Thread: Veritas Dowel Maker

Had a bit of a play with the Veritas Dowel Maker that I picked up recently.
Fantastic bit of gear. Very easy to use and gives great results.
I ripped down some scrap, don't even know what it is but it's hardwood. One was from a 100 year old house frame the other was a bit of a door jamb.
Whatever they make door jambs out of it is very hard and heavy and machines beautifully.
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The basic dowel maker can produce 1" and 15/16" dowels.
You can make 1/4" to 7/8", in 1/16" increments, with the inserts contained in the kit.
Realistically you can fine tune each dowel for pretty much any size you want.
The blades on the dowel maker can be micro adjusted to get the size exactly where you want.
I didn't bother to fine tune today as I was just getting to know the Dowel Maker but it is very easy to use.
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I made two, nominally 1" dowels and two 7/8" dowels because that was the closest sizes to the required rough stock that my scrap was.
I didn't bother to check what size they were but just powered through and made the dowels.
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As you can see they were pretty close for zero adjustment. You are supposed to put a few centimetres of dowel through, check the size, adjust the position of the finishing blade and continue making the dowel. Maybe next time.
You can get inserts for three standard arrow sizes, which I intend to do, and make some custom arrows. No hurry though, it's just a bit of fun and variety for woodworking.