Making Large Dowels WITHOUT a Lathe // Woodworking Jig // Dowel Maker
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- Опубликовано: 16 окт 2019
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I'm going to need some large dowels for an upcoming project, so I decided to experiment with different ways to go about that! This was a really fun experiment... I love that there is always multiple ways to achieve the same goal when woodworking
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Haha 11:58 is so smart! Great video, will have to try some of these methods some day soon. :)
Haha! Yeah! Like a foot powered lathe 😂
Yeah this is awesome
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Can't wait for her to stumble upon the wooden electric drill lathe.
@@3x3CustomTamar Great videos on your page. I wonder if this could be done using the drill press, depends on length of dowel compared to depth you can create with drill press table bottom, but you could attach bottom to a bearing for easy spinning.
Um, that rope through the hole drill trick was damn smart. I mean, the whole vid was great, but that trick surprised me
Haha! Glad you liked it
That rope trick was brilliant
but how do you fix the drill to the dowel?
Yeh this was a great trick. I’ve used a sewing machine peddle in the past, but this rope trick just works so much faster and easier.
Same thing here 👍😃
Hey 3x3 Custom - Tamar, thank you so much for taking the time and effort to demonstrate the different methods of making a dowel. Fortunately for me, the round over bit on the router table will work for my project. Really appreciate your instructions and demonstrations.
The "rope through the doghole" foot-trigger is brilliant. Never saw that one before.
Ha! Thanks! Me either. Thought of that one in the fly 😂
From the super-novice, thank you for this. I’ve never even heard of a dowel plate until 2-3 minutes ago, and that looks incredibly useful for all the larger of things I plan on making as first projects. Awesome video 👍🏼
Awesome. Glad it was helpful! Thanks!
I thought I knew a lot about woodworking, but the more I watch your videos, the more I realize I didn't know. Your tips and tricks are not only extremely clever, but also presented in a clear and straightforward way that I really appreciate, and many of them are already making life much easier in my shop. Thank you!
Your content is insanely good. I learn so much, in so short a time, and I really appreciate the rigor that goes into your testing methods. Thanks for your effort!
You are such a blessing to me and my family. Honestly my daughter who is 9 found your videos one day when I was trying to figure out something a cpl years ago. And we have learned so much from watching and rewatching you. God bless you!
That’s so awesome to hear!
I have a lot of old carpenters in my family and I have seen them make a 6 inch or larger diameter column with a circular saw or table saw, a belt sander belt, cut to one very long piece, and a great deal of elbow grease. (Usually supplied by the younger generation who were learning.)
They'd start by gluing up stock to make their rough square column. Then they'd cut the corners, turning the square column into an octagon. They'd cut the corners again leaving sixteen sides. Once more leaving 32 sides, then they would make d-handle clamp blocks to clamp onto the ends of the cut sanding belt, and sand it round.
This method takes time, however it has no upper limit to the size of the dowel / column you can make.
Ok, I might try that. I have 2 X 3 m lengths of hardwood!
Great video Tamar! If I had a router table, the roundover bit method would be my choice. You're limited by the size of the bit but it probably requires the least amount of sanding. Well done!
Thanks! Your jig looks super cool too. I was shocked at how easy the roundover bit was. And the quality of cut was amazing. Excited about the possibilities!
Your videos are amazing. I'm sitting here this week trying to figure out how to make walnut dowling, and this pops up!
Sincerely, A Rookie Canadian Lady Woodworker
Ha! Love it when that happens! Glad I posted this at the right time!
Well done Tamar. Your spirit for wood is inspirational. Thank you.
Thank you for all your videos! I am new to woodworking, and have looked at a lot of RUclips channels, but yours are by far the most descriptive throughout. I love that you show your experiments to answer the ‘what if’ questions I have. You are certainly my first go-to channel whenever I need to learn something and I have shared your channel with friends! Thank you soooo much!!!
Your also the most FUN to watch! I get a sincere sense you have fun doing what you do, as I have so far.
So awesome to hear! Thanks so much!
Using the round over bit made a really nice looking column
That was my favorite
Everyone else: square peg in a round hole? Nah impossible
her: hold my beer
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I've watched dozens, and this is the BEST I've seen. Thanks soooo much, the quick instructions, and the comparisons, helped immensely!
That’s so awesome to hear. Thanks so much!!
Like the song I couldn't take my eyes apart of you.. That is what I did. I didn't put attention to the video but you.
Love the visual representation of frame by frame on the tapping in of the dowel
At 8:30 my heart jumped! Your finger was at the router bit when the sped-up sound of the router bit adjustment went off.
Haha! Have no fear. I always unplug the router when changing bits 😂
Hitting the stock thro' holes reminded me of my favourite toy as a young kid.
