Phil Jamison asked about dowels for a reed organ. I do not know of a
source for these. In restoring a stack I needed dowels that measured
a metric diameter. I bought dowels that were close but oversize to the
ones I needed. Then, I took a piece of steel and drilled a series of
consecutively smaller holes in it. I filed the top surface of the
steel to make sure I had a sharp edge on at the top of each hole.
I pulled the dowel through each hole until I reduced the diameter to
the size required. The job came out very well. I would suggest buying
a reamer from MSC for the final hole because twist drills sometimes do
not make perfectly round holes in the steel.
Paul Manganaro
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