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I am working on my paduak Mando and I would like to use that material for the fretboard dots . I have searched several places and came up empty . Does anyone make padauk Dowels or Plug/plug cutters ?

Any Suggestions would be appreciated . Last resort is try and hand cut them .

Would like to get to 1/8"

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The Taking Of Offense Is the Life Course Of The Stupid One !
Wanna Leave a Better Planet for our Kids? How about Working on BETTER KIDS for our Planet !
Forgiveness is the ability to accept an apology that you will probably NEVER GET
The truth will set you free , But FIRST, it will probably Piss you Off !
Creativity is allowing yourself to make Mistakes, Art is knowing which ones to Keep !
The Saddest thing anyone can do , is push a Loyal Person to the point that they Dont Care Anymore
Never met a STRONG person who had an EASY past !
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There are some drill bits you could use to FB dots... like this...
http://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/page.aspx?p=42292&cat=1,180,42288&ap=1

Or you could use a lathe to get a round from a square block...
Or take a sqare block, drill a hole at the end, CA glue a metal rod there. Put it in your press drill. And slowly round it by place a sanding block 90° on the spinning piece By the way, it's not a joke. I did it few times. It worked. It works great also when you want to rectify a curved dowel or to reduce his widht.

Francis

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Thanks for the link, problem is I want to get to 1/8" or 3/16" and they stop at 3/8" I have looked at these ,or at least the amana ones , since I am an amana dealer . Seems no one goes as small as im looking for .

And yes I have thought of the other aproaches , Looked over my lathe and hand cutting ideas, was wanting to find easier route if possible first . Apparently that may not exhist lol

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The Taking Of Offense Is the Life Course Of The Stupid One !
Wanna Leave a Better Planet for our Kids? How about Working on BETTER KIDS for our Planet !
Forgiveness is the ability to accept an apology that you will probably NEVER GET
The truth will set you free , But FIRST, it will probably Piss you Off !
Creativity is allowing yourself to make Mistakes, Art is knowing which ones to Keep !
The Saddest thing anyone can do , is push a Loyal Person to the point that they Dont Care Anymore
Never met a STRONG person who had an EASY past !
http://wiksnwudwerks.blogspot.com/
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you can make dowels with a simple procedure . drill this size you want through a piece of steel . then a size larger letting the original hole about .030 short of going through . cut your self a square and cut them about 1 inch long and pound them through the plate . You can get serviceable dowels this way.

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Great idea !! Someone buy that man a beer !!

Thanks for the idea !

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The Shallower the depth of the stream , The Louder the Babble !
The Taking Of Offense Is the Life Course Of The Stupid One !
Wanna Leave a Better Planet for our Kids? How about Working on BETTER KIDS for our Planet !
Forgiveness is the ability to accept an apology that you will probably NEVER GET
The truth will set you free , But FIRST, it will probably Piss you Off !
Creativity is allowing yourself to make Mistakes, Art is knowing which ones to Keep !
The Saddest thing anyone can do , is push a Loyal Person to the point that they Dont Care Anymore
Never met a STRONG person who had an EASY past !
http://wiksnwudwerks.blogspot.com/
http://www.facebook.com/groups/GatewayA ... rAssembly/

You can buy 1/4inch plug cutters. I have one. For the small side markers make a square rod of your chosen wood about the size of a pencil and then stick the end in a good pencil sharpener. Drill your side marker holes any size you want. place the sharpened now round ended rod in hole mark a little long, saw, resharpen, etc.

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Another excellent idea !! Thanks everyone ! Love this forum !!

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The Shallower the depth of the stream , The Louder the Babble !
The Taking Of Offense Is the Life Course Of The Stupid One !
Wanna Leave a Better Planet for our Kids? How about Working on BETTER KIDS for our Planet !
Forgiveness is the ability to accept an apology that you will probably NEVER GET
The truth will set you free , But FIRST, it will probably Piss you Off !
Creativity is allowing yourself to make Mistakes, Art is knowing which ones to Keep !
The Saddest thing anyone can do , is push a Loyal Person to the point that they Dont Care Anymore
Never met a STRONG person who had an EASY past !
http://wiksnwudwerks.blogspot.com/
http://www.facebook.com/groups/GatewayA ... rAssembly/