i am finally getting around to making my wife the jewelry box she has asked
for.... between work and helping my son with his car....i think i can turn it
into a xmas gift.....
anyways..... it is made with wavy maple...with have a tung oil finish, but for
accent, i want to peg out the sides....where can i get some 1/4 inch dowels
made of some DARK wood....doesn't have to be exotic, but to set off the
maple....
Tue, Nov 11, 2003, 10:46pm (EST+5) [email protected] (WARRENRN1)
apparently wants to know:
<snip> where can i get some 1/4 inch dowels made of some DARK
wood....doesn't have to be exotic, but to set off the maple....
I'm not sure if they make dowels dark wood, and if they do, it'd
probably be expensive. If you aren't real choosy, I'd say stain some
hardware store dowels. If you want something from a bit more exotic
wood, make your own. Or, pen blanks might work.
JOAT
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from human beings as possible.
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Web Page Update 11 Nov 2003.
Some tunes I like.
http://community-2.webtv.net/Jakofalltrades/SOMETUNESILIKE/
WARRENRN1 wrote:
> i am finally getting around to making my wife the jewelry box she has asked
> for.... between work and helping my son with his car....i think i can turn it
> into a xmas gift.....
> anyways..... it is made with wavy maple...with have a tung oil finish, but for
> accent, i want to peg out the sides....where can i get some 1/4 inch dowels
> made of some DARK wood....doesn't have to be exotic, but to set off the
> maple....
Here's one place:
http://www3.memlane.com/windsor/doc2.htm
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Buffalo, NY - USA
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I've seen walnut, cherry, padauk, etc., dowels at Woodcraft.
-JBB
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> Tue, Nov 11, 2003, 10:46pm (EST+5) [email protected] (WARRENRN1)
> apparently wants to know:
> <snip> where can i get some 1/4 inch dowels made of some DARK
> wood....doesn't have to be exotic, but to set off the maple....
>
> I'm not sure if they make dowels dark wood, and if they do, it'd
> probably be expensive. If you aren't real choosy, I'd say stain some
> hardware store dowels. If you want something from a bit more exotic
> wood, make your own. Or, pen blanks might work.
>
> JOAT
> My aim is to get through life peacefully, with as little interferrnce
> from human beings as possible.
>
> Life just ain't life without good music. - JOAT
> Web Page Update 11 Nov 2003.
> Some tunes I like.
> http://community-2.webtv.net/Jakofalltrades/SOMETUNESILIKE/
>
WARRENRN1 wrote:
> but for accent, i want to peg out the sides....where can i get some 1/4
> inch dowels made of some DARK wood....doesn't have to be exotic, but to
> set off the maple....
Easy thing is to get a plug cutter and make little short dowels. Heck, if
you don't want to spend the money, tell me how many you need, and I'll make
you some out of walnut. I have lots of odd little scraps laying around.
I can only make short ones because I have small, cheap plug cutters, but
they make nice accents where you don't need a long dowel for structural
reasons. Or buy a better plug cutter than I have, some dark wood of your
choice, and go nuts. If you like using contrasting wood as much as I do,
you'll probably be glad to have them, because you'll use them frequently.
I plan to get a much better set soon.
--
Michael McIntyre ---- Silvan <[email protected]>
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On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 18:54:52 -0500, Silvan
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Easy thing is to get a plug cutter and make little short dowels.
I hate cutting dowels, especially with a plug cutter. Lots of hassle,
and you only make a tiny piece. Handy for cross-grain screw covers,
not so much for dowels.
I rip square stock on the badsaw, then plane it octagonal. I chop it
down to 6" lengths, then force it through a dowel plate.
The dowel plate is home made, from a snip of old power hacksaw blade.
Anneal it, drill pairs or triples of holes in a range of sizes. Use a
tapered reamer to put some "draw" on the backs of the holes. Use a
needle file to convert one or two of each size to a star shaped hole.
Heat, re-harden and temper only slightly (pale straw). Hammer the
dowel through from the narrow side, using the star-hole first, then
the round hole to finish.
I made this today:
http://codesmiths.com/shed/things/photos/sarahs_chest_naked.jpg
It's parana pine, about 16" long, and intended as a replica of a late
medieval Baltic coast trader's chest (Sarah is a silversmith who does
Ye Olde Ren & Stimpy Fayres). The open tenons on the sides and the
coopered top are pegged down with little 1/8" bamboo pegs. I agonised
for a few milliseconds over using bamboo, but it comes in a packet of
nice ready-rounded dowels, sold as barbecue skewers. For thicker pegs,
I keep my chopsticks from the local noodle shop.
Next step is to wrap it in oilcloth, which I'm making myself to a 17th
century Pennsylvania recipe - linseed boiled with lead oxide and
manganese dioxide driers.
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"WARRENRN1" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> i am finally getting around to making my wife the jewelry box she has
asked
> for.... between work and helping my son with his car....i think i can
turn it
> into a xmas gift.....
> anyways..... it is made with wavy maple...with have a tung oil finish,
but for
> accent, i want to peg out the sides....where can i get some 1/4 inch
dowels
> made of some DARK wood....doesn't have to be exotic, but to set off the
> maple....
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