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Thread: Where to buy 20mm dowel rods?
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15th June 2018, 11:18 AM #1SENIOR MEMBER
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Where to buy 20mm dowel rods?
Bunnings have 19mm and 22mm and despite googling I'm having trouble finding a retail place that sells 20mm rods. I'm making my own bench dogs and my holes are 20mm. I've contacted a trade place but they require a fairly large minimum quantity and I only need about 2 meters.
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15th June 2018, 11:42 AM #2Member
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You could always turn them down to the required diameter once you have cut them to length. If you haven't go a lathe someone in the turning forum could do it for you.
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15th June 2018, 11:51 AM #3GOLD MEMBER
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Ive seen people make them by drilling holes into steel and hammer pieces of timber through the holes until you get desired length - worth a youtube if you cannot find them
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15th June 2018, 01:13 PM #4The person who never made a mistake never made anything
Cheers
Ray
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15th June 2018, 05:14 PM #5SENIOR MEMBER
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I didn't want to make them, time constraints and too lazy, but I keep hitting brick walls. I don't have a lathe so maybe I could find someone who has. I'm staggered that there isn't a retail place that you can buy these.
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15th June 2018, 06:06 PM #6Woodworking mechanic
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Have you tried this company?
Dowel | Dowel.com.au
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15th June 2018, 06:44 PM #7SENIOR MEMBER
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It is a shame you have already drilled 20mm holes as it would have been easy to buy a forstner bit or what ever to suit whatever size dowels you can get off the shelf
If you don't mind a few extra holes in your bench you could still do this and save you a lot of fuss
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15th June 2018, 07:28 PM #8
Just ring a wood turner and order as many as you want in what ever timber you like .
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15th June 2018, 07:40 PM #9GOLD MEMBER
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Buy the 22mm diameter dowel, attach it (somehow) to an ordinary drill chuck and sand it to the required size.
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15th June 2018, 08:40 PM #10
Is 19mm too small....Bunnings have Porta Tas Oak 19mm dowel
$10.80 for 1.8m length that can be cut to size.
OR
Put in an order to this mob in NZ
https://www.mitre10.co.nz/shop/south...-1-8m/p/637985
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15th June 2018, 09:03 PM #11
There is nothing hard about planing the corners off and then planing again a 20 x 20 square into a round with a bit of scraping at the end. I reckon I could hand plane one up and then scrape it to a round 20mm in the time it takes to start my car and get to the front gate. Ive got a long driveway though
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15th June 2018, 10:17 PM #14SENIOR MEMBER
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I got sick of looking and I've bitten the bullet and bought ready made dogs from this site The Yellowbox Shed – 3D Printing, CNC machining and timber bits
Top quality, well priced and they have everything I want. So for a small price I've saved a lot of stuffing about in time and effort.
Thanks for the replies.
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16th June 2018, 02:26 AM #15
if you don't have a lathe and still want to make your own then Veritas® Dowel Maker - Lee Valley Tools is an option.
but for a small quantity, a shop built variation of this tool
Veritas® Dowel and Tenon Cutters - Lee Valley Tools
works a treat. Use hardwood and a plane blade.regards from Alberta, Canada
ian
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