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TreeSeeker
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"on the square dowels"
As I was reading the thread about using "dowels" for shelf brackets, I wondered why anyone would want to use a round rod for a bracket. In the previous message, I saw the reference to "square dowels" and then looked up dowels in both Wikipedia and dictionary.com and they define dowels as "solid cylindrical rods." However, I do see "square dowels" listed in Google search results, so apparently someone decided to change the definition of "dowel." I thought I would point this out for others who may have been confused about this also.
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HedoTravelers
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TreeSeeker wrote:"on the square dowels"
As I was reading the thread about using "dowels" for shelf brackets, I wondered why anyone would want to use a round rod for a bracket. In the previous message, I saw the reference to "square dowels" and then looked up dowels in both Wikipedia and dictionary.com and they define dowels as "solid cylindrical rods." However, I do see "square dowels" listed in Google search results, so apparently someone decided to change the definition of "dowel." I thought I would point this out for others who may have been confused about this also.
I too was envisioning someone using a round "dowel" for a shelf support. I assumed they used the wrong word for what they really meant since using a "dowel" wouldn't make much sense.
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TMBLSN
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Where was the reference to square dowels?
Someone mentioned using dowels as a measuring jig. How many pages ago was the 'square dowel' reference? You need to tell us what you are referring to, there have been over 1,800 posts in this thread.
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TreeSeeker
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"Where was the reference to square dowels?"
It was the last post on page 180 by WBROWN62.
The last few pages are all discussing the mounting of shelves using dowels.
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TreeSeeker wrote:
...It was the last post on page 180 by WBROWN62...
A forum tip; page numbers depend on your personal settings. You can choose how many posts are on a page so for me this thread is currently 91 pages long.
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"A forum tip; page numbers depend on your personal settings."
OK, the posting I was referring to was two posts before my post about the square dowels.
I am seeing 181 pages.
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dalenoel
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TreeSeeker wrote:"on the square dowels"
...so apparently someone decided to change the definition of "dowel." I thought I would point this out for others who may have been confused about this also.
Amazon does sell a commercially available part called 'Square Hardwood Dowel' so I think this is just a use of the word 'Dowel' that is not familiar to everyone.
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Anyone wanna buy some square circles? 
Jusk kidding! Yup, it certainly appears that the retail world sells square dowels. 
Remember, I'll get ya a deal on those square circles!
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tedrowan
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From Dictionary.com.....dowels don't have to be round. They just have to be pegs in holes. Who knew. Not me.
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