Stop Buying Dowels, DIY Dowel Jig From Plane Blade..

Hello friends! In this video I will create a handy and tool from a broken hand plane. This tool will save me a lot of money. I hope you enjoy!
It uses the blade from a hand plane, and turns scrap wood into dowels so you don’t have to buy them. The angle was the hardest to figure out, but I got good results around 6 degrees. The adjustment bolts are there to hone the placement, and once adjusted, it nails the size of the dowels every time.
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[@A.Mere.Creator]

In this video I up-cycle the blade from a plane for a dowel making jig, and in my newest video I restore a cracked axe using brass: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pJWvcnZqnJhjrrc

[@dougjones4987]

I have saved so much change doing this, I can't believe it. Now I just gotta go buy a new plane iron for $20 - yippee thanks for sharing!

[@confusedpanda42]

Brilliant! Also that Minecraft ref 😂

[@A.Mere.Creator]

You have a good eye!

[@rickhart6631]

The ability to make cheap and easy dowel is important. In many jobs, I'd rather use dowel than nails. Add a little wood glue to dowel peg nails and they work fantastic for many job applications.

[@Scarecrowking]

The humor here is grand! Neat jig

[@Yearning4themines]

Opening up a cigar box to find shop tools is like opening up a cookie tin to find sewing supplies

[@thehamburglar9mm]

Or like lifting open the hot tub cover in winter to find a frog party.

[@Alex_Eicher]

Definitly not what i expected…

[@FahimibnDawud]

My grandparents always had a few of the blue cookie tins and 2 had sewing supplies, and the others has more keys than anyone could ever imagine! At least once a week in summer, my grandpa and I would head inside and search thru the tins and he always knew which key he was looking for and he just preferred keeping them there. We had everything from old 61 Chrysler New Yorker keys, dump truck and log truck keys, tractor and tiller and mower keys, shop keys, etc.. he literally had it all!

[@18birko1]

I'd rather have tools in the cigar box, not the other way😅

[@carpo719]

Actually I would be more excited with shop tools than cigars!

[@Vlog-lu5op]

I don't know why but your videos satisfy me 😂😂

[@A.Mere.Creator]

Thanks for the feedback :)

[@FahadKhan-jc8nm]

@@A.Mere.Creator brother pls craft a cricket bat

[@watermain48]

You are very fortunate to still have all your fingers. You do so many really dangerous things with your table saw.

[@desmondluis5880]

Perfect video for taking a shit to. Thanks for helping me push it out!

[@A.Mere.Creator]

No hand planes were thrown away in the making of this movie :) If you enjoyed that video consider supporting the channel on Patreon so I can make more: www.patreon.com/amircreator

[@Baetzibaer]

Wanting to "make more" sounds like a massive menace ...

[@jatwangismyname900]

​@@Baetzibaer Yeah, phenomenally poorly worded

[@mash-hoodkozain7329]

This video deserves 1m likes

[@vanshavbhalla]

There is something special about your work area, its kinda messy but at the same time I wish to have one like you as it has great vibe to it. By the way love your videos you are always improving

[@A.Mere.Creator]

It is both good an bad to have a workshop outside, any tools left out will rust to no avail, and its impossible to keep it clean of dust and leaves. On the other hand you get to see the animals and notice the seasons changing, be around when it gets dark and the insects start to come out and go about their night (usually towards my lights). Every night exactly one hour after the sun goes down an opossum appears out of some hole and starts looking for food.

[@vanshavbhalla]

@@A.Mere.Creator Yup these things in your videos make your videos look better

[@SDX2000]

@@A.Mere.Creator LOL, man you are funny.

[@WoodLink1]

Loved the video, especially the humor effect 🤣

[@MrHandwerk]

Hammer Hack! Gefällt mir sehr :)

[@keshabchatterjee8708]

Excellent experience. Congratulations.

[@CosmicECLIPSEanimations12]

I love the Minecraft grass block handle 😁😁😁

[@TheJELvlogs]

Best video yet!! Did i spot a mine craft knob?!

[@A.Mere.Creator]

You got a sharp eye there friend ;)

[@DeanTheDoctor]

Thanks for having a lot of fun while making this video. And holy heck, that's fast! 😊🌎❤️

[@anemul266]

Pretty cool, and the references and cues too Minecraft were cool also. I especially liked the drill press knob.

