Woodworking: How to make your own dowel centers
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This video is part 2 in a 2-part series. Part 1 was how to make dowels using a jig ( • Woodworking: How to ma... ) and this video is about making your own dowel centers.
Dowel centers are used to transfer dowel locations to joining boards so that you know where to drill your holes. There's not much to them, but they're crucial when it comes to using dowel joinery!
There's a nifty trick demonstrated in this video that shows how to drill in exactly the center of a dowel. This technique can be used for a variety of thing like making wooden washers, bushings, spacers, etc.
Thanks for watching!
I was totally wondering how you were going to center the pins… but the idea you had about the drill press was so smart! I don't think that would ever have crossed my mind, but it was such a great idea.
Thanks, Doug! They may not be pretty, but they work perfectly too. I think if I was even a little bit off center that they probably wouldn't work right but that centering idea with the drill press seemed to work out for me.
DN Handcrafted
Excellent and effective solution to a common problem.
It cracked me up how you said you don't care if I don't like your video!
I did though, by the way. Thanks for sharing your awesome skills and knowledge. 🙂
😉 You're very welcome. Thanks
The easiest way I’ve seen 👍🏻
Gave you a thumbs up. "If you like it, I dont really care." Love your videos! Thanks for sharing what you have learned.
Great hack. Thanks for posting.
You bet!
Brilliant! Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for taking the time to share this!
My pleasure. Thanks for taking the time to comment. :)
Genius idea, thanks for sharing.
great idea, couldn't find my dowel centers this morning so I made them from your idea. Saved me a few bucks and a trip to the store. Thank you for sharing
That's awesome! :)
Really clever!! Thank you very much. I will absolutely make my own.
Loved the inverted bit idea. I did it differently for an old project (in the 80s). I drilled a 10 mm hole in the wood anchored to the base of the drill. I put the 10 mm dowel pieces in that hole and used a small bit to make the centered hole. It worked perfectly. The prototype won a third place in a furniture design contest. The prize was a fine watch that I gave to the only woman for whom I cried in my life, but that's another story. Perhaps, if I had used the idea of the inverted drill, I would have won the contest. lol
Haha, thanks! I'll just pretend you won.
"....I don't really care......" Love that comment! Thanks for a well done video.
I've seen the drill press trick. It's a great idea.
These dowel centers are another great idea, and a whole lot less expensive than the ones from Lowe's and Home Depot.
Great idea! Thanks for sharing.
Very good! Thank you.
Brill idea and so simple. Thank you
You're very welcome!
So simple yet so useful.....Thanks for this video !!
You're very welcome. Thanks for watching
if you wanted to avoid chuck marks on the dowel you could drill a hole the size of the dowel and leave the drill bit in the chuck. if you're able to put the hole clear through the table you could also choke up on the dowel to avoid stickout, if you're working with a longer workpiece
Great continuation of a great idea. Thanks, man!
*Interesting Work. Happy Weekend.*
Very clever
Brilliant! I really needed this tip since I can’t afford expensive designated tools
Perfect!!!
You're a damn genius. That press trick was my missing link. Thank you sir. Also, just the tip.
Fisher. Love your work man. Great stuff and great sense of humor. Cheers. Oh ya, love the outtakes as well...
Thanks Brian! Yeah, the outtakes have been fun.
Good idea. Thanks
Great now I know how! Thank you.
Good idea. I haven't started making my own dowels yet but will definitely keep both this and your dowel making jig in mind when I do. Keep up the good work!
Thanks Eric! They're not very expensive to buy but I was up for the challenge.
Sometimes it's just about the process and the journey.
I liked it.
Brilliant idea.
Willy from Belgium
Thanks for sharing. You're a genius
Oh I don't know about that, haha. Thanks for watching
5:17 That line gets me too. Ha
Hola! 🖐This video is proof that there's more than one way to "skin a cat", or a piece of wood in this case 😂Thanks for sharing your method and making this video. Take care and have a good one, Adios! 👊
Thanks for watching!
Great video that’s something that’s been on my mind for many months thanks for your help awesome 👍
No problem 👍
I don't really care! love it.
Keep it real... Tell it like it is.
friggin' genius...
Great tutorial.
