Make Dowels with a Nut

Make Dowels with a Nut - Fast & Easy

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10 ай бұрын

How to make a dowel cutter for making wooden dowels using only a nut and a drill. No need for fancy chisels or complicated jigs. I will show you how to modify a basic hardware store nut so you can make your own dowels in seconds.
This is by far the easiest and fastest way to make wooden dowels or round sticks. Great for different types of wood joinery (Dowel Joinery) and making your own wood plugs to cover wood screws.
It took me three days to figure out the best configuration to file into this nut but once I did, I was able to easily make wooden dowels from home and you can to. It only takes 15 minutes to modify a nut and can be reused many times in the future without having to mess around with setting up chisels or complicated jigs.
This style of Dowel Maker / Dowel cutter is a new concept I want to share with you to use as well as expand on the design. See if you can make it better and let me know :).
Thanks for watching!

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@savvybuilds 3 ай бұрын

The stock I start with is square not round. Some people are having trouble seeing this... or maybe they are skipping the first 20 seconds. lol Cheers everyone, thanks for watching!

@Ass_of_Amalek 3 ай бұрын

is the through-cut slot even necessary? I don't think that the shavings are going through there, and I think you can easily cut the spiral step on the face of the nut without the slot. ultimately you have a nut that tolerates vice pressure much better. if somehow a looser fit shouldbe required to get the nut off of the dowel, which I don't think is the case, I would rather bend the cutting edge inward a little bit.

@savvybuilds 3 ай бұрын

@@Ass_of_Amalek I'm not sure...yet. I'm gonna make a few more tweaks and make another vid with my findings.

@user-fc1zs1wh9g 3 ай бұрын

i been wasting all my nut making kids.. i could of been making dowels this hole time ...damn

@peterburkey3740 3 ай бұрын

It is?? Now that you say it is square stock looking closely when you mount it in your drill I can see that, but that's not at the beginning of the video. Yet the most difficult task has already been performed before the video. Creating the square stock is more difficult than what you show here.

@savvybuilds 3 ай бұрын

@@peterburkey3740 It's in the first 30 seconds. I consider that "the beginning". This isn't a how to video, it's more of a concept video.

@NishitChokhawala 3 ай бұрын

Nice! Adding another plain nut right ahead will help keep the final dowel straight.

@POPERYLEE 3 ай бұрын

i make arrows as a hobby and let me just say this is so helpful ...thank you

@callumclark3358 3 ай бұрын

Has it worked for you?

@isaaco5679 3 ай бұрын

That was the first thing that came to mind.

@soul0360 3 ай бұрын

I'd expect a bit more precision is needed for arrow making? Looking at the video, it seems a bit vobly in the drill, which I'm guessing vould effect balance of the finished arrow? That's why he is only suggesting this for dowels, and not for any precision building applications. But then again, if your arrows, is just so that your kids, have something to play with in the yard. It would be fine?

@Graywolf116 3 ай бұрын

@@soul0360 Nah, straightness is mainly set by the wood. A curved piece will come out curved, etc. If the finish is rough you can sand or plane it down. I'm interested to see how this handles conifers like fir or pine -- their grain is prone to breaking *but* since this method is more of a cutter than a scraper I think it'd work better than those dowel making jigs you see on amazon/walmart.

@schwuzi 3 ай бұрын

@@soul0360Check out videos on the 'archers paradox'. Arrows will bend in crazy ways when fired from a bow. l

@squa_81 3 ай бұрын

Well, you just transformed all my wood scraps into dowels! No more need to go to the hardware store for these anymore!

@savvybuilds 3 ай бұрын

That's the best part! Unlimited stock.

@Tubeytime 3 ай бұрын

You're still going to the store, but now it's for nuts lol

@Ponk_80 3 ай бұрын

This is how to save money, we just make our own tools and share the ideas with others. This is what humanity could be, instead of depending on greedy corporations and big businesses.

@squa_81 3 ай бұрын

@@Tubeytimeexcept I have a bunch of random unknown nuts lying around that can become tooling, instead of scrap for the bin

@Tubeytime 3 ай бұрын

@@squa_81 ok

@joeesposito5101 3 ай бұрын

Kind of an open ended pencil sharpener. Very clever. Thanks.