Ha! Yeah. It was fun.
I didn't know there was such a thing as a dowel plate. I've been making mine by what I now know as my homemade dowel plate. I found some angle iron & drilled holes into it of different sizes. It's easy to clamp to my workbench as well. Thanks for another awesome video
I'm extremely glad I found your vids. As a novice woodworker mostly self taught I find your vids helpful. You explore the avenues I need to learn most. Dove tails are the subject I want to learn most. But I need more in depth explanations then I see online. More detail on measurements & angles. For some reason that still stymies me.
So glad to hear! I’m still working that out myself too. I recently did a video on cutting them by hand for the first time. It was pretty fun
Now I want to make a dowel this weekend. I don't need a dowel for anything. But I want to make one 😁
Haha. I know how you feel
Done that, the chisel way, just because, so i haven't tried it since. :-D
I used my hand planes to make two large dowels from off cuts of 2x2s for no particular reason. I have a reason to use them now, but I didn't the other day when I made them.
You should check out Izzy Swan's video on the table saw method. It would be similar to the router table method and double as a work holder while you sand.
@Don't Poke The Bear So what happens if the bear gets poked
That was my first thought, “just use the table saw” 😎
Really amazed to watch you doing such skills of wood work with innovative ideas from Router to Dong etc. You are charming as well as your work.
This really made me smile. So ingenious. Nice job.
Tamar, thanks for a great video. I'm new to woodworking, and this is the first I've seen on making dowels. I had no idea that it could be done in so many different ways. It seems that the rounder over bit would be the way to go. Also, thanks for not feeling like you have to wear a pair of short shorts or low cut tank top to get people to watch. 42,179 views in two days based on good content. Way to go!!!
Glad you liked it! There are different ways to do everything in woodworking!! Just gotta figure out what works Nealy for you using the tools you have. There’s no right way! And yeah. I wish I didn’t even have to show myself at all. My channel is about my work. Not me.
You can clamp a couple of “hoops” downrange to shepherd the spindle in its proper axis. It cuts down on whip. I’ve done this with a very long spindle myself, but I used a block plane. It was a lot like your chisel method, but the entry hole I fashioned was cone-like. I got a glass smooth finish, but I was using a wood that was a very good citizen. It wasn’t ash. 😆
The awesome thing I learned from you is the rope through the dog hole trick for the drill. gives me other ideas to hold things down as well for quick repeatable hold downs. Thanks for that!
So glad it was helpful!!
Such skill
Loved the video! It is always such a pleasure to watch you. You are one smart and brave woman (wood worker).
Ha! Thanks thanks so much. So happy you liked it
For small diameter dowels (e.g. for joinery), it is easy to use a thread die and force a wooden block with a drill through the die. The surface is a little bit rough, but several passes with a folded sandpaper solve that. The nominal size of the die should be larger than the expected dowel diameter.
I tried the 'old school' chisel method (large pencil sharpener) and found it a bit hit and miss. It did what I wanted but was a bit rough. Thanx for video.
Glad you liked it
This was great, thanks so much for sharing your experiments! I am going to have to try some of these.
This is great stuff. Anytime I have wing nuts, hex nuts, threaded rod ends, or pretty much anything that is going to tighten down against a wood surface with circular motion, for longevity of the mating surface I always make allowance for washers.
Scrap piece of ash. Words I've never said :)
Excellent video, thanks!
Ha! It had a big knot and other stuff. So it wasn’t good for the project I purchased it for. But it was good for something! Ha
Emerald ash borer beetle killed off all the ash trees in our region recently. We just burn the stuff now. It's all scrap out here. We pay people to chop it down and take it away. Such a shame.
Very interesting video. Always wondered how I could make dowels to fill holes that matched the wood I was using and now I know. As a note I clicked on your link in the description for the Dowel Plate and it did not take me to the item on Amazon.
Thanks for letting me know!! I’ll fix it ASAP. That little dowel plate is so fun to use.
Fixed!!
@@3x3CustomTamar Excellent! And I see that this item actually ships to Canada. Now, to trick my wife into letting me get it :)
@@3x3CustomTamar Ok, weird tried clicking the link again and still does not take me to the item on Amazon. Even tried searching Amazon with fewer of the words and did not find it. Searched "Dowel Plate" on Google and one of the results is the Dowel Plate on Amazon with the exact same description as what your link is looking for. Computers are weird. Also tried clicking all your links and the Hold Fasts do not come up either. Maybe it is just me
I'm Stumped hmmm maybe it’s a Canada/US thing? If you’re on Instagram you can check out @dfmtoolworks. He’s the guy that makes those
I love the creative problem solving in your posts. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks so much! Glad you like it
Thank you for your tips and idea's on projects, they're very entertaining making all of them.
