Just used this technique to make some 19MM oak dowels to make bench dogs out of. Far easier than I expected, works super well and the dowels came out perfectly. I used a table saw at 45° instead of the router to make the stock into an octagon and put though the " giant pencil sharpener" from there.
I'm not even a woodworker, but I just can't resist watching your channel. I love the way your mind works, and I love seeing all the tools, jigs, etc. that you come up with.
All of your creations are always useful. I am always forced to do without, which has made me become more creative. Utilizing what you got, and if you need it, but don’t have it, then Make It!!! Keep up the good work.
You're the best woodworker on youtube, hands down. The only other woodworker I like better is Norm Abrams, but he doesn't do anything anymore... Kings to you bro!
To be able to make what you want when you need it is a great skill to have. And although most folks visiting here already know this, apparently there are some who do not. You have to wonder how they get here and why they watch.
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Hello, despite being Brazilian and do not understand what you. speech, thank you for sharing the making of this tool, in fact I really appreciate your tutorials. I used a translator to post this message.
it reminds me school days pencil sharpner... Mathias...you really turn the wood working into easy and fun interesting work... keep it up... heartly thanks
That's a slick and efficient process for making your own wood dowels. The next step is to cut fluted or spiral grooves to enable doweled joints to hold wood glue without driving all of the glue from the joint when inserting the dowels into their holes, and also preventing the hole from becoming air-locked by the tightly-fitting dowel and thus making insertion impossible. Carry on.
I got the grinding wheel at a yard sale, the buffing wheel from Lee Valley. But if you get yourself the right kind of wheel for a bench grinder, that should work too.
Once again I find myself watching one of your videos even though I know I will never make one. Cool idea, although I don't use dowel that much, so I will just buy it when I need it.
Lee Valley's tenon makers work great to get the blank started. I made my 1/2" dowel maker w/ only 1/2" hole, and countersunk the entry hole instead of drilling it larger (cutting countersink BEFORE trimming to expose hole or it would destroy block). I reinforced the LEFT side by gluing a 1/4" thick piece of hardwood, and was able to use square blanks, w/o any roundover effort, but results are much less consistent than yours - some maple came out perfect, round, smooth, consistent, w/ shiny/burnished surface; a couple others wavered in diameter badly, but plenty usable stock. If I had roundover installed already, I do it your way, but for speed/convenience, I'll probably mostly use square stock in future, planning it slightly octagonal.
This would work well for sharpening those over sized novelty pencils as well. You do so many projects that make me go "Why didn't I think of that". Keep up the good work.
Instead of going to all the trouble you do to rough out your blanks, make two step hole in a piece of lumber, clamp that to your table saw trying to get the apex of the blade close to the step at a 35 to 45 degree angle to the blade, and slowly raise the blade as you spin the blank with your drill. This will produce round blanks in a hurry, but leaves them rough, then they are easy to clean up in your dowel maker. I have a few sizes of sq. steel tubing that I made into chucks to use in the drill to spin the blanks. Little tip, when cutting the blanks to length I use a framing blade to get a rough surface then the friction between the first and second blank will spin the first one on thru the jig. With this setup I can rough out 10 4 ft. dowels a min. easy. Then you can finish them with you jig or a router style jig. I use the router jig, but it is harder to make.
Amazing idea! You just saved me a lot of money. I'm making a crib, as I'm expecting my first child in April, and not having to buy pre-fashioned dowels means having more money saved... for, you know, medical bills and diapers and whatnot... Thanks!
Nice job. It kinda reminds me of a "rounder" tool used by English rake makers. I saw a video of it here on CZcams. Thanks for giving one we all can use.
Interesting idea. Would be hard to mount just right though, because they have a bevel on both sides. And the side force on them might also be a problem - harder to support the blade.
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Hi Mathias, I'm a big fan of your videos. I've successfully made dowels using a nut in the right size e.g. 10 mm driving a 10 x 10 mm stick through the nut using a powered hand drill. I tried to improve the setup by cross carving some of thread away with a hacksaw. I had to use some force to drive the dovel thru the nut, but the setup was easily made :-) Br Jørn Koch
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Hola Amigo tengo tarugeras caseras y autómaticas, pero nunca se me ocurrió hacer girar el taugo de madera, muy buena idea y sobre todo cuando es una medida especial. Muchas gracias un abrazo de Argentina.