@iloveit9468 3 ай бұрын

Perfect analogy 👍

@PhilLesh69 3 ай бұрын

That was exactly my first visual thought. A pencil sharpener adjusted to a very wide diameter rather than a point.

@61spindrift 15 күн бұрын

@@iloveit9468 I agree, could not have said it better. Matter of fact, not that his design has flaws, but now that you have brought up this point I believe even a better dowel jig could be made.

@77thTrombone 3 ай бұрын

The science of dowelology marches onward through the annals of time! 🥁

@muggzzzzz 3 ай бұрын

Let's put this dowel in the anal of time haha :D

@gastonyoung6391 3 ай бұрын

Huh huh, he said annal

@thechuckyboi1438 3 ай бұрын

I will most likely never need this information, but I very much appreciate this video! Very informative no BS and no sales pitch just an honest solution good job!

@savvybuilds 3 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@mjremy2605 3 ай бұрын

Genius! I laughed with joy. Finally a solution to pricey dowel rods from the store. What a clever man you are! Now to get me a vise. Long overdue.

@billymacktexasdetective5827 3 ай бұрын

A half inch dowel 48 inches long is a dollar. I guess we define pricey differently...

@unsafe_at_any_speed 3 ай бұрын

@@billymacktexasdetective5827 have you ever tried to buy cocobolo dowel? How about purple heart or epay?

@robertwarner-ev7wp 3 ай бұрын

@@billymacktexasdetective5827He doesn’t own a vice. So $100 for the vice, a tool to cut the nut, and the nut. That’s a hundred dowels to break even, not including his time. That’s a lot of dowels.

@Cushingura 3 ай бұрын

@@billymacktexasdetective5827 I think it is sarcasm. BUT.. There are a few occasions when this is usefull. Lets say you have an expensive wood, like black wood or something else you won't find matching dowels for. Cut of a piece of that wood and make a dowel, colour fits perfectly.

@SimEon-jt3sr 3 ай бұрын

C'mon you really think you'll save time and money vs a good oak dowel? Will you be selling better cheaper than home Depot?! I sure hope so man!!!

@Stelios.Posantzis 3 ай бұрын

Very nice indeed! Thanks for sharing! Probably a second nut or two, with the threads drilled out, placed on the other end of the vice would guarantee a straight rod. Not really necessary when making dowels but could be useful if one needed to make a rod.

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@fractode 3 ай бұрын

Wow...the first attempts were, of course, part of the learning curve--but it must have driven you nuts... [ SORRY, couldn't resist. ;D Brilliant idea! 👍 ]

@savvybuilds 3 ай бұрын

😂 The whole process was a little nutty lol

@dcsensui 3 ай бұрын

My scoutmaster had a woodworking shop and one of the machines he had made dowels from pieces of wood like you had. I guess the cutting mechanism was similar, but what you've created is a lot more compact. Like a thousand times more compact. Thanks for the demo!

@savvybuilds 3 ай бұрын

No prob! Thanks for watching!

@CatNolara 3 ай бұрын

Next up you could put another nut, just with drilled out threads and no cutting edge, and clamp it some distance apart from the other. It will serve as a guide and will make it easy to get the dowel straight.

@civildissension 3 ай бұрын

Man. You’re great at explaining things using basic terms. That is such a lost art. Happy to have you on my radar. Cheers

@savvybuilds 3 ай бұрын

Glad to help!!! Cheers

@joedukes9760 3 ай бұрын

Great tip, and perfect timing. Just destroyed the canvas on my boat towing it home without it properly braced. Broke one of the tubes holding it in a couple places. Now I can make the perfectly sized dowels to place inside the tubes and mend them together. Just need a large enough nut to sit out a 3/4” dowel.

@savvybuilds 3 ай бұрын

I haven't tried one that large yet...I guess it could be hard to find a big nut like that. Let me know how it goes.

@doclees11 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for your persistence.

@user-kf7vr6xf5l 3 ай бұрын

Ingenious.