Cheers m8
I have a slight variation that allows a larger diameter dowel. Use a Forstner bit to drill a hole in clamped scrap, place dowel in the hole, then drill into the dowel (without adjusting anything but the active bit). It can be used to make either a bushing to use your existing doweling centers or for a nail or similar to be placed into the dowel.
Nice tip.
I am just really new to this stuff and have just a few hand tools and a drill so I have to think different from you guys with all your fancy equipment. But it seems to me that the same thing could be accomplished by marking your 2 pre-drill holes on board A, pound in 2 tiny brads, snip the heads off, pry up and reinsert the brads with the pointy tip on top, press against board B, and then you have your matching drill points. Pre-drill boards A and B and proceed as normal. I have been trying a million different ways including glueing graph paper onto the board, but the nail brads are the simpliest and one can do it without any equipment except a ruler and some cutters to snip the heads. If I had a grinder one could just grind down the nail head edges. But it seems to me that what you really want to end up with is two sets of pin pricks that match up so then you can pre-drill and drill. Fluted dowel pins are somewhat forgiving, too
08:19 Don't worry, chief - *I* like it and you solved my problem. Thanks.
Drill through your clamped board with a bit the size of your dowel (over the hole in the deck). Chuck up the size bit you want to drill and slide the dowel up through the board from below. Can do much longer dowels that way.
Great idea, thanks for sharing. Darn, that must mean you do care:-)
Ya got me. :)
I didn’t care till 8:17 two thumbs up for that. You’re hilarious dude. Been binge watching.
Haha thanks Alex
I missed your crazy descriptions of things like that pointy circle drawing tool
A gave you thumbs up cause I care
damn it man I have been trying to find a way for dowels for a while now without buying plans for jigs or sitting for hours trying to break down a video tried something similar but didn't think about using the drill press in that manner. thank you! I have a new hero lol. hadn't seen anything by you till you popped up on my youtube home page with the trick box loved that so looked to see what else you had going on. to say the least you have a new sub. keep up the good work my friend. oh yea and love the Shi Tzu I have a black and white one as well love the little turd lol
That's awesome, Troy! Glad I could help and I'm happy to have you as a sub. Yeah, my little shop buddy is a Shi Tzu and Maltese mix. He has a hilarious personality and loves to see what's going on in the shop whenever I'm in there. I'll have to get him a little puppy respirator so he stops sniffing up all the dust. lol
lol most definitely maybe convert a muzzle into one. I have to work on my dust collection even though my shop is outside mostly the table saw cause I always catch him laying in the saw dust underneath it apparently the saw dust is comfortable lol
Clever
Consider small hole fender washers of various diameters.
Didn't help my issue but it's an ingenious idea with drill press.
I'm trying to replace brittle piece of plastic with a new one. New piece doesn't have screw holes. Any idea on how to screw perfectly aligned holes in new plastic?
Vert good, very cleaver, fantastic vid, but where’s the best bit ? The outtakes
Excellent, but will have to still buy mine, no drill press!
I subscribed, now you better make more useful and practical videos!!
Yes, sir, Tim, sir!
neato
rather surprised you haven't built a self throwing ball dohickey for the shop helper.
I gave you a thumbs up.... even though I don't care.
Thanks... but I don't even care. lol :)
Just the tip😏🤣
I made a very unmanly noise when you picked up the dog 🤣
C'mon, deep down you know you really care. Nifty idea tho, you seem to come up with a lot of them!
Haha! Thanks for watching, Hooper!
Unfortunately the chuck in my ancient drill press opens only up to 7 mm.
This is a great idea and nice way to make these but I think I'm going to buy a set at Rockler for $8
I looked through the comments and didn't see it, so, tha'ts what she said.
And now make the same in a 2 square meters workshop
I can buy a pack of 4 metal machined centers for like 4 bucks, good video though!
I can accept not wanting to buy a 6 dollar set of dowel centers, but why don't you just glue up your dowels and flanges first? Flanges don't need to be dead center.
And then drill through a clamped board with a bit the size of the dowel, change bits, drop your centers one at a time into the board, and drill the nail holes. It'll be faster and more precise.
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No out takes?? I feel cheated, but I'm sure you don't really care!! 😂😂😂
Haha... you found an OLD video of mine. That one pre-dates my outtakes. Or maybe I just never screwed up back then. :)
I dont really care.hahhaha