[@peymanenanloo6570]

عالی و روشی کاربردی با ابزاری کارآمد.....موفق باشید

[@WoodLink1]

I like the creativity. Especially getting points while getting a wood slab without damaging the tree

[@samsonhunte6357]

This is a really well made video that needs more attention

[@A.Mere.Creator]

Thank you for the feedback :)

[@lexiconlover]

I LOVE IT! Thank you so much. I wish my husband would give me this instead of flowers, lol

[@BESTofAlp]

Tell him

[@lexiconlover]

@@BESTofAlp HAHAHAHAHAHA, I have son

[@harrycurtis6045]

Great video, I really like the way you drilled the two hold-down bolt holes and the way you got the plank out of the tree. I'm hoping you put up a video on how you did that, cuz I wanna learn those tricks. Have a good one ..................

[@Master_Sultonobod]

Яхши чигибди ашна 👍👍👍👍

[@rayturp6742]

Chopping the tree for a board got my Subscription.

[@openrangelivestockguarddog4041]

You can use any flat piece of tool steel as the cutter. You can buy a block plane blade separately. There is no need to to take the parts from another functional tool.

[@trueaussie9230]

However, if you have - or find, as I frequently do when tip-scrounging - a damaged / broken plane you can use the blade from that. (Even if it's damaged. Just put a new edge on it.) Better than ditching everything.

[@KayAteChef]

I think you will find that it was a joke.

[@tmy8711]

BuT tHeN iTs NoT uPcYcLiNg

[@williamarrowsmiith8380]

This was super fun to watch! Nice display of craftsmanship too.

[@idetubeid]

Nice Bro 👍

[@denisq937]

Кернить деревяшку Гений)

[@larrybenedict6293]

Dowels are cheap and this is too much work for me. Thanks for your video

[@wargacreative]

buy to save time to do other things.😀

[@parmindersagoo2891]

Cheaper to buy one than going to all this trouble and who has all the industrial tools.. but compliments to you, nice educational video for ones who have all the tools

[@ProjectileGrommet]

Thrilling to watch

[@Speedslays]

Yoo. Nice mine craft block

[@papergatorzfedducca7998]

New subscriber!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@alexcamilleri3997]

This technique saved my bacon when I was building furniture for a client in the middle of nowhere in Sri Lanka years ago. Had to build most of my own gauges, jigs and tools there.

[@olegb772]

Китайский сверлильный станок такой клёвый, что досверливали дрелью. Дальше не смотрел, нет смысла.

[@csullivan626]

I just saw this on Reddit. I cannot freaking wait to dig through your catalog of vids. This was awesome. 👍

[@welingtonp.s.1362]

Excellent 👌🏻

[@josephmijan395]

Usefull tools for making Crossbow blots,. Tq, for your creation.. 🙋‍♂✌👌👍👍👍👍

[@robinmarwick1982]

Great video...whish I could drill hole by just snapping my fingers! Built my cutter with an old spokeshave blade. Thanks.

[@cynjohnson1967]

Love the way your mind seems to work. Well done!

[@382528l]

Did you made a tool, just to make another tool? This is so brilliant

[@A.Mere.Creator]

Tool²

[@stephenc1795]

So, a table saw, pillar drill, nice electric planer and precision tools are used to make dowels. Great idea if we all have those tools…

[@chrisdaniel1339]

If you were going to run the wood through the router why not just chuck a roundover bit in the router and hit all four edges and you have a perfect dowel. E.g. a 5/32" radius roundover makes a 5/16 dowel, a 1/4" radius roundover makes a 1/2" dowel, etc.

[@mikecmoore]

Please get a crown guard for that circular saw 👍

[@b.s.ksaiganesh3831]

As always so satisfying bro☺️😌

[@A.Mere.Creator]

Thank you for the feedback :)

[@ahmedtwahir]

I actually laughed when you chopped the tree and got a video game reward, the plank. Cool additions and nice dowel tool!

[@wolflotbrook]

I'm going to use that to make my arrows 👍

[@jpdub45]

multiple times I genuinely laughed, thanks for this 😂

[@Onlyshorts.7390]

Good I like ❤❤

[@CMAenergy]

Good for one size only

[@draven3838]

I followed this idea and made one for making arrows

[@A.Mere.Creator]

Cool! I’m glad it was a useful idea

[@potatoman1000]

I love how serious but playful you are on this

[@MattBreckenridge]

Guys may say they'd rather buy dowels, but if I saw this jig in a friend's shop I would think it was totally awesome.

