How to make the dowel maker

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[@adamyorke7869]

I remember this young man. He is an incredibly creative woodworker and tool maker. Very well don, Matthias.

[@maskellator]

Just used this technique to make some 19MM oak dowels to make bench dogs out of. Far easier than I expected, works super well and the dowels came out perfectly. I used a table saw at 45° instead of the router to make the stock into an octagon and put though the " giant pencil sharpener" from there.

[@AndTheCorrectAnswerIs]

I'm not even a woodworker, but I just can't resist watching your channel. I love the way your mind works, and I love seeing all the tools, jigs, etc. that you come up with.

[@FrodoMcNuggets]

I’ll be doing this today, but entirely by hand. No electricity. Never tried it before, but you’ve inspired me.

[@matthiaswandel]

I got the grinding wheel at a yard sale, the buffing wheel from Lee Valley. But if you get yourself the right kind of wheel for a bench grinder, that should work too.

[@daveawebber]

You are truly the MAN every vid is an insperation to go and try something new thanks for sharing your knowledge and skill keep up the good work

[@theschwarzey]

The most basic explains a lot to those of us who are. But your complicated stuff is superb, so don't bag it! It motivates me.

[@MarkSeelye]

Thanks for this video. I was building a potting bench for my wife and ran out of dowels, but I remembered that you had this video. Worked perfectly!

[@Keith_Ward]

To be able to make what you want when you need it is a great skill to have. And although most folks visiting here already know this, apparently there are some who do not. You have to wonder how they get here and why they watch.

[@smoky5833]

All of your creations are always useful. I am always forced to do without, which has made me become more creative. Utilizing what you got, and if you need it, but don’t have it, then Make It!!! Keep up the good work.

[@checkedoutchris]

Your ingenuity knows no bounds!

[@DDEENY]

That's a slick and efficient process for making your own wood dowels. The next step is to cut fluted or spiral grooves to enable doweled joints to hold wood glue without driving all of the glue from the joint when inserting the dowels into their holes, and also preventing the hole from becoming air-locked by the tightly-fitting dowel and thus making insertion impossible. Carry on.

[@thebobloblawshow8832]

Sweet little shop trick there. Loved it and just want to say thank you for all your tips and tutorials. 👍👍

[@MauroFonseca]

A pity that your videos are not also in Portuguese, but I still adore them. In my history, I classify them as "genius". Congratulations.

[@londonlocksmiths2131]

Even one of your simplest videos is genius.

[@odatmatt]

Instead of going to all the trouble you do to rough out your blanks, make two step hole in a piece of lumber, clamp that to your table saw trying to get the apex of the blade close to the step at a 35 to 45 degree angle to the blade, and slowly raise the blade as you spin the blank with your drill. This will produce round blanks in a hurry, but leaves them rough, then they are easy to clean up in your dowel maker. I have a few sizes of sq. steel tubing that I made into chucks to use in the drill to spin the blanks. Little tip, when cutting the blanks to length I use a framing blade to get a rough surface then the friction between the first and second blank will spin the first one on thru the jig. With this setup I can rough out 10 4 ft. dowels a min. easy. Then you can finish them with you jig or a router style jig. I use the router jig, but it is harder to make.

[@Justicejamesb]

You're the best woodworker on youtube, hands down. The only other woodworker I like better is Norm Abrams, but he doesn't do anything anymore... Kings to you bro!

[@Frankiez220]

If only I could afford a workshop or even had a garage to convert. This is food for thought and especially when dowelling is expensive.

[@phungphan2245]

Holy moly, I made it and it worked! Big giant pencil sharpener!

[@mastergx1]

That was one of the most satisfying things I have every seen. Very nice

Hello, despite being Brazilian and do not understand what you. speech, thank you for sharing the making of this tool, in fact I really appreciate your tutorials. I used a translator to post this message.