@nevales 3 ай бұрын

Some things simplier works better 😊. Creativity has no bounds and sharing is blessing. Thanks.

@therealchayd 3 ай бұрын

Just when I thought the hole-in-sheet-metal was a neat dowel-making tool, along you come with this! Excellent design and finally a use for the tin of miscellaneous nuts I have!

@savvybuilds 3 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

@paulerickson1906 3 ай бұрын

Very simple yet works great. Way to go. I was looking for a way to make 1/4, 3/16 dowels. I'll give this a try.

@savvybuilds 3 ай бұрын

Totally worth it! I got tired of driving an hour to the store for overpriced dowels. This has been very convenient!

@punkrockviking 3 ай бұрын

This is really awesome and simple! Thanks!

@savvybuilds 3 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@Dad-ij2qy 3 ай бұрын

Excellent video -- good timing, superb narration, short & sweet. Thank you for showing us the secrets to your success. Very inspiring. Yet one more reason I need to buy a vise.

@savvybuilds 3 ай бұрын

Thanks! Yes vices can be handy.

@imsowright90 7 ай бұрын

Neat. I will have to try this.

@joshb6993 3 ай бұрын

Strikingly beautiful in it's simplicity. Well done sir!

@bobadams1696 3 ай бұрын

Brilliant!

@user-zq6pj5jo8j 3 ай бұрын

Be careful or "Big Dowel" will come after you for sharing their secrets to making dowels.

@savvybuilds 3 ай бұрын

That could be fun! lol

@wrekced 3 ай бұрын

Thanks! This is a brilliant idea!

@noiamhippyman 2 ай бұрын

This is a super cool idea. Finally something cool that I can actually make quickly and would benefit from. I would LOVE to have some fancy bloodwood dowels and now I can make my own.

@savvybuilds 2 ай бұрын

Thanks, I agree! Making custom dowels from exotic woods that you can't buy anywhere else...Priceless!

@VashStarwind 2 ай бұрын

This is genius. Way better than the swage block method. Gonna throw this in the ol' memory bank. Thanks for sharing this technique.

@breannestahlman5953 3 ай бұрын

3:50 Waow, impressive number of tries. Good job, very useful, thanks for sharing.

@savvybuilds 3 ай бұрын

Thank you! It was totally worth it. Cheers!

@jebknott1550 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing your work

@TalRohan 3 ай бұрын

pretty darn cool thanks for sharing

@savvybuilds 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@thomask4836 3 ай бұрын

You are Brilliant! Thank You Sir!

@spaced4448 2 ай бұрын

Excellent!

@hohenstaufen.1010 10 ай бұрын

Best idea ever seen for making dowels 👍🏻

@1JamesHamilton1 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing, i will definitely use this.

@colind2955 3 ай бұрын

What a great idea thanks pretty ingenious

@RustyInventions-wz6ir 3 ай бұрын

He he. I have made one very similar to this about 3years ago. Very clever. Love it when people also use their brains.

@savvybuilds 3 ай бұрын

Cheers to that!

@vladimirputindreadlockrast812 3 ай бұрын

That was satisfying to watch.

@TheZombieSaints 3 ай бұрын

Amazing! Nice little trick that one. Well done! Thanks for sharing 👍

@theprogenesis2000 3 ай бұрын

This is actually nutty!

@mikedoingmikethings702 3 ай бұрын

AWESOME!!! Thanks for sharing!

@rong4189 3 ай бұрын

That’s really neat! Great job and thanks for all the r&d!

@savvybuilds 3 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@JohnSnow-vf8jo 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing

@fenexj 3 ай бұрын

Amazing video, works sooooooo well, thank you Savvy!

@ulflyng4072 3 ай бұрын

Brilliant 👍

@DIYTinkerer 10 ай бұрын

Wow, that works great 👍🏻

@savvybuilds 10 ай бұрын

Thank you! I was surprised too.

@bwmacallister 3 ай бұрын

That was nuts

@corvus1238 3 ай бұрын

Great idea. Thanks.

