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LolaMcMuffin
04-25-2013, 02:56 PM
...where does everyone buy the wooden dowels from for the Ikea platforms? My local B&Q only has a pack of 25 and they seem quite expensive for so few! I'm going to Ikea soon, and want to make the platform for Luna's cage!

Stockannette
04-25-2013, 03:43 PM
I think I remember someone saying they got one long dowel and cut it down or had it cut at the hardware store? I could be wrong, though.

Nikkigrace
04-25-2013, 03:56 PM
200, 8mm x 40mm FLUTED HARDWOOD WOODEN DOWEL PIN FOR WOODWORKING | eBay (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/200-8mm-x-40mm-FLUTED-HARDWOOD-WOODEN-DOWEL-PIN-FOR-WOODWORKING-/200680883634?pt=UK_DIY_Material_Nails_Fixing_MJ&hash=item2eb98345b2&clk_rvr_id=472415794344)

This might be of some use to you :D

newcastlemam
04-25-2013, 04:02 PM
I think I remember someone saying they got one long dowel and cut it down or had it cut at the hardware store? I could be wrong, though.

You are correct lol I bought one long one and cut it down but alot of people have bought larger quantities from ebay xx

kimlck
04-25-2013, 04:05 PM
screwfix do bag of 100 for £3.29,

Nikkigrace
04-25-2013, 04:05 PM
The seller of the dowels in the link I posted above, sells them in larger and smaller quantities too if you look at his other items for sale :D

GhostsInSnow
04-25-2013, 04:39 PM
I got mine from the same person Nikki posted. They sent them out super quick and if you're doing an exact copy of the shelf in Nikki's thread, there's enough dowels in a pack to do two shelves

Queen Of The High Teas
04-25-2013, 04:42 PM
This place is brilliant, cost me £12 for 1000 dowels and postage:)

Silverline Dowels 8mm x 40mm - 200 Pack (http://www.transtools.co.uk/hand-tools/woodworking-tools/biscuits-dowels-and-connector-bolts/silverline-dowels-8mm-x-40mm-200-pack)

You won't get better than £1.70 for 200:p. I ran out with the last lot and had to go the local hardware shop, where they charged 60p for a pack of just six dowels:shock:

GhostsInSnow
04-25-2013, 05:36 PM
I ran out with the last lot and had to go the local hardware shop, where they charged 60p for a pack of just six dowels:shock:
WHAT???????/ That's extortionate xD

LolaMcMuffin
04-26-2013, 01:56 PM
Wow, thats great! Thank you! And I love how nobody thought it was a random question! I asked a work colleague yesterday and he gave me a weird "Why on earth do you want that many for?" look!

Queen Of The High Teas
04-27-2013, 06:23 AM
WHAT???????/ That's extortionate xD

I know:( I wasn't going to pay that, but I ran short of the last 50, and didn't want to wait for postage again, so I bought the last nine packs they had. This was after I'd already bought a thousand, ran out and ordered another 400:shock:

Wow, thats great! Thank you! And I love how nobody thought it was a random question! I asked a work colleague yesterday and he gave me a weird "Why on earth do you want that many for?" look!

Lol, I know, I love how on here no-one thinks their weird questions! You should have seen the look on the guy in the builders shop, when I told him there was no point in me buying a whole length to cut down, as I needed about 400:p. He must have wondered what on earth I was building!!:mad:

And that was nothing compared to the lady in the hardware store who I asked for twelve sink strainers:p