[@yaarkhan5294]

it reminds me school days pencil sharpner... Mathias...you really turn the wood working into easy and fun interesting work... keep it up... heartly thanks

[@HisamiKieta]

i did wood work and metalwork in 3rd and 4th year but i still didn't get how genius all of these people has to be to build all of this stuff

[@phillipbishop3967]

You are a genus, you have made it simpler for those without a lathe to make dowels. What to think outside the box

[@matthiaswandel]

Buing dowels is easy and not expensive. Finding good quality dowels, however, can be very time consuming. Most dowels at home center are very poor quality and accuracy.

[@matthiaswandel]

Interesting idea. Would be hard to mount just right though, because they have a bevel on both sides. And the side force on them might also be a problem - harder to support the blade.

[@DantesAlvesdeSantana]

Amigo esta lapiseira que vc fez ficou mto boa

[@SgtBooker44]

Matthias, Your genius is in how simple you keep things. Awesome video.

[@mikeah86]

Amazing idea! You just saved me a lot of money. I'm making a crib, as I'm expecting my first child in April, and not having to buy pre-fashioned dowels means having more money saved... for, you know, medical bills and diapers and whatnot... Thanks!

[@user-qu2go3fk6t]

what is your monthly earnings?

[@musicbymark]

Lee Valley's tenon makers work great to get the blank started. I made my 1/2" dowel maker w/ only 1/2" hole, and countersunk the entry hole instead of drilling it larger (cutting countersink BEFORE trimming to expose hole or it would destroy block). I reinforced the LEFT side by gluing a 1/4" thick piece of hardwood, and was able to use square blanks, w/o any roundover effort, but results are much less consistent than yours - some maple came out perfect, round, smooth, consistent, w/ shiny/burnished surface; a couple others wavered in diameter badly, but plenty usable stock. If I had roundover installed already, I do it your way, but for speed/convenience, I'll probably mostly use square stock in future, planning it slightly octagonal.

[@larry1875]

Catching fire is very slim. I know this for a fact. I have used a bow drill to start a fire and it takes a lot of skill and work. Fred 4:38

[@GaryKlineCA]

Don't know if I'd have the patience to set it all up, but it looks like a great way to make a lot of long dowels very quickly.

[@user-rx3ju3oi1q]

Thank you for every machine you did do you are the best from morocco

[@101boertjie]

Thank you for this info, it will definitely come in handy when i want to build some wooden arrows again. Well presented.

[@lyacale3910]

please help for me I need this machine

[@CockatielCompanion]

Once again I find myself watching one of your videos even though I know I will never make one. Cool idea, although I don't use dowel that much, so I will just buy it when I need it.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Matthias, Another great video- this camera is spot on and the lighting and sound were perfect! Thanks for sharing!

[@whydoihavetoify]

That was awesome, I spent half my working life up scaffold towers, if only I had one of those, love it.

[@JeffRichtman]

This would work well for sharpening those over sized novelty pencils as well. You do so many projects that make me go "Why didn't I think of that". Keep up the good work.

[@raulenriqueledesma7387]

Hola Amigo tengo tarugeras caseras y autómaticas, pero nunca se me ocurrió hacer girar el taugo de madera, muy buena idea y sobre todo cuando es una medida especial. Muchas gracias un abrazo de Argentina.

[@matthiaswandel]

As everyone who watches cartoons knows, when two pieces of wood rub together, they always catch fire :) if it's tight, there is quite a bit of friction. My main concern is that the dowel may end up a little polished, which might not be the best for gluing.

[@matthiaswandel]

Doewls aren't always round. And if you use a dowel jig, that's not an option. A bit of woodworking background could give you some insight too..

[@thomasgibbons353]

I need plugs. Have no options. The 175 deg. hinges I purchased are off. Your method is what I already imagined in the working part of my mental ability. Thanks for bringing it out.

[@jrnkoch8217]

Hi Mathias, I'm a big fan of your videos. I've successfully made dowels using a nut in the right size e.g. 10 mm driving a 10 x 10 mm stick through the nut using a powered hand drill. I tried to improve the setup by cross carving some of thread away with a hacksaw. I had to use some force to drive the dovel thru the nut, but the setup was easily made :-) Br Jørn Koch

[@randyhelzerman]

Wow. Just realized that a pencil sharpener is a lathe. Mind==Blown

[@duckling9854]

This is the easiest way so far. Thank you.

