@@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.
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!
So here we are 5 years later. I'm just exploring how to make my own dowel rods instead of paying for the ones already made. Your video is very helpful and I want to thank you for exploring the different options that I did not even know I had. I will watch this video many times and make my jigs just as you have. Thank you very much. Love your channel. I am subscribed.
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.
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!
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 👍🏼
Its funny that your video is the answer I am looking for. I said to my self, 'self I need a 1-7/8 dowel' , This was in my head and nobody knew I was thinking on this problem. Thank you.
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.
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.
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!
My granddad used to build timber framed barns. He had a dowel plate that was forged with sharpened extrusions that came out from one side of the plate. They sliced the wood to make the dowel. I was very little at the time that I saw it, but I think that the largest holes were 2 inches. Some of his barns are still in use, after 100 years. Thanks for sharing your videos.
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
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!!
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.
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!
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!
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
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.
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!
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.
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.
@@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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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. 😆
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!!!
Every one of these methods has been covered by others on youtube before. It's getting to the point where every new channel repeats others' content with perhaps a slight spin or just plagiarizes completely. Here, the approaches are freshly presented and the one huge difference is she has shown several ways to get similar results and has covered a large range of sizes so kudos for that! Well done!
@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!
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.
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 💯
@@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.
I saw a video of another woodworker using a similar method to your router setup. He basically had a crosscut sled with high vertical end pieces. Then he had something attached to one end acting as a point on some sort of bearing holding the far end of the work piece. And then he attached a cordless drill on the other end of the work piece just as you did to spin it. Then he just turned on the table saw and pushed the sled over the blade. It looked like it worked incredibly well.
@@3x3CustomTamar I don't recall. I did a search to try to cite the proper video after I commented, but I didn't find the one that I had originally seen. There are lots of others that use the same general method, but the first one I stumbled on seemed far superior in every respect. Can't seem to find it now though.
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😁
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!
Hi yet another good vid. I'm in the trade and you are teaching look at things in a different way. With the router table way you can push the timber all the way through without wasting the ends, it may rattle on the very last bit of the last cut.
Without watchin the video, buy them. Buy them at the shop. I've watched a few of your videos now and your patience is godly, well done and keep up the good work!
I’m not sure how I missed this one. Really enjoy your projects. I agree with the other posts about the rope trick. Great way to think outside the box. I agree with you on not really liking running a lag in the center of your dowel. Here is what I would do. Get a round piece of 1/2” thick steel plate or maybe a slice off the end of a shaft 2-3” in diameter. Drill a 1/2” hole in the center. File it out square to fit a 1/2” socket adapter for your drill. Then drill some smaller holes 120* apart around the center hole. Then you could use some short deck screws to mount the plate to your stock. And if you are uncomfortable with how close you are to the work piece you can always add a socket extension to move it away from your drill. That is what I would do. Keep the great projects coming!
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 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.
Yes. Except that. But time is money! The time spent sanding the other methods would be a waste when I could easily do it with the roundover bit. Glad to know it’s been working for you
You are the queen of jigs!! I saved this to my "projects to try file". The second method I think worked the best and left a cleaner dowel with less sanding to get to the end stage. I won't tell you how much I pay to get larger dowels. Its a lot and I hate to pass the cost onto my customers, so this will ease my guilty mind for charging them more. Plus it looks like fun! I just started on a leg vise out of purple heart and curly maple and so far its looking great. I'm was thinking about doing a 1/4" inlay boarder on the face of the clamp. I know the purple maybe gaudy but Its for me.in my shop. I would love to do a Celtic knot in the middle. That is going to be a challenge for me. But hey, who doesn't love a challenge?! Now how to make it into a 1 1/2" screw for the clamp. Ugg.
I've seen sooooooooo many videos like this and this was the first one I actually understood. Thank you so much for sharing your expertise and explanation!
@@versatileduplicity9313 What a terribly negative comment. Did you come here just to debase people? She taught something: I learned something; she did a good job explaining it in a way that was properly engaging for me to better understand. Wrong "your", btw. If you truly are that easily able understand AND explain wood working, I'd gladly take some lessons- I can teach you spelling and grammar in return.