@ruatarengsicolneyrengsi8924 3 ай бұрын

Very ingenious. Marvellous. Thanks for sharing.

@savvybuilds 3 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

@glennfelpel9785 3 ай бұрын

outstanding, what a clever idea. You are truly a craftsman. Thank you for the video

@savvybuilds 3 ай бұрын

No prob, thanks!

@SiTengoTiempo 3 ай бұрын

Great idea! Thanks for sharing this!!

@savvybuilds 3 ай бұрын

You bet!

@adambergendorff2702 3 ай бұрын

Excellent idea and presentation!

@savvybuilds 3 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@Ponk_80 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing your idea with the world, we all need to do this if we want a better world, if we all did this, money would be obsolete and the world could flourish.

@billstevens8553 3 ай бұрын

Brilliant work, and well presented!

@savvybuilds 3 ай бұрын

Many thanks!

@cappystrano1 3 ай бұрын

Best tool for making dolls I’ve seen yet! Thank you!

@patmiddleton3947 3 ай бұрын

Good work!

@savvybuilds 3 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@SB-qm5wg 3 ай бұрын

This is very clever!

@andrewhoward7200 3 ай бұрын

That's terrific.

@henryrossouw930 3 ай бұрын

Great idea.

@oldmanpottering 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing 👌

@Jop_Kop 3 ай бұрын

Dude that is nice. Thanks!

@johnrobbins9928 3 ай бұрын

Really cool 👍

@gobot109 3 ай бұрын

Very cool! This is crazy useful for me. Thanks!

@savvybuilds 3 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@1ofhis518 6 ай бұрын

Awesome

@SantinoDeluxe 2 ай бұрын

pretty elegant design there boss, nice job

@waynec369 3 ай бұрын

Congratulations! You reinvented the peeler.

@savvybuilds 3 ай бұрын

😆

@zackfishle1009 3 ай бұрын

Brilliant

@ThienTV-ph6ie 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing ❤

@savvybuilds 2 ай бұрын

No problem 😊

@Wallymakesstuff 3 ай бұрын

Brilliant sir! I have had issues sourcing specialty woods in dowels - this will save me in the future.

@savvybuilds 3 ай бұрын

Me too! I sometimes like to make cedar dowels to contrast the pine when plugging holes. But I can imagine it would be even more difficult to find walnut or other exotic wood dowels.

@TonyFabris-lb2mg 3 ай бұрын

Very cool …! You’re a clever guy. Thanks a lot for sharing…👍👍 👋

@savvybuilds 3 ай бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

@EddieJarnowski 3 ай бұрын

Sweet video bro!

@williamogilvie6909 3 ай бұрын

Great idea and you are officially an inventor.

@savvybuilds 3 ай бұрын

HAHA Thanks! I like that :)

@rainbowchild63 3 ай бұрын

Thank you! Good idea!

@savvybuilds 3 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

@kjata77 2 ай бұрын

I need 2 doz dowels for a project I'm working on for Mother's Day this Sunday. Something told me (that soft voice) to wait to go to Lowe's... now I know why. Instead of spending $60+ I can spend @$20 and an hour or 2 to have 2 sizes of dowel making machines :) 'Spare time' so yes, the time is free. I'll probably grab 5 or 6 different sizes for future use. Thanks!!

@user-ot8xd1hj9w 3 ай бұрын

Well done thanks for sharing

@savvybuilds 3 ай бұрын

No problem 👍

@1man1guitarletsgo 3 ай бұрын

Excellent, thanks very much!

@savvybuilds 3 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@statendrei5 3 ай бұрын

very naiiis. high 5!

@joshuadelisle 3 ай бұрын

Excellent idea. Well done. Cheers J

@savvybuilds 3 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@voodoochile7581 2 ай бұрын

Good work

@savvybuilds 2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much 😀

@mnjraman 3 ай бұрын

Super idea!

@savvybuilds 3 ай бұрын

Right! Now I need to make different sizes.