[@FirstFiveFrets]

Nice job. It kinda reminds me of a "rounder" tool used by English rake makers. I saw a video of it here on KZbin. Thanks for giving one we all can use.

[@sudopenguin]

You are literally a genius

[@EmpoweredPercussion]

The thing is I am building a resonating instrument with specific attention to tone. Wooden screws or a dowel screw/joint has to work to insure harmonious I am using materials - in conjunction with hide glue.

[@ricaroles]

Oke. I like your work. I am from indonesia

[@slimshadow777]

plane blade with bolt and wingnut thru works pretty good and adjusts quicker

[@thiswoodwork]

Really useful video Matthias! I will keep this trick in mind for whenever I need some dowel lengths. Take care, Alex.

[@joshneves1759]

That's pretty amazing, that would be a good way to make arrows

[@HackThePlanetNow]

This is like the most Genius thing I have ever seen

[@scwfan08]

Jason Becker It's good. But you should watch more YT videos.

[@HackThePlanetNow]

scwfan06 YT?

[@chris27289]

You are my wood working hero.

[@jfan4reva]

Just when I was thinking "This is gonna be a pain in the rear and take forever. Why would anyone want to make dowels this way", I heard the whine of the drill, and saw the blank gliding through the dowel maker in just a few seconds. "Yeah, that would work!" Thanks for the video.

[@fancydoo]

All I want to say is, "YOU'RE INDEED A CREATIVE MIND"

[@mouse6196]

I found if you can fix your chisel on an angle as the dowel feeds in, it will help stop the grains from tearing out. It helps a bit for me.

[@pierluigiferrari1144]

Sei un grande artista beato te che sai fare tutte queste cose io mi arrangio nel restauro mobili vecchi in massello....

[@matthiaswandel]

It needs to be sharp and tangential. And the drill needs to not run super fast. Never had a chisel turn blue.

[@garywayne8567]

Pretty cool Mathias. Thanks for sharing that idea. Their is more than one way to skin a... dowel.

[@das250250]

Owonder if you place a screw from underneath that comes up onto the back of the chisel to raise and lower adjust exactly the amount you wish ?

[@colin1344]

I just use a thread cutter, works really good and does all in one step. Just need fast drill or better a turntable!

[@jozefresiak6444]

Bardzo dobry pomysł, super robota, pozrawiam

[@MrBelievenman]

Yup that's what I am doing Brent. They make a 3 tier bit and a mirror image 3 tier wood dowel. Im tapering the ends and also using hide glue and time 32nd port holes to release with the heat gun. Thanks! oh and check those on line. google high end dowels.

[@matthiaswandel]

I don't know. Try it out and tell me how it goes.

[@matthiaswandel]

I was thinking of using a plane iron initially, but decided to use a cheap chisel, just in case I messed up the blade.

[@chrisbwah]

It would never have occurred to me to make dowels, as I would have thought I'd need a lathe. Now I know I don't - thanks Matthias

[@-Honeybee]

This could be used for arrows by hand. I love the.

[@jaivigo]

Good Video, Thanks, I think surface finish will be much better if edge of tool is poiting to the center of the dowel, when using cutting tools above the center will cause bad finishing.

[@liyanagedonupananda9019]

Thank U son I understand how to make dowel cutter. from srilanka. wish.

[@GarageWoodworks]

Good point. Speed could have been a factor. I also wonder if it was the species of wood (cherry). I might try it again but with an older 'cheaper' chisel.

[@seanocansey2956]

watching you do that is therapeutic :)

[@matthiaswandel]

A sander works really well. But then the next time you want to sand something really clean, you get bits of pencil all over it! That's why I don't sharpen pencils on the sander!

[@Dave51262]

As usual, you make it look easy. Thanks for the instructions on how to make.

[@travissmith7471]

Simply creative... Thanks for taking the time to demonstrate...

