Dowel Pop - Stumpy Jig Contest

I like it! I don’t even use dowels and I want one. Nice job! :)

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Looks good but lie Nielsen sells the same thing. http://www.lie-nielsen.com/catalog.php?sku=DP
But I bet yours cost a lot less.

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Yep, I couldn’t spend that much on a hunk of metal but theirs is the real deal. If I could do it over I would clean the rust off and THEN drill the holes. Cleaning them up left some holes a little chamfered, and you don’t want that.

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Hey philip
yours is a lot fancier than mine, Mine is just a rusty hunk of 1/4” steel with holes drilled all over the place. The bottom line is they work :))

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This is a great project! Are the holes camfered at all, or would that hinder the sheering action? I have seen these in use on the Woodwright shop, but have never used one myself.

phillip nice jig i use dowels .great one going to try this one thanks for sharing .so you would drive it thur ?i went and read this

http://www.lie-nielsen.com/pdf/charlesworth_dowelplate.pdf

and this will work

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I dont use many dowels as well but it would look great on the peg board just in case! Nice work.

-- Ken, "Everyday above ground is a good day!"

Hi Philip, it’s super cool, how is it possible not to love it.
I would prefere yours every day!
Beautiful work buddy.
I will go and see Stumpys blog.
Best thoughts,
Mads

-- Mad F, the fanatical rhykenologist and vintage architect. Democraticwoodworking.

Nice job Philip, the Olive wood gives it a touch of “Bling”. ( ;^0)

Phillip grads on the top three

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Thanks everybody. JeffC: It’s best not to have any chamfer at all, because the crisper the hole, the better it will cut. My piece of steel was extra rusty and I drilled the holes and then cleaned off the rust, should have done it the other way around. Still, the steel is stronger than the wood so it shears off.

Ideally you would shave it down to almost the exact size and then pound it through the hole to finish it off, if there is a lot of wood to remove it gets ugly…

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I just need mm… Laugh.
Smiles,
Mads

-- Mad F, the fanatical rhykenologist and vintage architect. Democraticwoodworking.