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.

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!

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

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.

sempre muito eficiente e funcional. Parabéns.

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

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

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

Even one of your simplest videos is genius.

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

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.

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

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

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

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!

watching you do that is therapeutic :)

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

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.

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. 👍👍

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.

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

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.

Very amazing! Thank you for your video :)

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

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.

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

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!

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Excellent, pure genius. Thank you.

that was fantastic matt.

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

Bardzo dobry pomysł, super robota, pozrawiam

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

I love your work great stuff

Your ingenuity knows no bounds!

Great video thanks for putting these together!

Genio! Me encantó el video, muy bueno!

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

This is genius! Thank you for the tip!

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

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

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.

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

muito bom , parabéns.(gooood).

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

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

Thank U! Very helpful! Good Luck!

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

thanks man been needing this info for a while.

buenísimo video. felicitaciones maestro.

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

Excelente meu irmão, parabéns

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.

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.

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.

Absolutely genius video...thank you. X

This is just brilliant!

Buing dowels is easy and not expensive. Finding good quality dowels, however, can be very time consuming. Most dowels at home center are very poor quality and accuracy.

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

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

Que interesante, te felicito por ese ingeniosa invento.

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

This is like the most Genius thing I have ever seen

You are my wood working hero.

Oke. I like your work. I am from indonesia

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

I make a renovation of cot for my baby right now and after yours videos i make dowels for side walls. Thanks for inspiration :) PS Matthias, I'm not experienced in woodworking, so can you tell me what kind of finishing can I use to be sure that is safe for kids and gives nice effect?

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?

Muito bom seu Mathias, Gostei da ideia. Parabéns

coolest thing ive ever seen. EVER!

Thanks for sharing. Great video and excellent work.

Thank you for the tip, i'm gonna use it for my scale models.

Ideia genial parabéns

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

شكرا لك أستفد منك الكثير

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.

usted es un genio ! maestro muy bien

you are a genius....seriously!

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.

nota mil pra vç cara. vç e genial

Just when I was thinking "This is gonna be a pain in the rear and take forever. Why would anyone want to make dowels this way", I heard the whine of the drill, and saw the blank gliding through the dowel maker in just a few seconds. "Yeah, that would work!" Thanks for the video.

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

A sander works really well. But then the next time you want to sand something really clean, you get bits of pencil all over it! That's why I don't sharpen pencils on the sander!

The answer is: You don't. Some things, like threads on a small screw, can not be made of wood..

Boa ideia, Parabens, Minas Brazil

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