dowel
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Shoe Rack Suggestions
Readers offer suggestions for shoe rack construction.
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Right-sizing a Dowel Hole
When your dowels don’t quite match up to the size of the hole you drilled for them, this reader has a tip on how to tighten that fit.
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PROJECT: Wireless Speaker
This wireless speaker with custom wood cabinet is sure to please the audiophile on your gift list. It’s also downright fun to make.
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Making a Ball-and-Dowel Push Stick
This reader found that standard push sticks don’t work well for making thin cuts, so built his own easy-to-use tool with a dowel.
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Caster Release Tool
This reader has come up with a handy tool that lets him unlock his swiveling casters without bending down and without potentially hurting his fingers.
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Adhesive Tube Dispenser with a Twist
This reader took the dowel scraps laying around his shop to create a handy roller for his adhesive tubes.
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No-measuring Dowel Center Finder
This reader has a handy tip to find the center of any dowel you use regularly with a really simple to make jig.
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Rockler Story Stick Kit
Four marking indicators and an end hook turn a dowel into a time-honored alternative to measuring with a tape.
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Dowel Wizard Doweling Jig
Clamp-on adjustable jig fits a range of workpiece thicknesses and centers pairs of dowel holes in three diameters automatically.
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How to Chamfer Large-diameter Dowels?
I have been chamfering smaller-diameter dowels for years, but I would like a way to do the same thing on larger dowels, up to about 2 inches in diameter.
