/diy/ - Do It Yourself

[Anonymous No.1645552]

How do I attach a wooden dowel to the end of a plank? The plank weighs 2.5 kg and needs to be thrown. I tried pic related but the dowel cracks. I don't have a drillbit wide enough to make a hole for the dowel. Please help

[Anonymous No.1645554]

>>1645552
>needs to be thrown.

elaborate.

oh and by the way, your first attempt was awesome.

[Anonymous No.1645555]

>>1645554
It's a reenactment anti tank grenade

[Anonymous No.1645557]

>>1645552
what's the diameter of the dowel?

[Anonymous No.1645559]

>>1645557
3 cm, pine

[Anonymous No.1645560]

>>1645559
Just buy the right sized forstner bit?

[Anonymous No.1645564]

>>1645552
You can drill smaller hole and shape the dowel tip with knife. Maybe upto 50%, too small and the end snaps. And use wood glue.

[Anonymous No.1645565]

Square the end of the dowel, say an inch from the end. Cut a channel into the board to that same depth. Install dowel, drill hole through board with installed dowel, install screw

[Anonymous No.1645569]

Ok /diy/udes I came up with this. (With screws in place of nails ofc)

[Anonymous No.1645573]

>>1645569
>how to split wood.jpg

[Anonymous No.1645574]

>>1645569
>Ok /diy/udes I came up with this. (With screws in place of nails ofc)

ouch.

instead of buying a lot of crap, can you add a smaller board on either side to reinforce the joint? something narrow enough to strap to the dowel with cord or whatever, that is wider up on the board so you can screw or nail to the board? butting it like your two pics is just not the best approach.

[Anonymous No.1645586]

>>1645569
Bad idea/10

[Anonymous No.1645594]

>>1645552
make the "plank" bit out of expanded poly foam.

[Anonymous No.1645602]

>>1645552
>drill out the appropriate diameter hole in the plank
>put dowel in
>drill small cross-hole
>remove dowel
>apply glue
>re-insert dowel
>insert smaller dowel into cross-hole

[Anonymous No.1645606]

>>1645552
Lap joint with grove into the plank. Insert the dowel. Glue. Drill pilot holes, install screws.

>I don't have a drillbit wide enough
Make one.

[Anonymous No.1645665]

>>1645552
Hole saw?

[Anonymous No.1645667]

>>1645665
He'd be better with a forstner bit

[Anonymous No.1645673]

>>1645552
its essential a wooden hammer, just drill a damn hole and glue it in

[Anonymous No.1645726]

>>1645594
Not heavy enough to be realistic

[Anonymous No.1645750]

Drill a hole in the plank, put some glue in the hole, insert dowel into hole, let set.

If you look at how similar joints are made (eg, a mallet or shaker-style chair) you'll see that that this method works great.

Or, drill a hole in the end of the dowel, and one in the plank, and insert/glue a smaller metal dowel in between them.


The first option is better but requires a larger drill bit. A cheap spade bit from the hardware store would work fine.

Either of these methods will look much better and be much stronger than a pile of janky screws or brackets.

[Anonymous No.1645760]

drill a hole into the block to fit the handle
depth of hole should be 1-1/2 to 2 times the diameter of the handle
check for proper fit
use thin kerf saw to split the end of the handle to 90% of the depth of the hole
insert wedge 'just barely into split'
insert handle -wedge first- into hole
drive handle fully into hole
the bottom of the hole will drive wedge into split
use glue with the wedge for extra secure hold

[Anonymous No.1645813]

>>1645606

>that pic

thanks I was wondering how I could make my own drill bits

[Anonymous No.1645822]

>>1645552
If you replaced the screwed on straps with pipe clamps it would probably work assuming the screws in the bracket going into the plank are sturdy enough. Buying a 3cm drill bit so you can just glue it in would be best though.

[Anonymous No.1645843]

>>1645667
Bingo. Close the thread.