I remember this young man. He is an incredibly creative woodworker and tool maker. Very well don, Matthias.

I'm not even a woodworker, but I just can't resist watching your channel. I love the way your mind works, and I love seeing all the tools, jigs, etc. that you come up with.

Just used this technique to make some 19MM oak dowels to make bench dogs out of. Far easier than I expected, works super well and the dowels came out perfectly. I used a table saw at 45° instead of the router to make the stock into an octagon and put though the " giant pencil sharpener" from there.

Thanks for this video. I was building a potting bench for my wife and ran out of dowels, but I remembered that you had this video. Worked perfectly!

I got the grinding wheel at a yard sale, the buffing wheel from Lee Valley. But if you get yourself the right kind of wheel for a bench grinder, that should work too.

Interesting idea. Would be hard to mount just right though, because they have a bevel on both sides. And the side force on them might also be a problem - harder to support the blade.

All of your creations are always useful. I am always forced to do without, which has made me become more creative. Utilizing what you got, and if you need it, but don’t have it, then Make It!!! Keep up the good work.

Matthias, Your genius is in how simple you keep things. Awesome video.

sempre muito eficiente e funcional. Parabéns.

Thank you for this info, it will definitely come in handy when i want to build some wooden arrows again. Well presented.

You are truly the MAN every vid is an insperation to go and try something new thanks for sharing your knowledge and skill keep up the good work

I’ll be doing this today, but entirely by hand. No electricity. Never tried it before, but you’ve inspired me.

Amigo esta lapiseira que vc fez ficou mto boa

Sweet little shop trick there. Loved it and just want to say thank you for all your tips and tutorials. 👍👍

Good point. Speed could have been a factor. I also wonder if it was the species of wood (cherry). I might try it again but with an older 'cheaper' chisel.

Even one of your simplest videos is genius.

That was awesome, I spent half my working life up scaffold towers, if only I had one of those, love it.

watching you do that is therapeutic :)

Your ingenuity knows no bounds!

As usual, you make it look easy. Thanks for the instructions on how to make.

That was one of the most satisfying things I have every seen. Very nice

That's pretty amazing, that would be a good way to make arrows

it reminds me school days pencil sharpner... Mathias...you really turn the wood working into easy and fun interesting work... keep it up... heartly thanks

Really useful video Matthias! I will keep this trick in mind for whenever I need some dowel lengths. Take care, Alex.

Lee Valley's tenon makers work great to get the blank started. I made my 1/2" dowel maker w/ only 1/2" hole, and countersunk the entry hole instead of drilling it larger (cutting countersink BEFORE trimming to expose hole or it would destroy block). I reinforced the LEFT side by gluing a 1/4" thick piece of hardwood, and was able to use square blanks, w/o any roundover effort, but results are much less consistent than yours - some maple came out perfect, round, smooth, consistent, w/ shiny/burnished surface; a couple others wavered in diameter badly, but plenty usable stock. If I had roundover installed already, I do it your way, but for speed/convenience, I'll probably mostly use square stock in future, planning it slightly octagonal.

I love your ideas. Sparks lots of ideas for myself!

Matthias, Another great video- this camera is spot on and the lighting and sound were perfect! Thanks for sharing!

The most basic explains a lot to those of us who are. But your complicated stuff is superb, so don't bag it! It motivates me.

It's for videos like this that I'm subscribed. Great stuff Matthias!

Simply creative... Thanks for taking the time to demonstrate...

Crazy stuff, as always, love what you do, very inspiring

Thanks for this. I was trying with the first video and this one answers everything you didn't cover on that one.

How do you guy think all this stuff up? That's so cool!

Once again I find myself watching one of your videos even though I know I will never make one. Cool idea, although I don't use dowel that much, so I will just buy it when I need it.

Thank you for every machine you did do you are the best from morocco

As everyone who watches cartoons knows, when two pieces of wood rub together, they always catch fire :) if it's tight, there is quite a bit of friction. My main concern is that the dowel may end up a little polished, which might not be the best for gluing.

I was thinking of using a plane iron initially, but decided to use a cheap chisel, just in case I messed up the blade.

That's a slick and efficient process for making your own wood dowels. The next step is to cut fluted or spiral grooves to enable doweled joints to hold wood glue without driving all of the glue from the joint when inserting the dowels into their holes, and also preventing the hole from becoming air-locked by the tightly-fitting dowel and thus making insertion impossible. Carry on.

Nice job. It kinda reminds me of a "rounder" tool used by English rake makers. I saw a video of it here on KZfaq. Thanks for giving one we all can use.

This would work well for sharpening those over sized novelty pencils as well. You do so many projects that make me go "Why didn't I think of that". Keep up the good work.

