the tang. I am curious what the traditional method is for making this part. I have seen various modern YouTube ...
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How to make dowelling jigs without metal bushings?
I'm having a hard time making dowel holes on the butts of my pieces. I have a Milescraft Jointmate, which honestly isn't helping me a lot. The pegs which center the holes are too distant to fit into ...
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Strength For Dowels
This wouldn't really be a woodworking question but I need to know for future reference. I'm doing a school project where my team and I are making a car out of cardboard, glue and two 3/4in x 40in ...
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Antique Dowel Maker?
I picked this up at a local 2nd hand store. It is 20"x2"x1/2", cast iron. The holes go from 1/8" to 3/4" diameter. Years ago, I helped a friend put a post & beam addition on his home. All Dovetail,...
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Is there a way to extend the length of a dowel blade?
I recently purchased a dowel blade from a hardware store, and it won't cut through a 2x4. Is there anything I can do to cut dowels from the 2x4 for mushroom cultivation?
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What tool can I use to cut/plane a lot of dowel rods?
I made a piece of sculptural wall art out of pieces of wooden dowel rod, joined together with epoxy glue. It looks similar to these:
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Though I tried to keep the bottoms of the ...
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How many dowels is enough to support this joint?
I'm going to take a crack at building the shelf pictured below, except I'm just going to make the top section, since I only want one level.
I was thinking of using a french cleat behind the length of ...
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Dowel vs screwed butt for strongest butt joint in moving structural frame
Hi I am reading about all the different joint types and when to use them.
I am building a frame out of 2x2 lumber, joined at 90% most of the time, that will be under a lot of stress.
I figured out ...
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Laminating Boards For loft Leg
I'm designing the leg for a bed loft and was planning on laminating together 4 1x4's of Poplar. The middle two boards would not go the full length of the leg, so that a 2x6 can slide into it. This ...
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I'm making a guitar stand and need a maximum dowel weight [closed]
I'm making a wall hanging guitar stand, and I need a strong dowel to hold the V shaped head to the block that I'm going to mount in the wall. The dimensions of the head are
L:5 3/16"
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Replacing a 1/2 dowel with a 3/4 dowel
A number of years ago one of the legs on our sofa broke off. The dowel holding the foot to the framed snapped. Now that I've got my hobby, I'm looking to affix the leg. I've drilled out most of the ...
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What is the cheapest way to create a right triangle out of a square dowel rod or similar?
I'm working on adding internal lighting to my pantry, and have discovered that the LED strips really only work when held at a 45 degree angle to the bottom of a shelf. I'd like to get a dowel rod and ...
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Shelf building questions from a newbie
Good day all
I want to start building a wooden "shelf" of sorts, the problem is that I have literally no experience. So I have been looking at a bunch of youtube tutorials and asking my stepdad for ...
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Advice on making wood hinges
I am making some wood hinges for a table that will have a box in the back and simply open up. I did find a good design for making a wood hinge. The only question that remains: How should I cut the ...
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How can I inwardly round off the end of a dowel?
The only power tool I have is a drill. I have a set of bits, too.
How can I make the edge of a wooden dowel rounded off inwardly, so I can place on another dowel?
This is the shape I’m looking for:
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Affixing a dowel to the bottom of a piece of board
I'm creating a desk from a file cabinet with a piece of wood atop it. I want to place a 1.25" dowel on the left side so that it is more stable, but I don't think running a screw through the top will ...
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How can I flute my own dowel or create dowel with similar properties
Now I know that I can just buy these in packs of hundreds likely but lets play pretend that I need to make some from what I had available. When I think of fluted dowel I picture these guys...
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What is the functional purpose of fluted dowel?
I repaired a small end table recently and one of the aprons used dowel joinery to attach to a leg. I drilled out the dowel since a couple were broken and I wanted then to all be the same. I replaced ...
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What is a hardware attachment for dowel rods that allow for running wire through the ends?
I made this tensegrity cube using dowel rods and eye screws. The eye screws were hard to install and didn't work well due to twisting and coming loose. I'm imagining a cap like hardware for dowels ...
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Reduce diameter of a dowel (preferably efficiently)? [duplicate]
I've got some dowels whose diameters are slightly bigger than what I need, and I don't want to purchase some smaller ones since I'm on a tight budget. Does anyone know how to reduce the diameter ...
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Considerations when making my own threaded dowel for a vise
After looking at the answers for this question I was inspired to make a Moxon vise for easy table top use. This will buy me time until I make my actual woodworking bench. The one I have in mind is ...
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How do I flatten portions of a 1" dowel equally on both sides?
I broke a hardwood patio umbrella rib. The ribs are made out of 1" x 1/2" x 5'6" hardwood. I don't think that I can buy this dimension.
To fix this, I thought that I might buy a 1" hardwood dowel ...
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Is there a reference for how much weight a dowel rod can support before breaking?
I realize I am still in the beginning phase of designing this but I want to make a guitar wall hanger. The design as is will be a simple base plate (either plywood or 1x dimensional lumber) with 2 ...
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Is there a better way to make a wand?
I recently decided to make a magic wand with my son as a small project. He's been showing it off a bit (despite being very simple/basic), and now we've been asked to make a bunch more for family/...
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How can I make a dowel with a table saw?
In LeeG's answer to How can I make my own dowels? he says
You make a jig to pass the piece through perpendicular to the blade and turn the piece to round the corners...
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How can I make my own dowels?
I am in the process of designing a baby crib and am considering using vertical dowels for the sides. I am not looking forward to purchasing dowels which are pricey, hard to find in quantity and ...
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Using smooth dowel pegs
Commercially available dowel pegs come with a spiral groove around their outside surface. How important is this grooving?
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