Bamboo skewers as 5mm dowels. Any good? @matthiaswandel

MatthiasWandel | Bamboo skewers as 5mm dowels. Any good? @matthiaswandel | Uploaded 2 years ago | Updated 4 days ago
Looking into using 5 mm thick bamboo shish kabob skewers as dowels, testing strength and how well they hold glued into a hole. These don't cost very much so are a good alternative to using dowels.

More about using dowels at: http://woodgears.ca/dowel

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