Hello folks,
I am asking on behalf of a relative in Toronto, and I know some
of you are there / close to there, so perhaps you can help.
Lee Valley have apparently stopped selling a particular type of
wooden dowel measuring 3/8" x 1 1/2" with a spiral cut in to
them. Ones available from other shops (Home Depot?) are
apparently of a noticably lower quality, and he is reluctant to
use them.
So can anyone recommend a shop which sells high quality dowels?
Many thanks in advance,
David Paste.
On Sunday, 15 May 2016 18:26:30 UTC+1, [email protected] wrote:
> As another posted - try the metric - or -
> contact Lee Valley with this concern - they might be
> sourcing another supplier - or - waiting for demand
> to justify sourcing another supplier ..
Thanks, I'll pass on the suggestion!
On Sunday, 15 May 2016 14:58:47 UTC+1, BenignBodger wrote:
> Any chance that your relative could change his/her methods and use metric?
> Lee Valley sells very nice 8mm fluted (not spiral) dowel pins. Otherwise,
> Lee Valley still sells accurate long hardwood dowels that can easily be
> converted into suitable pins by running a block plane down one side to make
> a glue-release space and then cut to length. I've always gotten along fine
> with this method for decades.
Thanks for the reply! I'll send the suggestion on to him now.
Cheers!
On 5/15/2016 9:40 AM, [email protected] wrote:
> Hello folks,
>
> I am asking on behalf of a relative in Toronto, and I know some
> of you are there / close to there, so perhaps you can help.
>
> Lee Valley have apparently stopped selling a particular type of
> wooden dowel measuring 3/8" x 1 1/2" with a spiral cut in to
> them. Ones available from other shops (Home Depot?) are
> apparently of a noticably lower quality, and he is reluctant to
> use them.
>
> So can anyone recommend a shop which sells high quality dowels?
>
> Many thanks in advance,
>
> David Paste.
>
Any chance that your relative could change his/her methods and use metric?
Lee Valley sells very nice 8mm fluted (not spiral) dowel pins. Otherwise,
Lee Valley still sells accurate long hardwood dowels that can easily be
converted into suitable pins by running a block plane down one side to make
a glue-release space and then cut to length. I've always gotten along fine
with this method for decades.
[email protected] wrote:
> Hello folks,
>
> I am asking on behalf of a relative in Toronto, and I know
> some
> of you are there / close to there, so perhaps you can
> help.
>
> Lee Valley have apparently stopped selling a particular
> type of
> wooden dowel measuring 3/8" x 1 1/2" with a spiral cut in
> to
> them. Ones available from other shops (Home Depot?) are
> apparently of a noticably lower quality, and he is
> reluctant to
> use them.
>
> So can anyone recommend a shop which sells high quality
> dowels?
>
> Many thanks in advance,
>
> David Paste.
http://www.rockler.com/spiral-dowel-pins-choose-size
On Sun, 15 May 2016 06:40:08 -0700 (PDT), [email protected] wrote:
>Hello folks,
>I am asking on behalf of a relative in Toronto, and I know some
>of you are there / close to there, so perhaps you can help.
>Lee Valley have apparently stopped selling a particular type of
>wooden dowel measuring 3/8" x 1 1/2" with a spiral cut in to
>them. Ones available from other shops (Home Depot?) are
>apparently of a noticably lower quality, and he is reluctant to
>use them.
>So can anyone recommend a shop which sells high quality dowels?
>Many thanks in advance,
>David Paste.
As another posted - try the metric - or -
contact Lee Valley with this concern - they might be
sourcing another supplier - or - waiting for demand
to justify sourcing another supplier ..