[@leloodallasmultipass]

this is actually extremely helpful. I never considered making my own shafts, but now I will. I might even make them from something exotic, just for fun. hmmmmmm....

[@thepowderguy7192]

Dude badass video I think any carpender or advid archer would love this vid thank you good sir for sharing this trick 😃

[@bkjbae]

You could start out with a piece 10cm x 10cm x 4m. Draw a 10cm circle on the ends for reference. Chamfer the corners with a table saw at a 45 degree angle, then chamfer the corners that you just made at 30 degrees, just stay out of the reference circle. You will end up with a dodecagon profile. Chamfering the corners from there on will be kind of dangerous on the table saw, but you could just sand them down or use a draw knife to round them even further.

[@mycrazydaddy]

Thanks for this. I was trying with the first video and this one answers everything you didn't cover on that one.

[@matthiaswandel]

The answer is: You don't. Some things, like threads on a small screw, can not be made of wood..

[@kslong29]

I love your ideas. Sparks lots of ideas for myself!

[@MrLeonard55]

It's a big pencil sharpener to. ;)

[@addshgfdssf1326]

MrLeonard55 خجل حخز ز

[@victorjm4628]

je jeee 😂😂😂

[@DaniloMagalhaes]

It´s really! ha ha

[@matthiaswandel]

Not all woods work well. Oak works poorly. Never tried cherry, but it strikes me as a speices that might be ok.

[@12345NoNamesLeft]

My experience is with metals and not wood. I'd love a video explaining the pro / con / uses of metal working split point twist drills, spade bits, brad point drills, forstner, auger bits and such. Ever make your own combination bits like a piloted countersink?

[@das250250]

I wondered if you put a sandpaper edge where the dowel comes out to also smooth the dowel during processing ..

[@zenovice5946]

+graham kaveman There is no need for sandpaper if the chisel is razor sharp.

[@12...]

Maybe you could use *only* sandpaper It would be slower though.

[@spinvalve]

It's for videos like this that I'm subscribed. Great stuff Matthias!

[@slimshadow777]

when setting your chisel use the drill bit into the hole as a placement guide

[@alvindueck8227]

your buffing wheel you used on your chisel gave me a thought. why WOULDN'T a fella make a leather strop in the same manner?

[@elgostine]

interesting idea, though i admittedly find i like the 'hole through a piece of steel to force the stock to the right diameter' mehtod also works fairly well but you gotta be carful to keep it straight

[@ERNesbitt]

Or if you need it to be from the same wood stock (so it stains/finishes the same).

[@travismcclellan3413]

Using the right kind of wood you could easily make arrow shafts. That's what I plan to do.

[@isokessu]

Eyeglasses are handy for carpenters, cause then you don't forget to use safe goggles. I don't bother to use goggles or glasses cause their always so dirty but once when I used goggles, it saved my eye, when hard elm wood flew at the goggles from circularsaw. It was so hard that the wooden piece looked like glass and it made scratches to the goggles. Thank god the scratch didn't come in my eye 8-D

[@milcotto4153]

Totally awesome dowel maker.

[@user-px7zf9tr4y]

Молодец Матиас, снимаю шляпу. Дай бог здоровья и сил делать еще разно и много.

[@upwoodart]

Good work sir

[@matthiaswandel]

Certainly could, if you don't have a router.

[@ravisubramani7868]

Excellent idea very simple method thanks for this video

[@rawyin]

Just a thought, what if you changed the angle of the chisel surface and turned the chisel upside down? Then potentially I'd think you could create an adjustable jig that could make a dowel of any size provided you thought of a way to keep it centered. Maybe a v-shaped slot?

[@thesultanmerchant]

most of them cannot effort to purchase expensive cutting tools. Real art is to demonstrate by using manual instrument. That's real art of wood fabrication.

[@tridneven]

sultan Merchant what actually is expensive in one metal plate with whole?

[@jawadsaadi]

To bkbai, these are jumping poles for horses they need to be round for the safety of the horses and to fall off easy from the side holding cups, but it does not need to be perfect round.