@@joeydonzis I know how to speak. I choose to speak how I want !! And trust me, I could built some pretty nice stuff. I've done it before. I've built many things from wood
@@versatileduplicity9313 I genuinely would love to see some of your work. No sarcasm, no joke. Right now, all you have is some videos of some high school fights (Go Hawks!), and it really would be nice to see something positive such as woodworking. If you're as competent with woodworking as you seem to credit yourself, I think that would be some pretty awesome content to watch.
I have had to make many dowels of different diameters and have found that using a table saw with a method similar to your router method works great. Just give your entry hole the diameter of your square stocks cross corner distance and make it a bit deeper so it gets the piece going strait. This uses more cutting edges so it leaves a smoother finished product and goes faster. which means less sanding and less time. Bonus: for small diameter dowels, you can use a mid grade blade and the angled teeth will leave micro fluting along the surface which allows for fluid pressure to push out during clamping if you are using the dowel stock for inlays. (Imagine making dice with inlayed pips without blowing the side walls out). Thanks for the great video and some new ideas for my projects.
Truthfully a very nice test of making dowels, I honestly believe that buying the dowels of the sizes we work with are the best option however there’s no worries trying out to making your own from beautiful woods, fantastic video 👍👍👍
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.
Great Video. I'm going to try the router-jig method with a spiral up-cut bit - I think this may yield good results with a thoughtfully constructed jig such as yours.
I love your experimentation . Thats the way i do things. The one with the router bit inside the the block has potential. The router is doing all the work so a much slower and gentler feed rate should produce a better dowel. Maybe slow the drill down. Geoff from Tasmania
I understand the goal of RUclips woodworking is to get enough views to warrent sponsorship. But i am grateful you have normal rulers instead of the expensive woodpeckers brand.(not that they're bad, just pricey), Thanks for being down-to-earth.
i do this kind of thing for a living , i have been doing it for 42 years , i like your attitude to it , and agree the chisel clamped down is dodgy , it is down to the angle of the chisel ...but i like your router route too
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 😂
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.
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!
So here we are 5 years later. I'm just exploring how to make my own dowel rods instead of paying for the ones already made. Your video is very helpful and I want to thank you for exploring the different options that I did not even know I had. I will watch this video many times and make my jigs just as you have. Thank you very much. Love your channel. I am subscribed.
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 😂
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!
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 👍😃
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!
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!
Its funny that your video is the answer I am looking for. I said to my self, 'self I need a 1-7/8 dowel' , This was in my head and nobody knew I was thinking on this problem. Thank you.
Ha. Awesome.
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.
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
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 😂
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!
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!
My granddad used to build timber framed barns. He had a dowel plate that was forged with sharpened extrusions that came out from one side of the plate. They sliced the wood to make the dowel. I was very little at the time that I saw it, but I think that the largest holes were 2 inches. Some of his barns are still in use, after 100 years.
Thanks for sharing your videos.
That sounds super cool
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!
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
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.
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
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 always show different ways to do something. You are a kind of Kamasutra of wood work!
Ha!
Using the round over bit made a really nice looking column
That was my favorite
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
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” 😎
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
Hitting the stock thro' holes reminded me of my favourite toy as a young kid.
Ha! Yeah. It was fun.
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!
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 recently got the bug to try my hand at wood working, I haven't gotten a lathe yet but this video help me out so much. Thank you for sharing
Awesome to hear!
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
Brilliant, you should have your own tv show. Enjoy your videos greatly.
Haha! Maybe on day. Thanks!
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
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.
Everyone else: square peg in a round hole? Nah impossible
her: hold my beer
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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
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.
This really made me smile. So ingenious. Nice job.
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.
You’re not only a woodworker, you’re a scientist and inventor. I appreciate your fun, inquisitive mind,
So awesome to hear! I love figuring this stuff out
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. 😆
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!
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Vampire slaying game strong.
Every one of these methods has been covered by others on youtube before. It's getting to the point where every new channel repeats others' content with perhaps a slight spin or just plagiarizes completely. Here, the approaches are freshly presented and the one huge difference is she has shown several ways to get similar results and has covered a large range of sizes so kudos for that! Well done!
