I recently had an experience which I think is worthy of mention. I had built a substantial front door for our house in Kelowna about twelve years ago. The stock is 1-3/4 inches thick, and the material is alder. The design is 100% dowel construction. The door faces due south, and for several hours per …Read More
Strength of Dowel Joint Construction in Twelve Year Old Front Door
By Mike Lindsay
Domino vs. Dowelmax Dowel Jig System
By Jim Lindsay
From our UK Distributor after attending the Harrowgate Woodworking Show in the UK, November 18, 2016 Hi Jim We did the Harrogate show, lots of interest and a few sales, which is what I anticipated. I have always felt that we are not in competition with other doweling jigs but with mortising systems i.e. Domino, chisel …Read More
Double and Triple Row Multiple Dowel Joints
By Mike Lindsay
We are starting a series of updates to our Incredible Woodworking Joints page that will include a video demonstration by Jim of the joint construction. This week features double and triple row multiple dowel joints. These types of wood joints are sufficiently strong that we consider them overkill for most applications, however we have customers that have used them …Read More
