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Use small brads as dowel centers.
AMERICAN WOODWORKER #14 May-Jun 1990 pg. 8

Modify a sturdy spoon to remove tight-fitting dowel centers.
AMERICAN WOODWORKER #18 Jan-Feb 1991 pg. 14

Using finish nails as dowel centers for any size of dowel.
AMERICAN WOODWORKER #38 May-Jun 1994 pg. 26

Tip: How to find the center of a dowel using a straightedge.
CANADIAN WORKSHOP Apr 1986 (v.9#7) pg. 6
Added Info CANADIAN WORKSHOP Jun 1986 (v.9#9) pg. 11
Added Info CANADIAN WORKSHOP Sep 1986 (v.9#12) pg. 12

Make a jig for finding the center on any diameter dowel.
CANADIAN WORKSHOP May 1997 (v.20#8) pg. 30

Shop made wooden jig for locating center of any dowel.
FAMILY HANDYMAN #355 Feb 1995 (v.45#2) pg. 14

Low-tech jig for marking dowel holes when making cabinet face frames.
FAMILY HANDYMAN #363 Nov 1995 (v.45#10) pg. 12

Tip describes how to use BBs to make dents in wood for centering dowels.
FAMILY HANDYMAN #382 Oct 1997 (v.47#9) pg. 30

Tip on using ball bearings to mark the centers for dowel joints.
FINE WOODWORKING #87 Mar-Apr 1991 pg. 14
Added Info FINE WOODWORKING #90 Sep-Oct 1991 pg. 4

Center finder for dowels combines a metal dowel-centering pin with a dowel-size hole drilled in a scrap board.
FINE WOODWORKING #131 Jul-Aug 1998 pg. 14

Simple wooden jig to find the center of standard size dowels.
POPULAR MECHANICS Feb 1978 (v.149#2) pg. 38L

A modified staple remover facilitates pulling snug-fitting dowel centers.
POPULAR WOODWORKING #54 May 1990 (v.9#6) pg. 10

Simple jig for locating the exact center of a round dowel.
POPULAR WOODWORKING #56 Sep 1990 (v.10#2) pg. 8

Tip on locating dowel holes in a companion piece using carbon paper and split-shot fish sinkers.
POPULAR WOODWORKING #67 Jul 1992 (v.12#1) pg. 8

Tip tells how to make a jig for accurately finding the centers of the ends of dowel rods.
POPULAR WOODWORKING #90 May 1996 (v.16#2) pg. 10

Tip: Technique for locating the exact center of a dowel.
WOOD MAGAZINE #11 Jun 1986 (v.3#3) pg. 89

Tip: Use a Forstner bit and a scrap piece of wood to locate the exact center of a dowel.
WOOD MAGAZINE #31 Oct 1989 (v.6#5) pg. 16

Simple jig for marking the exact center of a dowel.
WOOD MAGAZINE #77 Feb 1995 (v.12#2) pg. 6

Jig punches a perfectly-centered mark in the end of a standard-size dowel. It is also labeled to show the diameter of an unknown dowel.
WOOD MAGAZINE #145 Nov 2002 (v.19#7) pg. 38

Simple jig to mark the center point on the end of a dowel.
WOODSMITH #33 May-Jun 1984 pg. 3

Simple drill press jig for locating the exact center of a dowel and/or drilling a hole in the exact center of a dowel.
WOODSMITH #34 Jul-Aug 1984 pg. 3

Using cut-off wire brads to mark dowel hole centers.
WOODSMITH #89 Oct 1993 (v.15) pg. 5

Jig for locating and marking the center of common dowels.
WOODSMITH #92 Apr 1994 (v.16) pg. 5

Dowel center remover made from a strip of heavy-gauge tin.
WOODWORK #25 Feb 1994 pg. 14

Jig for centermarking the ends of a dowel.
WOODWORKER'S JOURNAL May-Jun 1995 (v.19#3) pg. 12

Parallel ruler device for marking a center line along the length of a dowel.
WOODWORKING TODAY #23 Jul 1991 pg. 49

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