MORE DOWEL REMOVAL
A great way of pulling precision dowels without damaging them, is to make a collared spud that slip fits into the dowel. Then, use a collet type dowel pin puller. The spud will allow the collet to clamp down without collapsing the dowel. We use this method in the locked quill of the milling machine on some rods with dowels. They generally slip out with just a little twisting and even downward pressure. This has been very helpful with doweled import main girdles and rods where the pins are hard to replace.
Ron Flood
Cedar Machine
North Branch, MN
SEPTEMBER, 2023
