Hey Jack, Nifty procedure. Glad to have that in my bag of tricks if I run out of dowels and am really in a pinch. But for the labor and trouble to make something that inexpensive seems illogical. I mean, a 3' x 1/4" maple dowel is $1.02 for me, a 3' x 1/2" maple dowel is $1.79, the cost is even less if bought in bulk from woodworkers supply. When I consider my hourly labor charge, I'd have to set up and make a dowel in less than 1 minute for the 1/4" dowel to justify doing (and that doesn't even include the cost of the stock from which to make the dowel). I understand being self-sufficient, and such, but it's just not good business management for me. It would cost me more money making my own. Still, kudos for thinking it through and coming up with a solution for your own situation. Kind of cool. William R. Monroe On Sat, Nov 3, 2012 at 6:22 PM, Jack Houweling <jackhouweling at dccnet.com>wrote: > > > > > > I recently went to Home Depot to buy some dowel and was shocked at the > price > so I went back to my shop and made my own. > I first made larger dowels for pedals then found out that I can also make > smaller ones. I can now make dowels any size and use even hardwood. I > tested > for fun and made hammer shanks out of maple, fir and even cedar. I have > included a YouTube video to show how it is done. > https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=vADtRDJy3Ks > > > Jack Houweling > 604 970-3371 > www.jackspiano.com > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20121103/9960fd34/attachment.htm>
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