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Towel Rack

comments (2) March 13th, 2010 in Reader's Gallery

Troutrx Troutrx, member
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I made this towel rack out of black walnut.  It is finished with semi-gloss polyurethane.  I had difficulty finding a walnut dowel and I tried turning one with limited succes.  I found a mahogany dowel and stained it to match the walnut.  No one has been able to tell that it is made of different wood.


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Troutrx Troutrx writes: Thanks for the comment. Since this project I have learned of the router trick to make dowels. My dad has used it and it worked great.
Posted: 11:15 am on March 15th

4545 4545 writes: Looks like a fine match. If you want to next time you can run a square length of stock past a round over bit on your router table. Turn the piece four times, obviously, and of course leave some untouched on both ends to stabilize the piece. Naturally you're limited by the size of your bit, but maybe a half inch radius would have worked here. But your way worked great--real nice piece.
Posted: 8:27 pm on March 14th

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