So glad you liked it! It’s always fun to explore all the options
sehr schade das es deine videos nicht auf deutsch gibt ich schaue trotzdem jedes video von dir
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!
@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!
Almost making threaded dowels on the router table.... ;o)
Thanks for sharing your experiences. It is very educational
Glad you liked it! Thanks!
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!!!
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!!
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
That technique of using the router table was pure Genius! Thank you
Haha glad you liked it.
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.
Love the visual representation of frame by frame on the tapping in of the dowel
isnt the last part basically a lathe, anyways?
Yup. Without having to purchase one
Well done Tamar. Your spirit for wood is inspirational. Thank you.
I make my dowels and baseball bats without a lathe. I use a hammer, axe head, knife and sand paper.
I saw a video of another woodworker using a similar method to your router setup.
He basically had a crosscut sled with high vertical end pieces. Then he had something attached to one end acting as a point on some sort of bearing holding the far end of the work piece. And then he attached a cordless drill on the other end of the work piece just as you did to spin it. Then he just turned on the table saw and pushed the sled over the blade. It looked like it worked incredibly well.
Was that Michael Alms video?
@@3x3CustomTamar
I don't recall. I did a search to try to cite the proper video after I commented, but I didn't find the one that I had originally seen. There are lots of others that use the same general method, but the first one I stumbled on seemed far superior in every respect. Can't seem to find it now though.
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😁
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!
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!
Hi yet another good vid. I'm in the trade and you are teaching look at things in a different way. With the router table way you can push the timber all the way through without wasting the ends, it may rattle on the very last bit of the last cut.
Glad you liked it. I’m always extra cautious around the router table
I believe this girl is into dowelism. :0.
Without watchin the video, buy them.
Buy them at the shop.
I've watched a few of your videos now and your patience is godly, well done and keep up the good work!
Haha thanks!
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 never thought it can be made with just a good router bit. Thank you so much for the video!
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I am also a carpenter and I love your work. I live in Iran.🌷🌷🌷👌👌👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
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.
I’m not sure how I missed this one. Really enjoy your projects. I agree with the other posts about the rope trick. Great way to think outside the box. I agree with you on not really liking running a lag in the center of your dowel. Here is what I would do. Get a round piece of 1/2” thick steel plate or maybe a slice off the end of a shaft 2-3” in diameter. Drill a 1/2” hole in the center. File it out square to fit a 1/2” socket adapter for your drill. Then drill some smaller holes 120* apart around the center hole. Then you could use some short deck screws to mount the plate to your stock. And if you are uncomfortable with how close you are to the work piece you can always add a socket extension to move it away from your drill. That is what I would do. Keep the great projects coming!
Sounds interesting. I was thinking something along the lines of a threaded insert
Absolute winner again. I actually need bigger sized dowels for my current project.
Awesome. So glad it was helpful
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
Lovely video and FINALLY someone sensible who keeps their fingers well away from router bits and saw blades👍👍
Thanks so much!
The router technique is very slick! Great video
Thanks!
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
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.
I use the roundover method a lot. I've been doing it for years now and fully endorse it, except the cost of more roundover bits
Yes. Except that. But time is money! The time spent sanding the other methods would be a waste when I could easily do it with the roundover bit. Glad to know it’s been working for you
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
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.
Thank you for your tips and idea's on projects, they're very entertaining making all of them.
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!!
You are the queen of jigs!! I saved this to my "projects to try file". The second method I think worked the best and left a cleaner dowel with less sanding to get to the end stage. I won't tell you how much I pay to get larger dowels. Its a lot and I hate to pass the cost onto my customers, so this will ease my guilty mind for charging them more. Plus it looks like fun! I just started on a leg vise out of purple heart and curly maple and so far its looking great. I'm was thinking about doing a 1/4" inlay boarder on the face of the clamp. I know the purple maybe gaudy but Its for me.in my shop. I would love to do a Celtic knot in the middle. That is going to be a challenge for me. But hey, who doesn't love a challenge?! Now how to make it into a 1 1/2" screw for the clamp. Ugg.
