# STL319: You make your own dowels?

- Show: [Shop Talk Live](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live)
- Published: 2024-06-28
- Length: 1h 07m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2024-06-28-stl319-you-make-your-own-dowels
- Listen: https://shoptalklive.podcast.static.taunton.com/stl319-you-make-your-own-dowels

## Summary

Fine Woodworking editors Ben, Mike, and Phil Huber discuss woodworking techniques, including the pros and cons of store-bought versus shop-made dowels, the use of loose tenon joinery with Domino tools, and whether CAD software like SketchUp and Fusion can replace full-size mockups in furniture design. They also share favorite tools and techniques, such as using a hand brace and the value of 'figuring it out' during commission work.

## Chapters

- [0:07](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2024-06-28-stl319-you-make-your-own-dowels#t=7) Introduction and England Woodworking Tour
- [13:42](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2024-06-28-stl319-you-make-your-own-dowels#t=822) Loose Tenon Joinery and Domino Tools
- [23:19](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2024-06-28-stl319-you-make-your-own-dowels#t=1399) Store-Bought vs. Shop-Made Dowels
- [37:02](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2024-06-28-stl319-you-make-your-own-dowels#t=2222) CAD vs. Full-Size Mockups in Design
- [56:21](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2024-06-28-stl319-you-make-your-own-dowels#t=3381) Favorite Tool: Hand Brace
- [1:01:58](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2024-06-28-stl319-you-make-your-own-dowels#t=3718) Favorite Technique: Figuring It Out

## Topics

- [Industrial & consumer product design](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/industrial-design)
- [Materials & manufacturing processes](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/materials-and-processes)
- [Fabrication & craft](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/fabrication-and-craft)
- [EDA & CAD tools](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/eda-and-cad-tools)

## Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

## Mentioned

- Rick Steves (other)
- Victoria and Albert Museum (other)
- SketchUp (tool)
- Fusion (tool)
- Illustrator (tool)
- Domino (product)
- McMaster-Carr (company)
- Tim Coleman (other)
- James Krenov (other)

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- [Episode 064: Pat the bushes of my brain](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2016-03-25-episode-064-pat-the-bushes-of-my-brain) (Making It)
- [Making It #010: If it looks straight….](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2015-02-26-making-it-010-if-it-looks-straight) (Making It)
- [Episode 60: Don’t match your socks](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2016-02-26-episode-60-dont-match-your-socks) (Making It)
- [Episode 332: Plywood is good](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2021-11-27-episode-332-plywood-is-good) (Making It)
- [Episode 035: 47,793 unread messages](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2015-09-04-episode-035-47-793-unread-messages) (Making It)

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