Re: Doweling
Darn! And I ordered a packetful from Amazon!
Not necessarily a waste or unnecessary. Depends on what you need or want vs. what is available locally. Hafele only has fluted dowel pins, metric, and only 6 and 8 mm. At Y2K (supposedly To Suy equivalent in San Juan), I saw only 10 x {40, 50} mm. Havent' checked the screw stores in Binondo -- anyone know if they have non-metric like 1/4, 5/16, 3/8, etc. or long smooth (rods) as opposed to short fluted (pins)?
Even if what you want is available locally, getting online could give you useful info -- e.g., quality/accuracy comparison.
The hobby store mentioned in the below thread had only 1/4" and 3/8" x 48" dowel rods and only limited stocks last I checked. These 'basswood' dowels are like the ones from Home Depot (US). I found the Home Depot ones to be about 0.3+ mm undersized -- may be good for glue situations but not so good in usages where tight fit (<0.1 mm) required.
Related threads: where can i buy wooden dowels
LNCC63's workshop (dowel making jigs, starting page 7)
Wood Cutter or Wood Cutting Service (having 'sash factory' make dowels)
Re jigs: Got the Wolfcraft one before. Also recently broke down and ordered the Dowelmax, but hasn't arrived yet...
frankboase:
Tip: Easy way to search forum is to google 'pinoyhandyman '
There is a Search function in forum but Google seems to work better for simple keyword searches.
Re: Doweling
Great tips, Guad.
Was thinking about the Wolfcraft. Looking forward to hearing from you re Dowelmax.
Re: Doweling
Great tips, Guad.
Was thinking about the Wolfcraft. Looking forward to hearing from you re Dowelmax.
Ding dowelmax is as good as it gets....
click my signature and it will take you there........
Re: Doweling
Ding dowelmax is as good as it gets....
Wow! Checked out the price in Amazon: $310!
It'll be a looong time before I can afford this.