Sounds like a fun project. Challenges are what makes it fun!
This was great, thanks so much for sharing your experiments! I am going to have to try some of these.
Never tried the router jig before. I think it's a smart thing when you have limited tools. I like it!
It was fun to figure out!
I've seen sooooooooo many videos like this and this was the first one I actually understood. Thank you so much for sharing your expertise and explanation!
So awesome to hear. Thanks!!
I guess your simple minded
@@versatileduplicity9313 What a terribly negative comment. Did you come here just to debase people? She taught something: I learned something; she did a good job explaining it in a way that was properly engaging for me to better understand.
Wrong "your", btw. If you truly are that easily able understand AND explain wood working, I'd gladly take some lessons- I can teach you spelling and grammar in return.
@@joeydonzis I know how to speak. I choose to speak how I want !! And trust me, I could built some pretty nice stuff. I've done it before. I've built many things from wood
@@versatileduplicity9313 I genuinely would love to see some of your work. No sarcasm, no joke. Right now, all you have is some videos of some high school fights (Go Hawks!), and it really would be nice to see something positive such as woodworking. If you're as competent with woodworking as you seem to credit yourself, I think that would be some pretty awesome content to watch.
I have had to make many dowels of different diameters and have found that using a table saw with a method similar to your router method works great. Just give your entry hole the diameter of your square stocks cross corner distance and make it a bit deeper so it gets the piece going strait. This uses more cutting edges so it leaves a smoother finished product and goes faster. which means less sanding and less time.
Bonus: for small diameter dowels, you can use a mid grade blade and the angled teeth will leave micro fluting along the surface which allows for fluid pressure to push out during clamping if you are using the dowel stock for inlays. (Imagine making dice with inlayed pips without blowing the side walls out).
Thanks for the great video and some new ideas for my projects.
Sounds like a good idea!
That router jig was really slick. Ironically, I have a lathe but not a router. Love your shop.
Hahah thanks! I can’t wait to get a lathe
I enjoy watching how you try everything without fear. Nothing ventured nothing gained. I liked the router method the best too.
It’s always fun to experiment.
Truthfully a very nice test of making dowels, I honestly believe that buying the dowels of the sizes we work with are the best option however there’s no worries trying out to making your own from beautiful woods, fantastic video 👍👍👍
It was fun to do!
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!
You’re tips are the best! Love the rope and drill hack.
Thanks! Glad you like them!
Great Video. I'm going to try the router-jig method with a spiral up-cut bit - I think this may yield good results with a thoughtfully constructed jig such as yours.
Good luck!
Great video on making Dow-wells. Thanks!
Ha! Thanks!
I love your experimentation .
Thats the way i do things.
The one with the router bit inside the the block has potential. The router is doing all the work so a much slower and gentler feed rate should produce a better dowel. Maybe slow the drill down.
Geoff from Tasmania
Helpful video, thank you. One guy set up his log splitter to force the dowel wood through the steel plate hole. Pretty creative
Glad you liked it. Sounds cool
@@3x3CustomTamar I was going to name my first daughter Tamar. Great name
Fantástica idea!! buen trabajo Tamar!!
Thanks so much!
Really liked your presentation. Good ideas, representation of the different techniques and pacing of the videos.
Thanks no awesome to hear!
I understand the goal of RUclips woodworking is to get enough views to warrent sponsorship. But i am grateful you have normal rulers instead of the expensive woodpeckers brand.(not that they're bad, just pricey), Thanks for being down-to-earth.
Ha! I have a few woodpeckers squares. One I actually purchased in my sleep. Was a fun package to open 😂😂😂
i do this kind of thing for a living , i have been doing it for 42 years , i like your attitude to it , and agree the chisel clamped down is dodgy , it is down to the angle of the chisel ...but i like your router route too
Thanks! Yeah. I don’t want to try that method again. Ha
@@3x3CustomTamar it is basically turning your hand held drill into a lathe ....dodgy lol ;-)
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 😂
You are such a bright lady! And I’m enjoying your videos. Semper Fi
Thanks so much!