Good point. Speed could have been a factor. I also wonder if it was the species of wood (cherry). I might try it again but with an older 'cheaper' chisel.
Just when I was thinking "This is gonna be a pain in the rear and take forever. Why would anyone want to make dowels this way", I heard the whine of the drill, and saw the blank gliding through the dowel maker in just a few seconds. "Yeah, that would work!" Thanks for the video.
interesting idea, though i admittedly find i like the 'hole through a piece of steel to force the stock to the right diameter' mehtod also works fairly well but you gotta be carful to keep it straight
I make a renovation of cot for my baby right now and after yours videos i make dowels for side walls. Thanks for inspiration :) PS Matthias, I'm not experienced in woodworking, so can you tell me what kind of finishing can I use to be sure that is safe for kids and gives nice effect?
I need plugs. Have no options. The 175 deg. hinges I purchased are off. Your method is what I already imagined in the working part of my mental ability. Thanks for bringing it out.
this is actually extremely helpful. I never considered making my own shafts, but now I will. I might even make them from something exotic, just for fun. hmmmmmm....
I remember this young man. He is an incredibly creative woodworker and tool maker. Very well don, Matthias.
Just used this technique to make some 19MM oak dowels to make bench dogs out of. Far easier than I expected, works super well and the dowels came out perfectly. I used a table saw at 45° instead of the router to make the stock into an octagon and put though the " giant pencil sharpener" from there.
I'm not even a woodworker, but I just can't resist watching your channel. I love the way your mind works, and I love seeing all the tools, jigs, etc. that you come up with.
I’ll be doing this today, but entirely by hand. No electricity. Never tried it before, but you’ve inspired me.
Thanks for this video. I was building a potting bench for my wife and ran out of dowels, but I remembered that you had this video. Worked perfectly!
Matthias, Your genius is in how simple you keep things. Awesome video.
All of your creations are always useful. I am always forced to do without, which has made me become more creative. Utilizing what you got, and if you need it, but don’t have it, then Make It!!! Keep up the good work.
You are truly the MAN every vid is an insperation to go and try something new
thanks for sharing your knowledge and skill
keep up the good work
Your ingenuity knows no bounds!
The most basic explains a lot to those of us who are. But your complicated stuff is superb, so don't bag it! It motivates me.
If only I could afford a workshop or even had a garage to convert. This is food for thought and especially when dowelling is expensive.
Sweet little shop trick there. Loved it and just want to say thank you for all your tips and tutorials. 👍👍
sempre muito eficiente e funcional. Parabéns.
You're the best woodworker on youtube, hands down. The only other woodworker I like better is Norm Abrams, but he doesn't do anything anymore... Kings to you bro!
A pity that your videos are not also in Portuguese, but I still adore them. In my history, I classify them as "genius". Congratulations.
Even one of your simplest videos is genius.
Matthias, Another great video- this camera is spot on and the lighting and sound were perfect! Thanks for sharing!
This is the easiest way so far. Thank you.
To be able to make what you want when you need it is a great skill to have. And although most folks visiting here already know this, apparently there are some who do not. You have to wonder how they get here and why they watch.
Hello, despite being Brazilian and do not understand what you. speech, thank you for sharing the making of this tool, in fact I really appreciate your tutorials.
I used a translator to post this message.
Thank you for this info, it will definitely come in handy when i want to build some wooden arrows again. Well presented.
please help for me I need this machine
Holy moly, I made it and it worked! Big giant pencil sharpener!
it reminds me school days pencil sharpner...
Mathias...you really turn the wood working into easy and fun interesting work...
keep it up...
heartly thanks
That was awesome, I spent half my working life up scaffold towers, if only I had one of those, love it.
