How much slop is there and is this made to be removable at a later time or a permanent fixture ?

 

enough slop to where the hole will not hold the dowel in by friction, and yes, its supposed to be permanent.

 

Many ways to get it to fit,,if you have a Japanese hand saw you cut a slot in the center of the dowel and drive in a thin wedge in,brass works well.

Or wrap it will some thick paper,the paper will take up the slop and it's real hard to see it after..

Note....most all the dowels are under size.
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ha! Duh....i dont know why I did not think of splitting it and putting a wedge in it! Thanks for the tip, i will try it. Im not very experienced in wood working. I had thought of putting paper around it, but didnt know if that would be good enough. I suppose it would be, it will be glued and paper is made of wood...so why not.

Thanks again!

 

Hi

The paper will hold ,,soak the paper with glue tap it in the hole and wipe the glue off with some white vinegar and bottle water, a spray bottle works well, a 50/50 mix will clean the glue off...so you don't get that nasty blotch mark from the glue that likes to seal the wood

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I would have just glued it, but then there would probably have been a visible seem some where huh ?

 

I should clarify.... I meant I would have just glued it as is with no paper.
But I'm a newbie so... LOL !

 

Hi Duane

" But I'm a newbie "

Me too

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BJ if your a newbie I am in serious trouble!!:haha::haha:

 

Bob if I had a white glove I would slap you with it ( and then run and hide ! )
but I don;t so your getting off easy.

Making fun of newbies like me ! For shame !











I keed I keeed !!!

 

HI Duane

I'm not making fun of you

I'm new just like all of us are ,,,...... I pickup something new every day from the forum that's why I stick around..


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Hi Jason

Here's how to spit the dowel for a wedge ,it's a easy job for the multi-tool

- Harbor Freight Tools - Quality Tools at the Lowest Prices

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When is a quick reply not a quick reply?
When it is 3 years old.
Use Gorilla glue to help fill in the void or still do the same with a plug and re-drill with a smaller drill after the sets.

 

Quote from bobj3 - [ The paper will hold ,,soak the paper with glue tap it in the hole and wipe the glue off with some white vinegar and bottle water, a spray bottle works well, a 50/50 mix will clean the glue off...so you don't get that nasty blotch mark from the glue that likes to seal the wood }

Hold on 50 % white vinegar and and 50% "bottled" water -
does that formula have a residue cleaning effect on squeezed out aliphatic resins so that the wood will absorb stain afterwards that same as the surrounding wood. -- Is this something everyone know but Me ? ( which is often the case ! )

 

Gorilla glue is like the nasty STP, not to many things will remove it all..once it drys you can scrape it off the wood..


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Oh and by the way why "bottled" water as opposes to tap water ( assuming you don't have iron loaded well water.

 

another option would be PC-7. that stuff is extremely tough and it can easily fill gaps, large or small. once that cures, there is no way you will be able to get it apart.