Dowel Making Tool

[CNC Carver]

Wonderful. Looks like it works great!

[CarverJerry]

I seen a video on dowel making with something like bergerud's idea except they used a router and it was a little slower.

[mtylerfl]

Here is a video of the prototype in operation. I went for the brutal single pass just for the video. A sane person would take smaller passes. (My cyclone plugged because of a small strip of wood. Normally all the shavings would suck out.)

http://youtu.be/fk8ix5BrASM

Dan,

That's fantastic! I'm sold!

[henry1]

have to say the same wow
That's fantastic! I'm sold!

[SteveNelson46]

Dan,

That's pretty slick. A nice bit of engineering.

[RogerB]

Dan that looks great. I have been using a router for smaller dowels.

[henry1]

have to say the same wow
That's fantastic! I'm sold!

well guest going to have make one

[bergerud]

Thanks guys. It is fun to make something and have it work better than it should. I cannot take credit for the idea. Thanks to James RS for starting this thread on the cylinder mill.

I was really hoping to modify my rotary jig to double as a dowel maker but had to give that up. What I will do is have the dowel maker mount and hold the dowel exactly the same as my rotary jig does. That way, it will be easy switch the dowel from the dowel jig to the rotary jig.

After I cut out and try the next version, I will post the files.

[bergerud]

If you are interested in making this dowel maker, you might want to order the bearings now. It used two F6000 bearings. (F for flange) Also a standard 6000 like in the rotary jig, spindle top, and cut motor. The flange ones are harder to find so you should order some now.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from...aring&_sacat=0

These are metric bearings which will require a 10mm shaft. You could go for imperial size bearings if you want. (No sweat for you to change the hole sizes in the mpc.) These are just what I had on hand and match the rotary jig sizes.

[James RS]

There's an actual jig by Woodsmith or Woodcraft I think. Like this where as you run a router along the top on a sled if you will while the stock is turned.

First prototype test. This thing is awesome. Faster than a lathe. Seems it can do wonders in a single pass. Video coming soon.