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Riven Hardwood Dowels with a Dowel Plate
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Riven Hardwood Dowels with a Dowel Plate

A dowel split along the grain keeps every fibre running its full length, so it is stronger than one sawn across the grain. Split a straight log into sticks, dry them, rough them to eight sides and drive each through the holes of a steel dowel plate with a mallet: the sharp edge of each hole shaves the stick round. Dry dowels matter: wood shrinks as it dries, and a dry dowel takes up moisture from the glue and swells tight.
Mwanzo
2 hours, plus drying

Maagizo

1

Cut a billet

Saw a 300 mm length from a straight, knot-free hardwood log such as oak, ash or hickory.

Vifaa kwa hatua hii:

Magogo ya mbao ngumu (mwaloni, mepo, mbeech)Magogo ya mbao ngumu (mwaloni, mepo, mbeech)1 kipande

Zana zinazohitajika:

Msumeno wa watu wawiliMsumeno wa watu wawili
Tepi ya kupimiaTepi ya kupimia
2

Riving, step by step

How to split along the grain with a froe and mallet.
3

Rive the sticks

Split the billet in halves, then halves again with the froe and mallet, until each stick is about 5 mm wider than the dowel you want.

Zana zinazohitajika:

Froe (kisu cha kupasua)Froe (kisu cha kupasua)
Nyundo ya mbaoNyundo ya mbao
4

Dry them

Leave the sticks indoors, spaced apart, for several weeks. They are ready when the moisture meter reads 6–8 %, or a little drier than the wood they will go into.

Zana zinazohitajika:

Kipima unyevu cha mbao chenye sindanoKipima unyevu cha mbao chenye sindano
5

Rough to eight sides

Plane or pare each stick square, then take the corners off to eight sides, about 1 mm larger than the dowel. Chamfer one end to a blunt point.

Zana zinazohitajika:

Randa ndogo ya kiganjaRanda ndogo ya kiganja
Seti ya patasi za mtiSeti ya patasi za mti
6

Drive through the plate

Clamp the dowel plate in the vise over a gap so the dowel can drop through. Start the chamfered end in the hole one size larger than you want and drive it through with the mallet; then the final hole.

Zana zinazohitajika:

Bamba la DauliBamba la Dauli
Kibano cha meza ya kaziKibano cha meza ya kazi
Nyundo ya mbaoNyundo ya mbao
Miwani ya usalamaMiwani ya usalama
7

Check and cut

Measure the dowel with the caliper along its length. Saw to length and chamfer both ends.

Zana zinazohitajika:

Kipima-unene cha dijitali cha inchi 6Kipima-unene cha dijitali cha inchi 6
Msumeno wa watu wawiliMsumeno wa watu wawili
8

Keep them dry

Store the dowels in a jar with a lid until you use them, so they stay dry.

Zana zinazohitajika:

Mitungi ya kioo yenye vifunikoMitungi ya kioo yenye vifuniko
9

Troubleshooting

Dowel plate troubleshooting.

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