That's a slick and efficient process for making your own wood dowels. The next step is to cut fluted or spiral grooves to enable doweled joints to hold wood glue without driving all of the glue from the joint when inserting the dowels into their holes, and also preventing the hole from becoming air-locked by the tightly-fitting dowel and thus making insertion impossible. Carry on.
I got the grinding wheel at a yard sale, the buffing wheel from Lee Valley. But if you get yourself the right kind of wheel for a bench grinder, that should work too.
Once again I find myself watching one of your videos even though I know I will never make one. Cool idea, although I don't use dowel that much, so I will just buy it when I need it.
That's pretty amazing, that would be a good way to make arrows
watching you do that is therapeutic :)
Lee Valley's tenon makers work great to get the blank started. I made my 1/2" dowel maker w/ only 1/2" hole, and countersunk the entry hole instead of drilling it larger (cutting countersink BEFORE trimming to expose hole or it would destroy block). I reinforced the LEFT side by gluing a 1/4" thick piece of hardwood, and was able to use square blanks, w/o any roundover effort, but results are much less consistent than yours - some maple came out perfect, round, smooth, consistent, w/ shiny/burnished surface; a couple others wavered in diameter badly, but plenty usable stock. If I had roundover installed already, I do it your way, but for speed/convenience, I'll probably mostly use square stock in future, planning it slightly octagonal.
This would work well for sharpening those over sized novelty pencils as well. You do so many projects that make me go "Why didn't I think of that". Keep up the good work.
All I want to say is, "YOU'RE INDEED A CREATIVE MIND"
Instead of going to all the trouble you do to rough out your blanks, make two step hole in a piece of lumber, clamp that to your table saw trying to get the apex of the blade close to the step at a 35 to 45 degree angle to the blade, and slowly raise the blade as you spin the blank with your drill. This will produce round blanks in a hurry, but leaves them rough, then they are easy to clean up in your dowel maker. I have a few sizes of sq. steel tubing that I made into chucks to use in the drill to spin the blanks. Little tip, when cutting the blanks to length I use a framing blade to get a rough surface then the friction between the first and second blank will spin the first one on thru the jig. With this setup I can rough out 10 4 ft. dowels a min. easy. Then you can finish them with you jig or a router style jig. I use the router jig, but it is harder to make.
That was one of the most satisfying things I have every seen. Very nice
As usual, you make it look easy. Thanks for the instructions on how to make.
Simply creative... Thanks for taking the time to demonstrate...
Thank you for every machine you did do you are the best from morocco
i did wood work and metalwork in 3rd and 4th year but i still didn't get how genius all of these people has to be to build all of this stuff
Amazing idea!
You just saved me a lot of money. I'm making a crib, as I'm expecting my first child in April, and not having to buy pre-fashioned dowels means having more money saved... for, you know, medical bills and diapers and whatnot...
Thanks!
what is your monthly earnings?
You are a genus, you have made it simpler for those without a lathe to make dowels. What to think outside the box
Thanks for this. I was trying with the first video and this one answers everything you didn't cover on that one.
Crazy stuff, as always, love what you do, very inspiring
Oke. I like your work. I am from indonesia
Nice job. It kinda reminds me of a "rounder" tool used by English rake makers. I saw a video of it here on CZcams. Thanks for giving one we all can use.
Interesting idea. Would be hard to mount just right though, because they have a bevel on both sides. And the side force on them might also be a problem - harder to support the blade.
Really useful video Matthias! I will keep this trick in mind for whenever I need some dowel lengths.
Take care, Alex.
It's for videos like this that I'm subscribed. Great stuff Matthias!
Catching fire is very slim. I know this for a fact. I have used a bow drill to start a fire and it takes a lot of skill and work. Fred 4:38
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Ola Matthias , parabéns mais uma vez ! Grande ideia . Edson Menezes .
Hi Mathias, I'm a big fan of your videos. I've successfully made dowels using a nut in the right size e.g. 10 mm driving a 10 x 10 mm stick through the nut using a powered hand drill. I tried to improve the setup by cross carving some of thread away with a hacksaw. I had to use some force to drive the dovel thru the nut, but the setup was easily made :-)
Br Jørn Koch
How do you guy think all this stuff up? That's so cool!
that was fantastic matt.
