First Alignment Dowel Fitting
Entry posted by Ian J.
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So the first dowel fitting didn't quite work well enough. I used small blobs of epoxy to try and hold the back sides of the dowel parts to the recess in the plywood end, but its hold on the metal is just to fragile. The parts moved and the end result is a 1mm error. I can use sheets of paper built up in layers to raise track on the 'lower' side for this join, but I need to have a different glue of some kind to hold the dowel parts properly for future joins. I'm now thinking of Original Gorilla Glue as that has a filling nature, though it needs moisture to activate. Alternatively, I'm wondering if 'No More Nails' could be put in and the dowel part pressed into it, filling the area around such that it stops any up/down/left/right movement, even if it doesn't grip the metal of the dowel properly. I will need to experiment.
Forstner bit and drilled recesses in board 5:
Dowel parts in board 9:
Two boards together, held with clamp:
'Top' of boards in position:
Side of boards, showing alignment smooth with no error while exposy glue is hardening:
Side of boards with dowels screwed into place, showing boards out of alignment (slight offset of camera):
Side of boards with dowels screwed into place, showing boards out of alignment (camera exactly positioned for top surface):
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