Showing 21 through 40 out of 171 articles containing "dowel making"
Box Joint Clock
… you can build in no time? This clock is the answer. The secret — a simple jig makes the box joints go like clockwork. F or me, one of the biggest frustrations with woodworking…. (And a screwdriver would’ve been too long anyway.) But I did dig up a small scrap of dowel to use instead, as shown in Fig. 7. Clocks don’t get much handling, so you don…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 131
October 2000
Three Basic Router Bits
…, the layout tools I used to design these profiles are pretty basic. A section of 1/2"-dia. dowel works great as a template for a 1/4" roundover or a 1/4" cove (1/2" core box bit). And a 1"-dia. dowel was my 1/2" round-over bit. Chances are if you can draw it on paper, you can find a way to make it with a few common router …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 153
June 2004
High-Back Hall Bench
… time and make the four corbels for the top. They’re identical to the ones used here. Before cutting the corbels to shape, I drilled the dowel hole (Figure 1, below…or add the backstop shown in Designer’s Notebook, below. } Dowel centers help position matching holes. Short Backstop The bench also makes for handy stand-alone storage in any room. …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 172
August 2007
Tambour Tool Cabinet
…make the bead molding by routing a roundover on both faces of the blank. Woodsmith A Clamping Tip. After mitering the molding to fit, I glued and clamped the pieces using short sections of dowel…specific holders and then added wood dowels to hang hand tools like saws and spokeshaves. W { Custom tool holders allow you to make the best use of the …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 187
February 2010
Diamond Bookcase
… 3.4 Bd. Ft.) F F I J NOTE: Also required: Birch dowel - 2"-dia. x 36" Woodsmith.com Woodsmith 25 (2 needed) NOTE: Make two identical assemblies 12 14 D D F making the PANELS The bookcase is built …the corners of two of the bottom cubbies. FEET. To make the feet, I cut a V-groove in a dowel using a simple technique. It’s shown on page 31 of…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 199
February 2012
Hobby Workbench
… { Optional workbench casters (refer to Sources, page 67) make moving your bench a piece of cake. Woodsmith.com • 29 a. SIDE VIEW 1!/2 … !/4"-20 threaded insert C 36 f. B B END SECTION VIEW C D 2 12!/4 #/4 Cross dowel A C 48 !/2 1!/4 !/2 !/2 1!/2 A 1!/2 3 B STRETCHER NOTE: Stretcher is glued up from #/4"-thick hardwood 2#/8 …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 219
June 2015
Desk Lamp
… couple of short dowels that act as attachment points for installing the two uprights. For accuracy, I turned to the drill press as shown in Figure 4 to make these holes.… of both shade blanks. Holes for Dowels. Use the drill press to make the holes along the shade blank edge for the dowels. Woodsmith.com • 19 Completing the 5"-dia. (outside) …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 236
April 2018
Edge Sander
…cap. After drilling the three holes, cut sections of hardwood dowel to act as spring guides. These dowels are simply glued in place in the outer cap. … Z Y Y 2 Jig saw 3 a. 2&/8 END VIEW 1 Z a. !/2 END VIEW !/2 !/4 Y !/4" slot-cutting bit Groove for T-Track. Make a couple of passes with a dado blade to size the groove for the tabletop …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 240
December 2018
Tips & Techniques
…DOWEL JIG Upon reading the article in Woodsmith No. 39 describing a dowel-making jig for the router table, I immediately questioned one part. To make the last few inches of the dowel, you had to remove the partly completed dowel from…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 42
December 1985
Tips & Techniques
…the jig is an indexing pin. It’s a short piece of 1/4"-dia. dowel. The dowel is slipped into the outer notch. A round dowel makes it easy to slip the workpiece on and off the indexing jig. To cut the notches in the sides for the assembly jig, slide the workpiece against the dowel …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 152
April 2004
Router Table Secrets
…the stop. I’ll usually make a couple of revolutions to be certain I’ve cut to full depth all around the perimeter of the circle. MAKING DOWELS Making dowels of many standard diameters… of the bit is adjusted to align with the fence’s base (detail ’b’). MAKE A DOWEL. When you make the four roundover cuts, you need to maintain square reference edges …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 197
October 2011
Hanging Lamp
… a light. The wood took on a warn, golden glow. The .idea struck me that I could make a lamp with thin veneer strips and achieve the same effect. LAMP WIRE FIXTURE LOOP…length (adjust, if necessary) and glue them in place. Weave the veneer strips around the dowels, overlapping the strips where they meet in the back. Use contact cement to glue …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 2
March 1979
Roll-Top Bread Box
…template is to guide a router to cut a 3/8" curved groove in both sides. Before making the template, you should have a 3/8" straight bit and a template guide (bushing) for your … having second thoughts about that. I usually like to see the dowel plugs showing, but in this case I think blind dowel joints would be better. Anyway, drill the holes to…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 4
July 1979
Tips & Techniques
… a problem or two. CUTTING SMALL STRIPS Very often the waste or "fall-off" from making a cut can be more interesting than the cut itself. That's the way I discovered an … One solution that works especially well with short lengths of dowel, is to chuck the dowel into the drill press. As the dowel is spinning, simply hold a sanding block up to it …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 9
May 1980
Tips & Techniques
… than solid wood splines. CHAMFERING DOWELS Instead of purchasing a dowel pointer (or dowel reveler, as it's also called), I point dowels on the side of …making a slot mortise (Woodsmith Number Eight), I decided to send in this tip for making a slot mortise. I don't have a drill press for drilling the holes for the slot. Instead, I use a doweling…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 10
July 1980
Tips & Techniques
…on a table saw or radial arm saw to make everything even. Now it's just a matter of slicingoff sections to length I need. There's all the dowels I need, all neatly packaged. H. L. Burgess Phoenix, …, Maine Have you ever tried to cut 10 or 16 dowels long, all at once? Whenever I did this the dowels wound up all over the work table and floor, and …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 16
July 1981
Tips & Techniques
…DOWELS During the process of making reproductions of turn-of-the-century fretworks, I discovered I needed several V." white oak dowels for spindles. After trying several methods to make my own 'custom made' dowels… drill and slowly advanced past the router bit. I usually make the dowels a little oversized and sand them to their finish size.…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 19
January 1982
Talking Shop
… Each set of opposing holes (for the dowels) must be exactly opposite each other for the length of the boards. Doweling jigs and dowel centers are designed to help with …gluing strength is, there's very little strength right from the start. And to make matters worse, dowels have a tendency to deform to an oval shape as they first absorb moisture…Read More
Woodsmith Issue 24
November 1982
Tips & Techniques
… table. Then a 2" x 6" support block is mounted to the other end of the dowel to provide vertical support for the tool rest. ROTATION SUPPORT ARAH> J J 1 SUPPORT - BLOCK / …reduces the amount of "meat" at the edge slightly, but not enough to make a sig-n if leant difference. PLASTIC LAMINATES Whenever I'm cutting plastic laminates on the …Read More
Woodsmith Issue 33
May 1984
Tips & Techniques
… showed a method of marking the center point on the end of long dowels that works well. For 'short dowels, I use a slightly different method that not only finds center, but … Johnson Des Moines, Iowa SCRAP WOOD CORNER CLAMPS Not too long ago, I had to make a large number of Lazy Susan shelves. Everything went together just fine until I realized I …Read More