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Take a look at a table saw lathe jig. They can make dowels fast and easily change sizes.
Yeah, Izzy Swan posted another video on it a few months back. He's been using some variation on a table saw jig for it for many years.
this video is actually perfect timing for me... just bought the rockler corner doweling jig for some xmas gifts.. now I can use that plate and make some purple heart or padouk dowels... thanks!!
Awesome. Love when that happens
You’re a genius Tamar!! I’ve clamped a drill down before to keep it running but keeping control of it with your foot? Inspired!! Awesome content.
sehr schade das es deine videos nicht auf deutsch gibt ich schaue trotzdem jedes video von dir
This was a great video. I like to use dowels and find it hard just buy ones I want.
Your vids really set you apart from the others!
Great experiment! Love watching people try things and problem solve. Gets my brain going. nice results too! Thanks for sharing
Awesome. So glad you liked it. I had fun experimenting 😉
Almost making threaded dowels on the router table.... ;o)
I’d guess that a slower feed rate on the router jig would reduce sanding a lot.
could be, I definitely want to play around with it more
@@3x3CustomTamar make a little fence 90 degrees on the edge of the out feed of your router jig and place some adhesive sanding paper on it maybe? You could sand your piece as it comes out. idk, just a thought.
dzfattnutz that could be cool
Thanks Tamar! I appreciate you doing the experiments for us!
Glad you like them! I have fun doing them ha
Very informative! I've used the roundover bit method before but wasn't aware of the other ways you showed to make a dowel. Also loved the sanding method with the rope through the dog hole!!! Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
Glad you liked it! The roundover bit was by far the easiest and cleanest. So no need to try the others. Ha! It was a really fun experiment though. Glad you liked the rope trick 😂
It is not necessary to buy a dowel plate. One can be made to any size you want though this works for smaller sizes not 2" limited only be the available drill bits. If one has some steel stock it is only necessary to drill a hole through steel plate say 3mm or 6mm thick. Do not clean off the resultant burr as that is the cutting edge. It really is that simple. Drive the timber stock from the burred side. A commercial dowel plate will last longer because it will be made from harder steel but for an occasional run of dowels or if one needs dowels on the fly and a dowel plate is not available this is a good stand by.
Nothing is made from "Harden Steel"!!! It's made from unharden steel and then hardened then tempered then sharpened!!!
isnt the last part basically a lathe, anyways?
Yup. Without having to purchase one
Thank you for this video! I did the chisel method in a small dowel yesterday and per your point, it was maple and it went well.
Thanks, Tamar! Love this video. Currently making a handle for a garden cart and the roundover bit method is exactly what I need.
Awesome. Glad it was helpful! I’ve been using that method a lot too
Before I got my lathe I would do things this way. However I still sand dowels by pounding a socket on the end. Electrical tape helps hold it together if sockets and extensions are loose. (Your other hand is free for sanding) But while you're teaching yourself a strategy, you'll pick up 3 more in the process. You can also use hole saws to turn your pieces, as long as they are similar diameter. And if you cut the top of your hole saws out, and mount it good, that would cut dowels as well. What the hell, go buy yourself a wood lathe. They are so much fun! Oh, and most hole saws are not near long enough!! So...... Why couldn't somebody buy steel pipe? Cut teeth on one end, and screw a cap on the other with say....⅝" nut welded on top? This person could take 40 grit sandpaper and thin the pipe walls above the teeth (reducing friction) this person could make it 6" or even 12". She could even post it on her own channel and show us how it works😁
Super helpful. Thanks for comparing every method.
Glad you liked it
This is awesome! Thank you for doing all the research for us and showing us what works and what doesn't.
G'day for Australia
So glad you appreciated it. But just bc I found a method that worked for me, doesn’t mean that’s going to work for everyone. Ha
She has everything except a lathe
Not true
Not true cos you have a lathe ? Or not true cos you dont have everything 😁
Stephen Leacock not true. I don’t have have everything. Ha I need a jointer! And a good bandsaw!! Haha!
I believe this girl is into dowelism. :0.
Woow the light comme back to us again. Thanks a lote. My favorite Channel
So glad to hear. Thanks!
you're an awesome teacher and woodworker! Just a thought... you could make it more stable by adding a second block to the jig (on the outfeed side) of the dimension of the dowel
Thanks for sharing your experiences. It is very educational
Glad you liked it! Thanks!
So glad I found your channel. Your videos and instruction is tailor made for a beginner like myself. I look forward to diving into the rest of your channel.
Awesome!
