Exploring 5.9L Cummins engine Killer Dowel Pin failure. What it is, why it happens, how to fix or prevent it.

If you don't know what the dowel pin does, it's inserted into the block to keep the timing gear housing lined up with the engine. In the noted Cummins builds, the pin is not secured on either side ...

Connecting thin pieces of wood together is easy with dowels, which make strong joints. But lining them up can be a tricky process. Make this dowel jig for drilling accurate holes.

After years of development, the Swedish design behemoth's new wedge dowel makes for sturdier, less wasteful, and longer lasting furniture.

Trying to eyeball the exact center of anything is a bad idea, especially when you’re working with dowels. This DIY dowel center finder is cheap and easy to make, and works like a charm.

Ikea's introduction of a wooden wedge dowel not only helps improve the construction experience, it makes the furniture more durable.

My Thorp T-18 is a project that one person began and another continued-including the rudder build-before it came to me. Looking over the rudder, I now wonder why the builders before me apparently ...