I am in the middle of a home improvement (?) project. It am going to
replace the existing dark walnut stained pine clowels with oak. I have
some closets with rods over 5' in length supported on each end and
with a single center support. I can't find oak longer than 4' in the 1
1/4" diameter. Does anyone know of a source for 5' or 6' oak dowels?
Thank you!
Bill
On Oct 20, 7:05 pm, Sam Fertel <[email protected]> wrote:
> I am in the middle of a home improvement (?) project. It am going to
> replace the existing dark walnut stained pine clowels with oak. I have
> some closets with rods over 5' in length supported on each end and
> with a single center support. I can't find oak longer than 4' in the 1
> 1/4" diameter. Does anyone know of a source for 5' or 6' oak dowels?
Try smart & final in the cleaning supply section,you will be
suprized. 1 1/4"
hardwood dowels with about 5'2" usable after cutting off the tapered
end
and the best part is the price less than $4 ea.
On Oct 20, 10:05 pm, Sam Fertel <[email protected]> wrote:
> I am in the middle of a home improvement (?) project. It am going to
> replace the existing dark walnut stained pine clowels with oak. I have
> some closets with rods over 5' in length supported on each end and
> with a single center support. I can't find oak longer than 4' in the 1
> 1/4" diameter. Does anyone know of a source for 5' or 6' oak dowels?
Make the center support solid and bolt cups to either side opposite
each other. Make up your 6 foot rods from two 3 foot rods.
On Sun, 21 Oct 2007 09:36:42 -0700, "Lew Hodgett"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
>"Sam Fertel" wrote:
>
>
>>I don't understand smart and final. Is that a cleaning supply company
>> in California?
>
>Yes.
>
> > Does anyone know of a source for 5' or 6' oak dowels?
>
>My guess is that 5ft wooden closet rods will bend and fail miserably in
>service.
>
>Think 1" black iron pipe for this application.
>
>Lew
>
1 1/4 or 1 1/2 EMT (electrical conduit) works great too.
Kenneth
"Leon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>>
>
> If you have a 7/8 radius round over bit for your router you can make your
> own out of what ever wood you like.
>
OOPS! Make that a 5/8" round over bit.
Sam Fertel wrote:
> I am in the middle of a home improvement (?) project. It am going to
> replace the existing dark walnut stained pine clowels with oak. I
> have
> some closets with rods over 5' in length supported on each end and
> with a single center support. I can't find oak longer than 4' in the
> 1
> 1/4" diameter. Does anyone know of a source for 5' or 6' oak dowels?
What tools do you have to work with? If you've got a table saw it's
not hard to make octagonal rods, if you have a router table and a 5/8"
roundover bit then you can easily make them round. For stock if you
have a hardwood supplier have them plane to 1-1/4 plus a sanding
allowance, if you don't then get a couple of "1 inch" boards from the
Borg and glue them up to get the thickness--mount it with the bondline
vertical and nobody will notice that it's a glue-up unless they're
looking hard for it.
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--John
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(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)
On Sat, 20 Oct 2007 21:05:53 -0500, Sam Fertel <[email protected]>
wrote:
>I am in the middle of a home improvement (?) project. It am going to
>replace the existing dark walnut stained pine clowels with oak. I have
>some closets with rods over 5' in length supported on each end and
>with a single center support. I can't find oak longer than 4' in the 1
>1/4" diameter. Does anyone know of a source for 5' or 6' oak dowels?
If you don't have to have wood, chain link top-rail will work and
still fit in the closet rod sockets. It comes in 10'6" or 21'
lengths and we cut it with a metal cutting blade in a sawsall.
It's fairly cheap at about $8 for a 10'6 piece. The BORGs will have
it or about any lumber yard. Almost every builder we work for wants
us to use the stuff.
Mike O.
"Sam Fertel" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>I am in the middle of a home improvement (?) project. It am going to
> replace the existing dark walnut stained pine clowels with oak. I have
> some closets with rods over 5' in length supported on each end and
> with a single center support. I can't find oak longer than 4' in the 1
> 1/4" diameter. Does anyone know of a source for 5' or 6' oak dowels?
>
> Thank you!
>
> Bill
>
If you have a 7/8 radius round over bit for your router you can make your
own out of what ever wood you like.
On Sun, 21 Oct 2007 04:30:18 -0500, Sam Fertel <[email protected]> wrote:
Sort of a small version of Costco/Price club..
Good point, though... sometimes lumber is cheaper if it isn't called
lumber...lol
I couldn't find hardwood dowels here in Mexico but found some great brooms in a
local hardware store that were about $5 each and had 5' hardwood handles a bit
over 1" in diameter... made great towel rods in the guest bath..
Is your center support the metal band type of wood?
I'm thinking that if you had to, you could use a wood support and join 2 shorter
dowels there?
>I don't understand smart and final. Is that a cleaning supply company
>in California? I live in the Midwest. I'd never heard of them until I
>just did a search in Google. Or, is it a long handle on some product?
>
>Bill
>
>
>On Sat, 20 Oct 2007 20:29:09 -0700, asshat <[email protected]>
>wrote:
>
>>On Oct 20, 7:05 pm, Sam Fertel <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> I am in the middle of a home improvement (?) project. It am going to
>>> replace the existing dark walnut stained pine clowels with oak. I have
>>> some closets with rods over 5' in length supported on each end and
>>> with a single center support. I can't find oak longer than 4' in the 1
>>> 1/4" diameter. Does anyone know of a source for 5' or 6' oak dowels?
>>
>>Try smart & final in the cleaning supply section,you will be
>>suprized. 1 1/4"
>>hardwood dowels with about 5'2" usable after cutting off the tapered
>>end
>>and the best part is the price less than $4 ea.
mac
Please remove splinters before emailing
I don't understand smart and final. Is that a cleaning supply company
in California? I live in the Midwest. I'd never heard of them until I
just did a search in Google. Or, is it a long handle on some product?
Bill
On Sat, 20 Oct 2007 20:29:09 -0700, asshat <[email protected]>
wrote:
>On Oct 20, 7:05 pm, Sam Fertel <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I am in the middle of a home improvement (?) project. It am going to
>> replace the existing dark walnut stained pine clowels with oak. I have
>> some closets with rods over 5' in length supported on each end and
>> with a single center support. I can't find oak longer than 4' in the 1
>> 1/4" diameter. Does anyone know of a source for 5' or 6' oak dowels?
>
>Try smart & final in the cleaning supply section,you will be
>suprized. 1 1/4"
>hardwood dowels with about 5'2" usable after cutting off the tapered
>end
>and the best part is the price less than $4 ea.