Yes, I recognize that off the shelf dowels are far from perfect, and fully understand the disparate rates of change in wood, depending upon cross-section. But I don't recall that I've ever needed a 3' (or 2', or even a 1') length of perfectly straight, perfectly round dowel. Not in piano work anyway. Maybe when it comes to dowels, my work is a bit hackish............ But the thread started because of Jack's discouragement based purely on price, not on crooked, warped, or otherwise unsatisfactory dowel stock. His assertion then was that it was, essentially, a cost effective measure to make his own. My assertion is that it is not. As I said, I can see the utility, and I recognize the coolness of making these kinds of things oneself. I've done many such things. BUT, my sole argument against the process was that it was not, as was suggested, a cost effective alternative to high-priced Home Depot dowels. Now, if you need a perfect Bubinga dowel............ ;-] WRM On Sat, Nov 3, 2012 at 9:55 PM, Jim Ialeggio <jim at grandpianosolutions.com>wrote: > Bill, > > Sometimes one needs a true round dowel. The dowels you purchase unless > they are freshly milled will be out of round, sometimes significantly, > because of unequal tangential & radial dimensional changes. As well, some > mass market dowels are run on a 4 sided molder which does not produce a > round dowel right off the machine. > > One doesn't always needs a dead round dowel, but when you do it's not a > cost thing...this is one of the only ways to get it. > > Jim Ialeggio > > -- > Jim Ialeggio > jim at grandpianosolutions.com > 978 425-9026 > Shirley Center, MA > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20121103/47ba2e39/attachment.htm>
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