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7th April 2011, 11:51 AM #1Member
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Looking for 10 mm fluted long lengths of dowel
Hi.
I am just getting back into woodwork after many years break,I used to buy 1.8m long lengths of 10 mm fluted dowel,for $1 a length.Now I cannot find the same length with the flute-which helps a lot with gluing.Only the smooth lengths (at $3!! my how things have gone up!)
I see the little bags of short lengths,but these are very expensive,and to short,I
like to cut my own lengths.Looking to make some small table tops,and needing to join 6 by 1's and 7 by 1's.
If anyone in S.E QLD knows where I can buy such dowel,please let me know,
Thanks Chris
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7th April 2011, 04:02 PM #2
dowel
wandas wooden dowels may help
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7th April 2011, 10:00 PM #3
It is easy enough to drag something sharp along then to relieve the hydraulic pressure when glueing. 2 or 3 flutes will do. They dont need many to work. I have used a gents saw with the dowel in the vice but even draging a sharpened nail down the side will do the job.
Regards
John
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7th April 2011, 11:13 PM #4
Might be easier (and safer) to mount the saw in the vise, and drag the dowel lengthwise across it. Since it isn't for esthetics, only a few flutes are needed, and imperfect is fine. Do the full length for each flute, and cut to length afterwards.
Cheers,
JoeOf course truth is stranger than fiction.
Fiction has to make sense. - Mark Twain
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8th April 2011, 02:13 AM #5
For The Table.
Hi Hotspur,
Why not become a bit more modern, & use the 3mm. Biscuits.
I understand they are very forgiving, & work very well.Regards,
issatree.
Have Lathe, Wood Travel.
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8th April 2011, 12:46 PM #6
G'Day Chris,
You could try contacting "Porta Mouldings" direct.
I've copied the contact link & the moulding brochure [see page 17].
Cheers, Crowie
Contact Us - Porta Mouldings Australia
http://www.porta.com.au/assets/Uploa...ber%202009.pdf
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8th April 2011, 12:59 PM #7Jim
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If you really want to do the job without fuss or risk of slipping, drill a suitable size hole in a piece of wood and put a screw in so that the point just sticks out into the hole. After that it's just a matter of pushing the dowel through as many times as you like.
Cheers,
Jim
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