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Thread: are dowels still used
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19th August 2007, 10:18 PM #1
are dowels still used
I was just wondering if dowels are used much these days since biscuits??
I bought a "job lot" at an auction recently and ended up with a zillion dowels, not sure what to do with them??
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19th August 2007, 10:37 PM #2
dowels
Yes dowels are used lots more than biscuits,although that ultimately depends on the project.We use predominately more dowels than bickies and still use mortice and tennon joints more,especially on chairs.
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19th August 2007, 10:38 PM #3
if ya dont want them you can send them my way.
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19th August 2007, 10:55 PM #4
sorry weisyboy, I paid more then I wanted to for the items I was after and need to offset this by selling off the bits I have no use for. I thought about getting myself a dowelling machine (I had previously seen one like a biscuit machine but they seem scarce now). But then I'm spending more money to save money if you know what I mean?? They may end up on Ebay. I'd imagine they'd be uneconomical to post too far??
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I have a GMC dowelling machine used only once last year to make my fence gates- don't see myself doing more joinery work soon. If you want it cheap, just tell me and we both save the bother of Ebay or similar.
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19th August 2007, 11:28 PM #7
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19th August 2007, 11:31 PM #8
Doweling machine?? Man, a drill guide and drill bit is all you need. Call me old fashioned ( and I will say thank you) but I use dowels a lot more than biscuits. I find I get better alignment with my dowels than biscuits. I bought an old Stanly #59 doweling jig, I use my brace and bit and bore the holes. Quick and painless and it works.
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20th August 2007, 08:23 AM #9
I use dowels all the time for framing, shelving, edge joining, boxes. . .
I use one of these to get perfect alignment very easily.
Those are my principles, and if you don't like them . . . well, I have others.
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20th August 2007, 11:43 AM #10
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20th August 2007, 01:07 PM #11
Worth every cent in my opinion. No-nonsense, easy to use design, dead-on accuracy, versatile, and very strong joints (I've tested them). And it will last a lifetime, with no maintenance. I use it all the time, and still shows no sign of wear.
Those are my principles, and if you don't like them . . . well, I have others.
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20th August 2007, 03:53 PM #12Reality is no background music.
Cheers John
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20th August 2007, 03:55 PM #13
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20th August 2007, 05:07 PM #14
Therein lies my dilemma John, I have purchased one and I have no biscuits yet (still starting up) but I do have two small sugar bags full of dowels, but no doweling guide. I was told biscuits are more fool proof as they have a bit of room to move when first assembling? but even to me there's merit in a joint that's tight when dry assembled so I may go down the path of the dowels. I can already hear SWMBO, "what about this tool though that you just had to have what do you intend to do with it." And I will be able to think of a dozen things I could do with it at the time, non of which shall be said out loud lest I'm heard
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20th August 2007, 05:33 PM #15
If you've already got a biscuit joining machine, wouldn't a few biscuits be cheaper than buying a new dowelling jig?
I'll take those sugar bags of dowels off your handsThose are my principles, and if you don't like them . . . well, I have others.
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