Dowel making with JIGSAW blades!

[@apmeehan]

Genuinely excited to make myself one of these, and never having to buy another lucky-dip box of dowels off Amazon ever again. And I wonder what long-lost treasures the first-aid box will have in store for you next time!

[@WoodworkJourney]

😂

[@HappyTailsSupport]

The best instructional videos leave in the sander burns, missed drills, shin kicks, splinters, thumb smashes, etc. because this is real woodworking! Great tool!

[@DreadX10]

Absolutely! And the icing on the cake was finding the key that had been missing for so long........ (a normal key in this case but it could easy have been a (missing) chuck-key or bit)

[@H8FULL1]

I am actually impressed. Thank you.

[@WoodworkJourney]

Thanks!

[@julielowe7462]

This is a genuinely useful and easily portable jig, which is important to me since I often need an odd dowel for a job away from my workshop, on another note when you injured yourself, I was afraid this video might be like Kenny Everett’s DIY expert sketch where he injured himself multiple times through the course of his projects, especially when you were about to apply the finish with the blades already in the wood!😂, well done Dean, and good you included the further clarification, best wishes Julie

[@robb2869]

Haha, Kenny's Reg Prescott sketches were always my favourite! Still makes me laugh 😂

[@howardlevenson]

I followed the directions and it worked like a charm. I had tried other techniques that had failed.

[@JK-zl7vv]

Best dowel maker I've seen yet, bravo my friend 🤠🙏👍

[@marjandobersek3707]

A simple way to burn a drill

[@themeat5053]

Cheers, Dean. This is a blast from the past. Glad I found it. Good stuff.👍

[@bramvader8401]

This is the first dowel maker I really like thank you well presented 👍💯

[@WoodworkJourney]

Thanks!

[@grahamditchfield4318]

I like it......excellent. No need to store shop, great use of hardwood bits and store bought dowels have been increasingly hard to locate. Cheers!!

[@r.t.elangovanr.t.elangovan6792]

Good and simple one but a robust. Thanks for your ideas.

[@Steve-dr7rr]

Just wanted to say thank you for your funny and great videos you do cheers steve

[@WoodworkJourney]

Pleasure, thanks Steve

[@lexluthier8290]

Another great vid from Dean's world - simple, functional and a really useful little widget made for not much money. Like it - I'll be making one of these for meself, hopefully without sanding half my finger off 😉

[@WoodworkJourney]

😂😂

[@kfujillama9548]

Really cool idea. Thanks for sharing!

[@WoodworkJourney]

Thanks for watching!

[@David.M.]

Very nice simple design, thanks Dean

[@WoodworkJourney]

Cheers David!

[@graemeloveridge7107]

You can use a screw to hold the blades in place, rather than a piece of wood. The lip of the screw head fits over the end of the blade. Cheers and thanks, Dean.

[@WoodworkJourney]

Absolutely 👍

[@lancetranter5695]

Sorry ya got bit by that sander!! Man, I'm so happy bout this video.. Was thinking about using this method, & your positive tutorial sold me. Thanks!!

[@WoodworkJourney]

Best of luck!

[@DennisWelch-f7b]

I made this, after 3 failed attempts at getting the blades in the proper place, and it works great. I chose 7mm, 6mm and 4mm to make dowels for picture frames. The video is great. Thank. What type of sanding mesh are you using? What brand? I bought some at my hardware store today but it doesn't stick to the sanding pad.

[@WoodworkJourney]

Brilliant to hear. I use Smirdex mesh discs that I get from ebrasives in the UK. There should be a link in the description if any video of mine from the last year or two

[@matiaddis7782]

Thank you sir amazing and very easy stay blessed

[@honor_faith_transform]

Glad you found that key. It's always in the last place you look! 😜 Thanks for the vid!

[@WoodworkJourney]

You got that right!

[@TaylerMade]

if you put in your blades before you drill the holes, then slide the drill bit down between till the drill bit is tight and then drill your hole. perfect size easy.

[@SteveMonk1956]

Nice work Dean 👍👍

[@WoodworkJourney]

Thanks!

[@DrewJacobson61]

I like the design! Thanks for making this video ❤❤

[@WoodworkJourney]

You're welcome 😊

[@homewurks1]

What a great idea!

[@MGTOW-w]

Good that’s really the most easy way thanks 🙏

[@thedeathcake]

That's an awesome idea!

[@WoodworkJourney]

It works really well 👍👍

[@HewAndAwe]

How accurate were the dowels to the mm?

[@WoodworkJourney]

Didn’t measure buddy, but I made holes and they went in lol

[@toonybrain]

😆😄 Glad you found your key! Thanks for this video.

[@nore8141]

I enjoyed your video and going to give it a go. ❤

[@rhess10]

Seems that it should emerge from the jig just a pinch larger. Some sanding will remove material. So is that why you mentioned outside the line?

[@WoodworkJourney]

Yes

[@chiplane3976]

Thanks Dean - something I will make and use! Simple design. Well presented. Just subscribed.

[@Bilal-f5f7w]

Great job thanks for sharing

[@dhow5732]

Superb idea. Might pinch that.🙂

[@WoodworkJourney]

Go for it!

[@TootEmCarMan]

Cool vid. :)

[@WoodworkJourney]

Ta 😊

[@mstev5956]

Love it That’s awesome

[@WoodworkJourney]

Thanks!

[@Neontrifle]

So why do some sanding discs have holes stamped in but you've chosen some with no holes? What do you think?. is it for ventilation when you have a matching holes in the sanders pad

[@WoodworkJourney]

Yes discs with holes are for the dust collection to suck up the dust. The discs I’ve gone for are mesh and so infinitely more breathable as there’s essentially hundreds of little holes

[@a9ball1]

I've been looking for a way to make dowels for awhile and I'm going with your method. Also, I like your attitude and personality so much I had to subscribe. 2 thumbs up mate.