Mais um aprendizado.❤
Thanks! I am gratefull for your projets! Its very nice and very simple!
@3x3Custom - Tamar - You are so creative!
I'm just getting into woodworking & am so impressed with how creatively you solve your problems. It's much better to use ingenuity to solve problems instead of just running out and buying another piece of equipment.
Well done!
Awesome to hear!
Parabéns, excelente,muito grato por esta aula maguinifica
Love it! I especially like the rope and drill trick, definitely going to be using that one. I use a dowel plate myself, and I thought it made perfectly fine dowels in just one pass.
Yeah. It seemed fine after one pass. It be instructions said 2 passes. Oh well. And that drill trick was fun. Ha
I need to make about a dozen file handles and I think your router method will be perfect, square ends and all. I'm going to experiment with completely and partially round handles and see what I like best. Thanks for the video!
Awesome. Good luck!
Wow some of these were completely out of the box and I had never considered before. Thanks for sharing!
Awesome. Glad you liked it
I really enjoyed watching this...
This was a great video. Quick, to the point, no filler. I really think the router trick is your best idea here.
Thanks! So glad to hear!
Really cool idea on the router jig. I will be trying it. Thank you.
Simples e funcional, parabéns!
Unbelievably helpful. Thanks
Awesome to hear!
That little tool first up is so cool. Never knew that existed. Haha. As always you have so many cool trinkets. I love it!
Thank you! I needed this ever since the old lathe broke.
Great video on making Dow-wells. Thanks!
Ha! Thanks!
You're very ingenious and interesting ideas are fantastic. Thanks for this.
Glad you liked it. Thanks!
Thank you
I was watching your video because I'm going to make a Legvice and I'm going to thread 2 inch wood Dowel... So before I make the threads I have to learn to make the dowel.....
I'm going to give it a go With your Help.... Thank you
& Keep up the good work 💯
Awesome. Good luck!!
VERY nice video! I have many tools, machines (2 lathes) I could spend 10 hours a day for the next 20 years working in my shop, and I don’t think I would EVER come up with your idea with the rope and drill !!!
Sometimes it takes a genius to discover simple obvious ideas! Keep up the great work! Anyone can design overcomplicated methods, but there is elegance in simplicity.
Haha! It’s always fun when the little light bulb goes off
Thanks, just what I was looking for.
*TRÈS ASTUCIEUX, MERCI POUR CE PARTAGE* 😀
In this quarantine where all stores are closed (at least here in Puerto Rico) this video saved me!!! I needed to do a small dowel without a lathe and the router option you showed worked great for me!
So awesome! So happy it was helpful! But sorry about this quarantine lock down situation. I’m just outside NYC. Hopefully this will all be over soon
Nice! I love woodworking and I learned a couple of things today that I actually somehow did not know! Thanks for the tips!
Awesome
Very cool!!! Great video editing too. Looks like you had fun.Thanks for sharing your time.👍👍👍👍👍
I did have fun! Except win the chisel. Ha.
Thanks for sharing that and showing how!
Glad you liked it!!
Oh my god you changed my life with this video. The rope trick, the diy dowel planer! So cool thank you for sharing!
Haha glad you liked it!
Many thanks for this video!
Awesome video Tamar. Ranks along with your best. New ideas coming thick and fast. All with great filmmaking and personality.
Thanks so much! I really appreciate that!!
Your videos are always informative and enjoyable. Thanks
Awesome to hear! Thanks!
That technique of using the router table was pure Genius! Thank you
Haha glad you liked it.
You are really smart and skilled. I absolutely love youtube so I can see things like this thanks
My elementary school teachers would laugh at that... ha. Thanks!
Thanks for the new information. I agree with you on the chisel method, too messy and risky.
Yup! It looked so cool when I saw other ppl do it. It’s just not for me. Ha
Lots of great ideas in this video. Such an amazing woman.
Glad you liked them!
Excellent thank you. 🇬🇧
Lovely video and FINALLY someone sensible who keeps their fingers well away from router bits and saw blades👍👍
Thanks so much!
👍 I haven't seen the router jig before. Thanks. Keep making videos!
Awesome. Will do! Ha
Thanks for this video! I've used a number of the techniques you show in your videos, but this one was great. Just made a 1-1/4" dowel at the router table using your method. BTW, didn't leave the ends square nor anything to support the ends that hung over the end of the table and it worked fine. The very last corner may have been slightly squirrelly, but really wasn't bad. Certainly didn't feel any danger of injury at any point.
A simple way to burn a drill
Absolute winner again. I actually need bigger sized dowels for my current project.
Awesome. So glad it was helpful
Super creative! Thank you!
Thank you! 😊
ótima ideia ficou muito bom parabéns