Wooden Dowel Pins 6mm x 40mm Fluted Wood Dowels Rods, Approx 1/4 x 1.6 inch, Made of Hardwood, 200 Pcs

Perfect

Did work for where I needed them

The 6mm X 40 mm fluted wooden dowel Pins from Axe Sickle are a great product at a great price. Im thrilled theyre made from a hardwood. For what its worth. Im planning on using them to make mushroom spawning plugs. Looking forward to seeing how the mushroom mycelium colonizes these hardwood dowels and the way they perform when inoculating logs.

Basically, these wood dowels are crap. I drilled a 0.375 (3/8) hole in all my work piece anticipating to receive these 3/8 Dowels and finish up quickly. Instead I could see right off they did not fit. They measured 0.390 instead. I can not recommend this brand to any serious wood workers. These are sub standard. Id ask for my money back but I had to finish and found a 0.390 to finish - HOWEVER, the drill was not for wood and made a mess of the holes. After a lot of sanding it was passable. NOT HAPPY !! I threw the rest out. No sense in working with parts that do not meet specifications. Maybe somebody needs to find a hole chart to realize 3/8 = 0.375.

I ordered the 1/4 inch. The dowels measure no more than 15/64. The fluting is almost imperceptible. They did not work at all as a joint connector.

a lot of usees dont know when persay cheap handy thats it in a nut shell

I drilled 3/8 holes and they were so tight they were cracking the wood. They are 1/32 bigger than 3/8. I had to sand them all down to fit.

Thought theyd be stronger

Using these for gourmet mushroom log inoculation, perfect amount, great deal.

I just got these dowels in and they are marginally larger than what I expected. However they are useable by tapping them in with a plastic hammer. Otherwise they seem to be standard dowel pins.