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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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!
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.
As everyone who watches cartoons knows, when two pieces of wood rub together, they always catch fire :) if it's tight, there is quite a bit of friction. My main concern is that the dowel may end up a little polished, which might not be the best for gluing.
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.
Buing dowels is easy and not expensive. Finding good quality dowels, however, can be very time consuming. Most dowels at home center are very poor quality and accuracy.
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.
That's pretty amazing, that would be a good way to make arrows
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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.
Nice job. It kinda reminds me of a "rounder" tool used by English rake makers. I saw a video of it here on TH-cam. Thanks for giving one we all can use.
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!
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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....
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I remember this young man. He is an incredibly creative woodworker and tool maker. Very well don, Matthias.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
Sweet little shop trick there. Loved it and just want to say thank you for all your tips and tutorials. 👍👍
Matthias, Your genius is in how simple you keep things. Awesome video.
I’ll be doing this today, but entirely by hand. No electricity. Never tried it before, but you’ve inspired me.
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
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
Amigo esta lapiseira que vc fez ficou mto boa
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.
Your ingenuity knows no bounds!
That was one of the most satisfying things I have every seen. Very nice
Matthias, Another great video- this camera is spot on and the lighting and sound were perfect! Thanks for sharing!
Really useful video Matthias! I will keep this trick in mind for whenever I need some dowel lengths.
Take care, Alex.
Even one of your simplest videos is genius.
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.
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!
watching you do that is therapeutic :)
Very amazing! Thank you for your video :)
As usual, you make it look easy. Thanks for the instructions on how to make.
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
That was awesome, I spent half my working life up scaffold towers, if only I had one of those, love it.
Simply creative... Thanks for taking the time to demonstrate...
Crazy stuff, as always, love what you do, very inspiring
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.
Thank you for every machine you did do you are the best from morocco
As everyone who watches cartoons knows, when two pieces of wood rub together, they always catch fire :)
if it's tight, there is quite a bit of friction. My main concern is that the dowel may end up a little polished, which might not be the best for gluing.
I don't know. Try it out and tell me how it goes.
It's for videos like this that I'm subscribed. Great stuff Matthias!
I love your ideas. Sparks lots of ideas for myself!
sempre muito eficiente e funcional. Parabéns.
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.
Thanks for this. I was trying with the first video and this one answers everything you didn't cover on that one.
A pity that your videos are not also in Portuguese, but I still adore them. In my history, I classify them as "genius". Congratulations.
Holy moly, I made it and it worked! Big giant pencil sharpener!
thanks man been needing this info for a while.
Buing dowels is easy and not expensive. Finding good quality dowels, however, can be very time consuming. Most dowels at home center are very poor quality and accuracy.
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.
That's pretty amazing, that would be a good way to make arrows
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.
You are a genus, you have made it simpler for those without a lathe to make dowels. What to think outside the box
As always, thanks’ for taking the time to make this video! And I support this site. ~M~
You are my wood working hero.
Nice job. It kinda reminds me of a "rounder" tool used by English rake makers. I saw a video of it here on TH-cam. Thanks for giving one we all can use.
that was fantastic matt.
Bardzo dobry pomysł, super robota, pozrawiam
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.
Excellent, pure genius. Thank you.
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?
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.
Thanks for sharing. Great video and excellent work.
I love your work great stuff
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
Absolutely genius video...thank you. X
Doewls aren't always round. And if you use a dowel jig, that's not an option. A bit of woodworking background could give you some insight too..
Great video thanks for putting these together!
It needs to be sharp and tangential. And the drill needs to not run super fast. Never had a chisel turn blue.
Purely genius ! ..... nice tool and quite handy !
Very clever! Nice job!
buenísimo video. felicitaciones maestro.
Totally awesome dowel maker.
Pretty cool Mathias. Thanks for sharing that idea. Their is more than one way to skin a... dowel.
Genio! Me encantó el video, muy bueno!
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.
Muito bom seu Mathias, Gostei da ideia. Parabéns
You are literally a genius
coolest thing ive ever seen. EVER!
Excellent technique! Thank You Sir!
I love your videos matthias.
Excellent idea very simple method thanks for this video
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.
This is the easiest way so far. Thank you.
All I want to say is, "YOU'RE INDEED A CREATIVE MIND"
Hi! Can we upgrade it somehow to change diameter from en of stick to it begin? Thanks
Ola Matthias , parabéns mais uma vez ! Grande ideia . Edson Menezes .
you are a genius....seriously!
his great gift!! Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
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.
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.
Very good your work! Thank you !!!👍👍👍
excellent, a while ago I was just thinking how to make mine more quickly and in quantity
good job
I was thinking of using a plane iron initially, but decided to use a cheap chisel, just in case I messed up the blade.
This is just brilliant!
Thank you master that is good idea.greatings
This is genius! Thank you for the tip!
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?
how powerful should a drill be? If I want to make a handle for a broom with a diameter of 24 mm and a length of 1500 mm.
Wow. Just realized that a pencil sharpener is a lathe. Mind==Blown
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
Thank U! Very helpful! Good Luck!
usted es un genio ! maestro muy bien
How do you guy think all this stuff up? That's so cool!
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....
What are the advantages and disadvantages of these versus store bought circular rod stock versus those pre compressed hardwood dowels?