I love your ideas. Sparks lots of ideas for myself!
Amigo da Serragem,Mathias Wandel,Boa Tarde,Parabéns pelo video do canal sobre How To make the dowel maker,show de bola,JLSA & M - HOBBY,José Luiz- Vtória-ES,Brasil,Abraço,Blz!!!,
Amigo esta lapiseira que vc fez ficou mto boa
Hola Amigo tengo tarugeras caseras y autómaticas, pero nunca se me ocurrió hacer girar el taugo de madera, muy buena idea y sobre todo cuando es una medida especial. Muchas gracias un abrazo de Argentina.
Don't know if I'd have the patience to set it all up, but it looks like a great way to make a lot of long dowels very quickly.
As always, thanks’ for taking the time to make this video! And I support this site. ~M~
Wow. Just realized that a pencil sharpener is a lathe. Mind==Blown
Good point. Speed could have been a factor. I also wonder if it was the species of wood (cherry). I might try it again but with an older 'cheaper' chisel.
Pretty cool Mathias. Thanks for sharing that idea. Their is more than one way to skin a... dowel.
Just when I was thinking "This is gonna be a pain in the rear and take forever. Why would anyone want to make dowels this way", I heard the whine of the drill, and saw the blank gliding through the dowel maker in just a few seconds. "Yeah, that would work!"
Thanks for the video.
Excellent, pure genius. Thank you.
Genio! Me encantó el video, muy bueno!
his great gift!! Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
Bardzo dobry pomysł, super robota, pozrawiam
excellent, a while ago I was just thinking how to make mine more quickly and in quantity
good job
interesting idea, though i admittedly find i like the 'hole through a piece of steel to force the stock to the right diameter' mehtod also works fairly well but you gotta be carful to keep it straight
Excelente meu irmão, parabéns
You are my wood working hero.
buenísimo video. felicitaciones maestro.
You are literally a genius
Muito bom seu Mathias, Gostei da ideia. Parabéns
I make a renovation of cot for my baby right now and after yours videos i make dowels for side walls. Thanks for inspiration :)
PS Matthias, I'm not experienced in woodworking, so can you tell me what kind of finishing can I use to be sure that is safe for kids and gives nice effect?
Молодец Матиас, снимаю шляпу. Дай бог здоровья и сил делать еще разно и много.
Thanks for sharing. Great video and excellent work.
This is like the most Genius thing I have ever seen
Jason Becker
It's good. But you should watch more YT videos.
scwfan06 YT?
I love your work great stuff
I love your videos matthias.
I need plugs. Have no options. The 175 deg. hinges I purchased are off. Your method is what I already imagined in the working part of my mental ability. Thanks for bringing it out.
This is genius! Thank you for the tip!
Thank U! Very helpful! Good Luck!
This could be used for arrows by hand. I love the.
Totally awesome dowel maker.
Great video thanks for putting these together!
this is actually extremely helpful. I never considered making my own shafts, but now I will. I might even make them from something exotic, just for fun. hmmmmmm....
Dude badass video I think any carpender or advid archer would love this vid thank you good sir for sharing this trick 😃
Dude that is whack!
What a great video! Thanks for showing this.
Absolutely genius video...thank you. X
Thank U son I understand how to make dowel cutter. from srilanka. wish.
Love your workshop. I thought mine was nice but hey!
Sei un grande artista beato te che sai fare tutte queste cose io mi arrangio nel restauro mobili vecchi in massello....
Hello Mathias, regarding this project do you have a similar one that can be made directly from square billets?
It would never have occurred to me to make dowels, as I would have thought I'd need a lathe. Now I know I don't - thanks Matthias
Owonder if you place a screw from underneath that comes up onto the back of the chisel to raise and lower adjust exactly the amount you wish ?
Que interesante, te felicito por ese ingeniosa invento.
Thanks. My arrows will fly truer than ever
EURIPODES =90
plane blade with bolt and wingnut thru works pretty good and adjusts quicker
I found if you can fix your chisel on an angle as the dowel feeds in, it will help stop the grains from tearing out. It helps a bit for me.