[@derpotsdamer7055]

I really miss the parts where he says "Dap, dap dap" and "Let's poop out some stars!"...

[@Steve_Kassiotis]

This is meant for people with WAY more time than money.

[@redacted-19]

Great video man Keep it up 👍 (or not if you're tired that's good too)

[@A.Mere.Creator]

Haha thank you for being considerate :)

[@rolandzoske448]

3:19 min - great idea!

[@JavierBruna]

It was fun to watch... Unnecesary tool. But fun to watch

[@ertelu-6524]

Very Very good,,,,

[@ianjaeger4178]

I drill holes varied sizes in a sheet 1/8 steel . Works way better

[@rsa4510]

Do you need to do anything special with the holes you drill to make them cut, or are they just simple through holes?

[@admspooner]

Nice Minecraft reference!

[@АлексейСолянов-щ6б]

У меня 1 вопрос нахера ты выкинул рубанок, его можно сделать а эту хрень можно сделать и без помощи ножа для рубанка. 😀😀😀😀😀

[@ВоваПионтков]

А понты проколотить нужно.Вот если бы он его выбросил в туалет тогда да.А так для понтов а через пять минут вытащит обратно.У блохеров понтов больше чем дела.

[@gerardodoldan3582]

Muy bueno pero de donde queres que saque tantas herramientas

[@gurjitsingh7126]

good 👍

[@ScharfuhrerWolf88]

Good way to make arrows

[@BONETOASTER1111]

It’s so strange that your videos have started getting fewer views... they’re still great!

[@A.Mere.Creator]

The only thing I have control over from my end is make the best video I’m able to about an interesting subject with a good thumbnail. As someone that is watching from the outside, what is your theory on the fewer views?

[@BONETOASTER1111]

@@A.Mere.Creator well, again, I really like your stuff so I’m not really sure why you wouldn’t get the viewership... I guess my biggest note would be focusing on projects that are easy to grasp the concept of (like a floating chair) but are obviously impressive (also like the chair, but the lighty-marble-funnel-doohickey too). So I guess “easy to invest interest in, cool to watch.” For example, this video, while very kinda ASMRy, doesn’t really have a super clear “impressiveness” factor, or a wide marketability outside of people who like tools or something. Hope that helps at all. Again, big fan, get you some recognition!

[@BONETOASTER1111]

@@A.Mere.Creator Oh! One other thing... idk if this’d actually make a difference but “Amir Creator” is a way cooler channel name I think, a little more unique imo.

[@A.Mere.Creator]

Thanks for the insight, these simple things are so easily overlooked.

[@joseraygoza7808]

I much rather pay for dowels ten times over!

[@ImMimicute]

Really depends on a couple things, one being the frequency of which you buy dowels and the other being how your mind works, I love making things for the sake of being able to do it and have the capacity the thing offers so for someone like me this is right up my alley If you like making things so you can have things then this naturally wouldn’t be for you, it’s just a matter of taste

[@joshuacarpenter2814]

There's no telling how many times my wife has said to me, "The _____ broke. Can you fix it?" Now, I could say, "I can screw it back together, but it won't be as strong, and it'll look like shit. The best way to fix it is to drill it out and glue it back together with a couple pegs. I'll put pegs on the list and grab some the next time I run to town." (Ignoring the the possibility that pegs of all things might be out of stock due to supply chain issues, there's an 80% chance I won't look at the list and will forget it, but that's a separate issue...) Or I could say, "No problem. I have a dowel jig. Let me see - what size do I need? I have plenty of scraps lying around and can whip out a few pegs right now. Give me 5 minutes." Granted very few dowel applications are emergency situations LOL (and in all likelihood, they won't be out of stock), but so what! Where's the fun in buying a pack of dowels? I like making things. I like knowing how to make things. And it's a jig and jigs are cool!

[@joseraygoza7808]

As a cabinet maker/ finish carpenter I can tell you that making dowels is very very simple. I could turn a few dozen dowels of any diameter and length on my lathe in a matter of minutes. I could drive some stock through 1/4" metal plate with holes in it that I have. If I want to have some fun I'll pull out my spokeshaves. But, though I have the capacity! I would never invest the time to make a jig like that. I rather buy them than to make them in that fashion! Cheers Mates!!!!