[@WoodworkJourney]

Awesome, thank you!

[@timormsby1722]

Great video. I made this jig today and it works, but I'm scorching the dowel as it passes through and it's making a lot of smoke. I tried making the hole a couple of mm bigger than the dowel I need thinking there's too much friction between the dowel and the jig but it didn't help.

[@WoodworkJourney]

Could be the speed the drill is going, or how quickly or slowly you’re pushing it through maybe?

[@idlersdream826]

Very handy, and what a good job you sanded your finger, you can now open the wood store cabinet 😂, always a silver lining 😂.

[@WoodworkJourney]

Exactly! LOL

[@GeeDeeBird]

Nice! I think leaving the dowels rough might improve the glue strength.

[@WoodworkJourney]

Great point!

[@ibrhemahmed170]

[@wood4me]

At 5:30, Why not draw the straight line, then a line which is perpendicular to the diameter of the larger hole, and a smaller line for the small hole. Then draw the perfect size for the middle hole. Cheers Dean.

[@WoodworkJourney]

Correct

[@lindabutterfield3290]

Don't you need to have the blade going in opposite directions to follow the spin direction?

[@philaandrew100]

Bit more sophisticated than my old lawnmower blade with holes drilled through it🙃

[@WoodworkJourney]

There are so many ways to make em lol

[@let9790]

What is the brand of your sander? mirka?

[@WoodworkJourney]

Can’t remember, certainly not Mirka! Much cheaper, I did a video on it ages ago though

[@robb2869]

I use these jigs quite a bit and find it best not to spin the dowel back out once it's cut because it can tear the dowel up especially in softwood. Just unchuck it and cut that bit off 👍

[@jeremysmith4749]

good video. Why not put the blades in first then brad point drill the hole where it fits snugly against the hollow ground blades?

[@WoodworkJourney]

Because I’m not accurate enough generally

[@clareryan3843]

@@WoodworkJourney SO PLEASED YOU SAID THIS😂💐💐 thats what I find too 🤦😝 sometimes Im spot on, sometimes just out😳 but I dont have tons of expensive gear, mostly second hand 😁 Theres not many things as satisfying as building something that works (Im building a wardrobe atm😊)

[@c.a.g.1977]

Nice little project Dean! I have a metal dowel plate, always seem to break the rods when I hammer them through, but that will probably be user error!

[@WoodworkJourney]

Easily done I’m sure. Cheers!

[@johanrynjah8241]

The one that I use most of the time is a thick body stainless steel pipe with the inner diameter of my requirement (I use 6mm, 8mm and 10mm dowels most of the time). I cut a stainless steel pipe about 50mm in length, I grind one end of the pipe into teeth similar to a hole saw but with longer teeth profile about 10mm (steep angle), after that I bend the teeth (starting from half the height of the teeth) outward so that it can accommodate a square wooden rod (without extra dressings/shaving of the four edges). Then I take a square wood of 50mm×50mm×100mm drill a hole the size of the outer diameter of the stainless steel pipe and then use a big countersink drill-bit on the hole so that it can accommodate some of the outward bend teeth. I then apply glue on the outer surface of the finished stainless steel pipe and drove it into the drilled hole of the 50mm×50mm×100mm wood. Let the glue dry then clamp the wood on a surface and the dowel jig is ready. ( I use stainless steel pipes because they have high temper and takes a long time to go blunt, before bending the teeth outwards I burn the teeth with with a jet torch to soften them, making the bending process easier using a pointed nose pliers and avoiding the risk of breaking them, I re-temper them when I get the desired teeth profile .) I never sand the dowels I make, a dowel with rough surface absorbs more glue and locks into the material its holding more securely like a serrated spike, making it almost impossible for the fixture to come apart. PS: I hope one day you'll make what I just explained and post it here. Enjoyed the whole video and Thank You for sharing your ideas. . . India. .

[@pyroactivatorandsensorydev9817]

yes, 1 it's a little rough, but simple!

[@Deontjie]

I want one.

[@WoodworkJourney]

Make one 😁

[@paulhodgson4790]

Bit of a drastic way to manicure your nails Dean! Just use an emery board!

[@WoodworkJourney]

😂😂😂

[@josecanyousee56]

Ditto everyone below!

[@android61242]

very smart

[@bitsurfer0101]

Any reason why we're not allowed to save your video to a playlist?

[@WoodworkJourney]

Absolutely no idea

[@kenord3437]

Oh no! You got a workshop war wound - ouch.

[@WoodworkJourney]

I regularly bleed on projects lol

[@johanrynjah8241]

@@WoodworkJourney "tis is but a scratch" 😂 . . . Same here, I tend to become careless when I'm excited on any project I'm working on. . .

[@CoralNeal]

You’re the vaping biker ! Blimey soon as I heard you’re voice

[@WoodworkJourney]

Tadaaaaa lol

[@rogertyler3237]

You Need To Drill The Holes Closer To The Edge & cut A Gap & use A C Clamp To Hold A Chizzle On Top Then Put The Peice Of Wood inside Of A Socket The Same Size Of The Square Rod Thenattach The Socket Onto A Nutdriving Shaft Then Put The Nutdriving Shaft Into The Drill & Spin The Square Rod Inside The Hole Where The Chizzle I Located Then Start Up The Drill.

[@WoodworkJourney]

Then it would be a completely different type of dowel making jig

[@richardstevenson2727]

🫡

[@natureterp]

I'm about to make one of these, but I only need two sizes. What I'm thinking is when I cut the groove for inserting the saw blades, I'll put the drill bits in the holes and cut up against them. Instead of drawing a line and trying to be accurate. We'll see if it works. .