wooden dowels

Round furniture connectors

Wooden dowels are cylindrical rods of wood, typically sold in standard diameters and lengths.

They serve as fasteners in furniture joinery, where matching holes in two pieces receive a glued dowel to create a strong bond.

Craft stores sell them for projects ranging from model-building to closet rods: She cut wooden dowels to make curtain rods for the playhouse.

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joinery · mortise and tenon · birch · oak · cylindrical · glue · holes · drill · drill press · carpentry · furniture · furniture assembly · shelving · hardwood flooring · crafts · craft supplies · tenon · alignment

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fastening mechanism

wooden dowelsscrews

Threaded metal fasteners

nails · bolts · wood screws · machine screws · rivets

material composition

wooden dowelssteel rods

Cylindrical metal lengths

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G