[@dogzer]

But what if you want to make a dowel of a different type of wood?

[@cristig243]

😂🤭

[@woodworkingskills68]

Nice video 👍

[@faizulla5838]

and for this little thing, it was necessary to throw out a new tool ???

[@FatGooseArts]

My god that is satisfying O_O

[@A.Mere.Creator]

Thank you obese waterfowl

[@Mo-rm5um]

You're awesome. Can I still make dowels if I'm not as awesome?

[@alanrothnie1410]

Love it,funny👌❤. Thanks.

[@eliporter3980]

The lack of a riving knife terrifies me in this video.

[@capezza72]

Ottima soluzione, ottimo lavoro 👍🏻

[@carpo719]

I will definitely keep buying dowels😂

[@mehtabstudystreams]

insane shortcut, you could optimise the movements to cut around 50ms off the time tho.

[@burnhamrobertp]

I'm still over here thankful I can just buy off-the-shelf dowels and don't often need hardwood dowels.

[@CreativeIdeasMaker]

Great and creative as always, thanks for sharing👍

[@jujub9893]

Tgat was fun y......the wood sniffin part family 😂

[@davidray2682]

What would be really great is if you could design a compact version of the tool that could be used just by itself in the wilderness for making easy shelters. Dowels are incredibly useful and if you could feasibly use them as fixtures for bushcraft, the camping world would be taken by storm.

[@admspooner]

How did you break that frog!!!

[@michaelcherry8952]

0:37 Aha! At last we know the REAL reason why you enjoy woodworking so much! Your secret has been revealed. :-) It's always the same story. You start with the cheap stuff-dimensional pine and spruce from the Home Depot. You can take it or leave it. Then, you graduate to some of the harder stuff-red and white oak, sycamore, yew. Still not a problem. You can quit any time. Then, someone hooks you up with the hard-core aromatics-incense cedar, camphor wood, cypress, lignam vitae, sandalwood. You're gone. Now you're hiding pieces of wood all over the house. Your nearest and dearest take away your saws and you find yourself using the cheese grater on some Port Orford cedar that you scored in a dark alley behind Lowes. Perhaps it's not too late. Please don't let us find you hacking away at a telephone pole with a butter knife. We're here for you. All seriousness aside, this project really shows your creativity. Every one of your videos is a joy.

[@A.Mere.Creator]

Sniffing wood is the secret to my immortality, where I get all my power

[@trueaussie9230]

Once you get to sniffing Huon Pine there's NO form of intervention that can save you. 😉😊

[@burhanbarni4063]

Mudah membuat nya,sangat berguna.,apakah bisa lebih besar diameternya?.

[@karyadchannel]

The best

[@90s_sascha]

That minecraft gag 😂

[@A.Mere.Creator]

Good eye!

[@charlesmatthews7990]

Love the tree scene 😂

[@jefferyevans3860]

Seems like it's just more cost and time effective to go buy one.

[@nikhileshkazrod26]

Nice

[@ricaradovargas8104]

I like your tutorial video...no to much yakiti-yakiti-yak...just a short "wow" and that explains everything...thanks.

[@eduardohenriquesouza6108]

Muito bom!

[@FrancisoDoncona]

That was funny, using an angle finder without checking if the quill was true vertical. You had an arbitrary angle. People think, but read the instructions first.

[@رضوانايزم]

فكرة =$$$$$❤❤

[@canedobrazil3209]

LIKE FROM BRAZIL

[@jaydunstall4641]

I could have bought 10 new dowels with the money from the time I wasted watching this.

[@brent7787]

Make your own dowels in only 47 easy steps.

[@SuryoAsri]

👍hasil yang bagus

[@gonzowarburn7045]

Dude! Your vice set up, editing, style and the material. Awesome. Subscribed!

[@matatmo2]

And don't forget the precision cigars

[@firstlast8252]

It's not all that great.

[@cherokeesfinestindian]

If I could afford to buy all those tools you used to make it. I would just a dowle maker too.

[@bjj21]

I knew he had a mine craft block on his drill press lmao

[@A.Mere.Creator]

You have a good eye :)