DIY Dremel Flex Shaft Stand

Step 4 Choose your Dowel

You'll need to use a dowel that will fit snugly in your base. And I can't remember if it is tubing or pipe whose diameter is taken from its inside diameter (ID), so you'll need to measure the ID of your base. You can do this with a measuring tape or a pair of calipers. Or you can just take the pipe nipple over to the dowel rod area and see which one has the best fit.

Now my brain fart occurred when I bought the dowel. I just said "That sounds close enough" instead of doing the decimal to fraction conversion. I ended up buying a dowel that was a little too big. Once I realized my error I decided to sand it down to make it fit. I did this until it got tedious and then said "Ah screw it! I can just pound the fucker in with a mallet!" So that's what I did. Then I realized it wasn't going to come back out. Which is when I realized that I had meant for the dowel to be removable. This is when I said "SHIT!" and cursed my impatience/laziness.