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Simple Dowel Pin Cutting Jig Cutting multiple short dowel pins can be tedious work. So I made a simple dowel pin cutting jig to speed things up. This jig only takes a few minutes to make and set up on your table saw. Then it's easy to quickly cut dowels to equal length without measuring. It's simply a block of wood with a hole drilled through it the same size as the dowel to be cut (see drawing below). The block is then clamped to an auxiliary fence on the miter gauge. To use the jig, first cut a kerf in the block at the desired length of the dowel. Next, pass the dowel into the hole. Position it flush with the end of the hole and make a cut. Then you can quickly push it through again to cut the next dowel pin to the same exact length. I made blocks to accommodate several dowel sizes. That way I'm ready to size dowel pins when the need arises. ten Urban Rancho Mirage, California ShopNotesIssue 81 ! May/June 2005 PUBLISHER Donald B. Peschke EDITOR Terry J. Strohman SENIOR EDITORS Bryan Nelson, Vincent Ancona ASSOCIATE EDITORS Phil Huber, Ted Raife ASSISTANT EDITORS Ron Johnson, Mitch Holmes EXECUTIVE ART DIRECTOR Todd Lambirth ART DIRECTOR Cary Christensen SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER Jamie Downing SENIOR ILLUSTRATOR Roger Reiland ILLUSTRATORS David Kallemyn, Peter J. Larson CREATIVE DIRECTOR Ted Kralicek SENIOR PROJECT DESIGNERS Ken Munkel, Kent Welsh, Chris Fitch SHOP CRAFTSMEN Steve Curtis, Steve Johnson SR. PHOTOGRAPHERS Crayola England, Dennis Kennedy ASSOCIATE STYLE DIRECTOR Rebecca Cunningham ELECTRONIC IMAGE SPECIALIST Allan Ruhnke VIDEOGRAPHERS Craig Ruegsegger, Mark Hayes ShopNotes® (ISSN 1062-9696) is published bimonthly (Jan., March, May, July, Sept., Nov.) by August Home Publishing, 2200 Grand Ave., Des MointB, LA 50312. ShopNotes® isaregistered trademark of August Home Publishing ©Copyright 2005 by August Home Publishing. Ail rights reserved. Subscriptions: Single copy: $4.95. One year subscription (6 issues), $27.95. Canada/International add $10 per year, U.S. funds. Canadian Subscriptions: Canada Post Agreement Number 40038201. Send change ofaddress information and blocks of undeliverable copies to PO Box 881, Station Main, Markham, ON L3P8M6. Canada BN 84597 5473 RT Periodicals Postage Paid at Des Moines, IA and at additional mailing offices. Postmaster: .'■■end change ofaddress to Sh&pA'otes, P.O. Box 37103, Boone, 1A 50037-2103. AUXILIARY FENCE DOWEL LENGTH OF DOWEL PIN SIZING BLOCK END OF DOWEL KERF DETERMINES LENGTH OF DOWEL front view N-- HOW TO REACH US: FOR SUBSCRIPTIONS, ADDRESS CHANGES OR QUESTIONS, WRITE OR CALL. Customer Service 2200 Grand Ave., Des Moines, IA 50312 800-333-5854 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. CT OR SEND AN E-MAIL TO: orders@shopnotes.com August Home 1. l.puiiiS"iNacoMn«» Printed in U.S.A. 5 ONLINE SUBSCRIBER SERVICES • ACCESS your account • CHECK on a subscription payment • TELL US if you've missed an issue • CHANCE your mailing or e-mail address • RENEW your subscription • PAY your bill Click on "Subscriber Services" in the list on the left side of our home page. Menus and forms will take you through any of the account-maintenance services you need. Submit Your Tips If you have an original shop tip, we would like to hear from you and consider publishing your tip in one or more of our publications. Just write down your tip and mail it to: ShopNotes, Tips for Your Shop, 2200 Grand Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa 50312. Please include your name, address, and daytime phone number (in case we have any questions). If you would like, FAX it to us at 515-282-6741 or send us an email message at: shop-notes@shopnotes.com. We will pay up to $200 if we publish your tip. The Winner! Congratulations to Guy Gerrard of Orlando, Florida. His tip on making a shop-built mobile tool base was selected as winner of the Porter-Cable router just like the one shown at the right. His mobile tool base is easy to build and uses readily available, inexpensive materials. To find out how you could win a Porter-Cable router just check out the information above. Your tip might just be a winner. |