Instead of going to all the trouble you do to rough out your blanks, make two step hole in a piece of lumber, clamp that to your table saw trying to get the apex of the blade close to the step at a 35 to 45 degree angle to the blade, and slowly raise the blade as you spin the blank with your drill. This will produce round blanks in a hurry, but leaves them rough, then they are easy to clean up in your dowel maker. I have a few sizes of sq. steel tubing that I made into chucks to use in the drill to spin the blanks. Little tip, when cutting the blanks to length I use a framing blade to get a rough surface then the friction between the first and second blank will spin the first one on thru the jig. With this setup I can rough out 10 4 ft. dowels a min. easy. Then you can finish them with you jig or a router style jig. I use the router jig, but it is harder to make.

Hello Mathias, regarding this project do you have a similar one that can be made directly from square billets?

I don't know. Try it out and tell me how it goes.

that was fantastic matt.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of these versus store bought circular rod stock versus those pre compressed hardwood dowels?

Don't know if I'd have the patience to set it all up, but it looks like a great way to make a lot of long dowels very quickly.

You are a genus, you have made it simpler for those without a lathe to make dowels. What to think outside the box

Genio! Me encantó el video, muy bueno!

Bardzo dobry pomysł, super robota, pozrawiam

interesting idea, though i admittedly find i like the 'hole through a piece of steel to force the stock to the right diameter' mehtod also works fairly well but you gotta be carful to keep it straight

You're the best woodworker on youtube, hands down. The only other woodworker I like better is Norm Abrams, but he doesn't do anything anymore... Kings to you bro!

Amazing idea! You just saved me a lot of money. I'm making a crib, as I'm expecting my first child in April, and not having to buy pre-fashioned dowels means having more money saved... for, you know, medical bills and diapers and whatnot... Thanks!

your buffing wheel you used on your chisel gave me a thought. why WOULDN'T a fella make a leather strop in the same manner?

thanks man been needing this info for a while.

I love your work great stuff

Hola Amigo tengo tarugeras caseras y autómaticas, pero nunca se me ocurrió hacer girar el taugo de madera, muy buena idea y sobre todo cuando es una medida especial. Muchas gracias un abrazo de Argentina.

All I want to say is, "YOU'RE INDEED A CREATIVE MIND"

buenísimo video. felicitaciones maestro.

Excellent, pure genius. Thank you.

Very amazing! Thank you for your video :)

his great gift!! Thank you for sharing your knowledge!

Dude that is whack! What a great video! Thanks for showing this.

As always, thanks’ for taking the time to make this video! And I support this site. ~M~

If only I could afford a workshop or even had a garage to convert. This is food for thought and especially when dowelling is expensive.

To be able to make what you want when you need it is a great skill to have. And although most folks visiting here already know this, apparently there are some who do not. You have to wonder how they get here and why they watch.

You are my wood working hero.

Hi Matthias. Does work good on soft woods like Pine? I mean if can get smooth surfaces. Thanks.

Great video thanks for putting these together!

Hello, despite being Brazilian and do not understand what you. speech, thank you for sharing the making of this tool, in fact I really appreciate your tutorials. I used a translator to post this message.

i did wood work and metalwork in 3rd and 4th year but i still didn't get how genius all of these people has to be to build all of this stuff

Ola Matthias , parabéns mais uma vez ! Grande ideia . Edson Menezes .

Pretty cool Mathias. Thanks for sharing that idea. Their is more than one way to skin a... dowel.

Muito bom seu Mathias, Gostei da ideia. Parabéns

Totally awesome dowel maker.

Que interesante, te felicito por ese ingeniosa invento.

excellent, a while ago I was just thinking how to make mine more quickly and in quantity good job

Very clever! Nice job!

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Purely genius ! ..... nice tool and quite handy !

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Hi Mathias, I'm a big fan of your videos. I've successfully made dowels using a nut in the right size e.g. 10 mm driving a 10 x 10 mm stick through the nut using a powered hand drill. I tried to improve the setup by cross carving some of thread away with a hacksaw. I had to use some force to drive the dovel thru the nut, but the setup was easily made :-) Br Jørn Koch

Holy moly, I made it and it worked! Big giant pencil sharpener!

A pity that your videos are not also in Portuguese, but I still adore them. In my history, I classify them as "genius". Congratulations.

Hi! Can we upgrade it somehow to change diameter from en of stick to it begin? Thanks

Absolutely genius video...thank you. X

I wondered if you put a sandpaper edge where the dowel comes out to also smooth the dowel during processing ..

This is genius! Thank you for the tip!

an you tell me what kind of wood is best for this job?

usted es un genio ! maestro muy bien

Thanks for sharing. Great video and excellent work.

Dude badass video I think any carpender or advid archer would love this vid thank you good sir for sharing this trick 😃

I love your videos matthias.

I want to try and do this to make a 1/8 or even a 1/16 inch dowel out of a hardwood. How would you go about that?

You are literally a genius

This is just brilliant!

It needs to be sharp and tangential. And the drill needs to not run super fast. Never had a chisel turn blue.

Excelente meu irmão, parabéns

you are a genius....seriously!

coolest thing ive ever seen. EVER!

Excellent technique! Thank You Sir!