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John Walkowiak Offline
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#18
12-01-2017, 12:22 PM
I just came across this video about making a dowel plate. It has good information, worth the watch if you're interested in these things. 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CG1XO08ByA
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12-01-2017, 12:57 PM
(12-01-2017, 12:22 PM)John Walkowiak Wrote: I just came across this video about making a dowel plate. It has good information, worth the watch if you're interested in these things. 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CG1XO08ByA

Hey! Now we know where Jim and Derek's Native Woods of Australia came from!

A very nice elaboration of a simple task.
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12-01-2017, 04:29 PM
I liked the dowel plate. Don't know if I need to mount it though, I just want to use it to make pins. Lol.
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12-08-2017, 10:05 AM
A tapered reamer would be the ideal tool to size the holes.  That way there would be a built in relief on the backside of the hole to ease in the dowel going through the hole.
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12-08-2017, 11:36 AM
(12-08-2017, 10:05 AM)Axehandle Wrote: A tapered reamer would be the ideal tool to size the holes.  That way there would be a built in relief on the backside of the hole to ease in the dowel going through the hole.

Any idea where to find a decently priced tapered reamer? Every one I've found is more expensive than buying the dowel plates ready made.
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12-08-2017, 11:43 AM
(12-08-2017, 11:36 AM)Jason28 Wrote: Any idea where to find a decently priced tapered reamer? Every one I've found is more expensive than buying the dowel plates ready made.

Never mind. I was thinking tapered pin reamers.
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12-08-2017, 09:48 PM
If you take a cold chisel and make 3 or 4 cuts along the circumference of your dowel plate holes the dowels will end up with glue grooves.
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