@mnjraman 3 ай бұрын

@@savvybuilds Good luck! But smaller & bigger sizes than the one you have created successfully are going to be problematic, if the wood is not soft. Holding the square rod horizontally in the early stages, with proper pressure is another challenge. FYI, I have zero experience with wood working, other than simple garden variety projects! 😊

@lestarisanmiardjo7891 10 ай бұрын

Wow ❤ Nice video. Make more please 😊

@savvybuilds 10 ай бұрын

Thank you, I will!

@joeblakeukeman 3 ай бұрын

Thank you! I will try this out! I often have none when I need a dowel.

@savvybuilds 3 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@Ukepa 3 ай бұрын

really good invention!!! you should patent this!

@user-mv2kb2yg5i 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for this. I made 3 sizes all worked perfectly. Using eucalyptus.

@savvybuilds 5 ай бұрын

Right on! That's great to hear! Thanks for letting me know. I hope more people give it a try.

@neilcrompton3488 5 ай бұрын

What's euclyptus for? 🤷‍♂️

@user-mv2kb2yg5i 4 ай бұрын

@@neilcrompton3488 making eucalyptus arrow shafts.

@waynesweirdworld5788 3 ай бұрын

@@neilcrompton3488... here in Australia, if we want a strong wood, we use one of our Eucalyptus species. Ax handles were most often made from Spotted Gum ... aka... Corymbia maculata... Eucalyptus maculata(older name)

@orbsphere- 3 ай бұрын

@@neilcrompton3488 The Roman God of staffs

@johnjude2685 3 ай бұрын

I definitely know tiny rods are helpful for woodworking. I will build a few sizes. A few dows in different directions can lock in a lot of strength into a block of wood to prevent splitting later with age Cleaver Award should be earned by everyone 👏 🙌

@savvybuilds 3 ай бұрын

Thank you! I use them all the time for stuff like that. Great for matching the dowels to the project with the same type of wood too!

@barleyhopps 2 ай бұрын

That thing is nuts

@joons3374 3 ай бұрын

This is rad

@tinabriggs2286 4 ай бұрын

genius

@ryannguyen8001 2 ай бұрын

Smart!

@Inexactbeetle 3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much that's incredible

@Inexactbeetle 3 ай бұрын

Where did you learn that??

@savvybuilds 3 ай бұрын

You're so welcome!

@mudspringer 3 ай бұрын

OMFG that's cool!!!!!

@HaiNguyen-vu9cj 2 ай бұрын

Thank you very much.

@savvybuilds 2 ай бұрын

You are welcome!

@salimyasini3100 3 ай бұрын

GREAT

@DD-uf2uo 3 ай бұрын

Great video, very well explained. Video shots and sound are excellent. 👍 .

@savvybuilds 3 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@LawrenceLarson-ln8yy 3 ай бұрын

Call it a "tooth"

@jamesa.rodriguez8598 3 ай бұрын

That's the ticket! "A tooth"

@steamer2k319 3 ай бұрын

Using the terminology of cutting tool geometry, it's the "rake face".

@handduggraverdronline 3 ай бұрын

Lol I was going to say cutting tooth

@savvybuilds 3 ай бұрын

I love it! Thank you!

@vincezito3547 3 ай бұрын

Agreed

@danlscan 3 ай бұрын

Nice!

@savvybuilds 3 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@glennlopez6772 3 ай бұрын

Nice! When the movement of a grand piano is removed for adjustments, if a key is depressed, the hammer head gets stuck and the "shaft" gets broken. Better replaced than glued! No piano expert service man has gotten away with out such damage. The dowl shown her looks like the same size of the piano "thing"!

@KrazyKrafter 3 ай бұрын

That's just nuts.

@6ftS 3 ай бұрын

very clever indeed. Thanks for this great tip. oak dowels incoming...

@savvybuilds 3 ай бұрын

I haven't tried hard wood yet, let me know how it goes!

@survidmt 3 ай бұрын

Good you showing how you just "tried" many variations. Trial and error method, yeah it's not exactly computer modeling simulation testing. But more fun and you get real outcomes immediately. Besides even stuff designed the complex way, has to be built and tested.

@savvybuilds 3 ай бұрын

Thanks! Trial and error is my style! Get er done!