[pianotech] Making dowels

[William Monroe]

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:

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> I recently went to Home Depot to buy some dowel and was shocked at the
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> 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
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> 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
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> Jack Houweling
> 604 970-3371
> www.jackspiano.com
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