Pre-Glued Dowel Pins

How to use Pre-Glued Dowel Pins

Simply replace your glue with water, and your dowels with our pre-glued pins. It's that easy!

If you are using Automatic Inserting Equipment:
1. Clean and drain all glue from your glue systems and inserting nozzle. (It is
recommended that you flush the system out with hot water to thoroughly flush out all glue.)
2. Replace glue with water and lower pot pressure to compensate for water viscosity.
(Note: on stationary inserting equipment some adjustment may be necessary to the
injection nozzles.)
4. Adjust machine for proper "hole to dowel depth" if necessary - see below for more information
5. After use, no flushing or cleaning of the water system is needed, simply refill water when necessary.

If you are Hand Doweling, or for Final Assembly of Components:
1. The most common water application methods are: a spray mist type bottle, a standard squeeze bottle with a very small hole in the tip, or a pressure pot system.
a) For spray mist type bottle adjust the nozzle to a fine mist - hole next to hole and spray one or two shots in the hole, then insert dowel.
b) For squeeze type bottle fill hole approximately one third to one half water, depending on the species of wood.
c) For pressure pot system, lower pot pressure to between 5-10 PSI and adjust the gun nozzle to a very small open time.  Fill hole approximately one third to one half with water, depending on the species of wood.

Helpful Hints
1. Hole to Dowel Depth
For a superior dowel joint, the proper hole to dowel depth is a must. This is true whether you are using pre-glued dowels  or conventional plain pin and glue system. The total of hole depth should never exceed more than approximately 5/64" or 2mm more than the pin's length.
2. Pin Diameter to Hole Diameter
When using pre-glued fluted pins, it is very important to drill holes that are .002" to .005"smaller than the pin so that the glue in the valley of the pin reaches the hole wall.

NOTE: For high stress applications (like chair backs) it is recommended to use plain pins and glue.