{"title":"Dowel Guides \u0026 Jigs","description":"\u003cp\u003eShop precision doweling and joinery guides designed to help create accurate, repeatable hole placement for strong woodworking joints. These tools support alignment and consistency when working with dowels and cross dowel joinery across a variety of applications.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"woodpeckers-universal-cross-dowel-jig-3076","title":"Universal Cross Dowel Jig","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c!-- x-hugerte\/html --\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eWoodpeckers Universal Cross Dowel Jig\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe trick in cross dowel joinery\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e is getting the hole for the cross dowel exactly centered with the bolt hole. That’s where Woodpeckers Universal Cross Dowel Jig comes in. By wrapping around your workpiece, you have stainless steel guide bushings on the end and the side at the same time, and they’re on exactly the same centerline. The end guide bushing directs your drill bit perfectly straight for the bolt hole and the side guide bushing does the same for the cross-dowel insertion hole. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNot only is cross dowel joinery strong,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e the joint can be put together and taken apart as many times as you like without ever loosing integrity. You can build an apartment full of furniture that all knocks down to a small stack of boards and a bag full of hardware. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOur product development staff worked hard\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e to put the “Universal” into the Universal Cross Dowel Jig. It accommodates all the cross-dowel sizes on the market, from tiny 10-24’s up to the massive 3\/8”-16tpi versions made for workbench leg stretchers. The cross-dowel position can be adjusted from 7\/8” up to 2-7\/8” from the end of the board. The bolt hole can be centered on stock from 3\/4\" up to 1-3\/4\" thick. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe hole for the cross dowel can be stopped,\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e hiding the cross dowel on the outside of the project, or drill a hole all the way through and use the cross dowel as an accent. We manufacture a line of bright-finished stainless steel cross dowels to add some style to your project. As you can tell, the design possibilities are limited only by your imagination. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Universal Cross Dowel Jig comes with guide bushings\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e for clearance of #10, 1\/4\", 5\/16\", and 3\/8\" bolts and guide bushings for 3\/8\", 1\/2\" and 5\/8\" outside diameter cross dowels. Scales for locating the bushings are graduated in both inch and metric measurements. Indicators are laser-cut into the stainless steel locating washers, making it easy to position the jig on your centerline and hit your measurements accurately.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eProtected  by US PATENT No. D878,938.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodpeckers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43459713007675,"sku":"UCDJ","price":209.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0657\/6652\/2939\/files\/universal-cross-dowel-jig_01-c.jpg?v=1777313447"},{"product_id":"cam-a-line-dowel-guide","title":"Cam-A-Line Dowel Guide","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c!-- x-hugerte\/html --\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eButt Joints, T-Joints, Miter Joints and Edge Joints on Any Stock Thickness or Size!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCam-A-Line uses a sliding cam system \u003c\/strong\u003eto maintain even spacing between 3 drill guide bushings. You can space the bushings as close as 3\/4\" center-to-center or spread them out up to 1-3\/4\" center-to-center. This spacing range lets you have an evenly spaced three-dowel array on a workpiece from 2-1\/4\" wide up to 5-1\/2\" wide. You can go narrower than 2-1\/4\" by using only 2 of the guide bushings and you can go wider than 5-1\/2\" by using groups of pins.   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe easiest way to use Cam-A-Line\u003c\/strong\u003e utilizes the engraved centerlines. Just clamp your two boards together exactly where you want them. Strike a line across the joint. Align Cam-A-Line's engraved centerline with the marks on each piece and drill your joint. The holes will line up perfectly and create a joint that rivals loose tenon or mortise and tenon joints for strength and durability. You can use the same process for miter joints, too.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhen you have stacks of similar joints\u003c\/strong\u003e to make, the stop system speeds things up, compared to using a centerline. Once your stop is set, it provides a quick physical reference to locate your work, eliminating aligning the jig to a pencil mark. You can quickly re-index the stop on the other end of the jig to drill the mirror image on your joining piece. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUsing dowels in edge-glued panels \u003c\/strong\u003ecan save hours of hand planing and sanding. The dowels keep the top surface of your panel flat, even when the sections have a little bit of twist or bow. The extension rods for the stop system let you set the spacing between dowel pins wherever you want it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLike all Woodpeckers products,\u003c\/strong\u003e the Cam-A-Line Dowel Guide is precisely machined and carefully inspected right here in our Strongsville, Ohio, facility just south of Cleveland. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodpeckers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43459760816187,"sku":"CAL-DEL","price":249.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0657\/6652\/2939\/files\/cam-a-line_24_01-b.jpg?v=1777314955"}],"url":"https:\/\/woodpeck.com\/collections\/dowel-guides-jigs.oembed","provider":"Woodpeckers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}