Finding center of a dowel side?

[hanau]

Trying to figure the best way to find the center of a side of a dowel.

Not the ends but the actual side.

Any recommendations?

 

[Paul in OKC]

What are you trying to do? If drilling, make a jig by drilling 3 equally spaced holes. Put a dowel in the two outer holes. Put across the piece you are trying to drill with one on each side and twist so the dowels come against the one to be drilled. The center hole should be on center of the dowel.
If you are dong something else, then disregard all previous instruction

 

[hanau]

Thanks Paul, that's what I am trying to do.
Thanks for the memory jog. I forgot all about doing it that way.

 

[BRobbins629]

Make a v-block to hold the dowel. Take one of your wife's credit cards and lay it on top of the dowel. Put on drill press. Lower a drill not spinning onto the credit card until the card doesn't tip one way or the other. The bit will now be on center. Clamp in place and drill.

 

[Curly]

Don't try this with your own credit card because the resulting hole will be off centre and oversized!

 

[low_48]

Center Finder, Drill Press PEC 2747 - LittleMachineShop.com

 

[KBs Pensnmore]

Make a v-block to hold the dowel. Take one of your wife's credit cards and lay it on top of the dowel. Put on drill press. Lower a drill not spinning onto the credit card until the card doesn't tip one way or the other. The bit will now be on center. Clamp in place and drill.

Is that CLAMP the wife's credit card and drill:biggrin:
Kryn