Donate 6mm dowels to help Bike Area, anyone?

#1

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Hi folks! We’re looking for a dozen or so wooden dowels for the bike area pegboard project, and I thought I’d ask here before making a trip to the hardware shop. If anyone has any spare dowels they’d be willing to donate, it’d be a huge help! The holes are 1/4” (6mm), so anything in that width would be ideal.

Honestly, it’s less about the cost and more about saving time on the errand. So, if you’ve got a few lying around, I’d be incredibly grateful and it’d save me a trip! Thanks in advance!

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#2

As an alternative, dowels for the pegboard could also be 3D printed - it would only be a few grams. As I understand it, there’s filament that free for techs to use.

#3

I dont mind cycling over to Toolstation for some dowels, and maybe I could get the rivets at the same time.

#4

Thanks that would be great. The blocker on the rivets is that we only need 8 or so, so buying a box isn’t needed.

#5

Lathe area red metal box third drawer down

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#6

Or there is a dowel maker in the cupboard under the mitre saw where the domino sticks are

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#7

Thanks but only 10mm dowels there.

#8

Thank you but 8mm is the smallest size it makes. :+1:

#9

I have left 10 x 6x30mm dowels in the peg board. They are very loose, so I will bring some 8mm dowels in too to see where it goes from there.

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#10

That’s what imperial does to people, holes are 6.35 :rofl:

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#11

Thanks @Riggerz. I was planning on hot gluing 6mm dowels anyway, so your kindness is greatly appreciated :+1:

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#12

If it can happen at NASA it can happen here.

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#13

:rofl:

Could never imagine that I would be dreaming of varnishing dowels!

Hot glue saves me the job!