Birch Wood Dowels 5/8" x 48" (Box of 100)

Great quality dowels. Definitely Birch, based on my woodworking experience.Of the 100 (ordered & received), all were acceptable based on the advertised specifications.I'm using these as handles for insect collecting nets & needed a minimum of 50 @ 4' long that passed my straightness test = when laid on a flat surface & pressed down & rolled at one end, the other end should not raise by > 1/4" from the reference surface. 63 passed this test. Of the rest, 23 barely failed, and will be perfect for slightly shorter handles. Almost all of these did not show a consistent bowing, but rather a sort of kink usually within 1' from an end. Wood is wood & such things are to be expected. The remaining 14 had minor, but solid, knots or irregular/diagonal grain in spots that suggested weak spots to me. Again, these will be perfectly usable for shorter handles & wood is wood & such things are to be expected.All of the dowels seem to have been made from very straight 1/4 sawn wood such that the growth rings are quite parallel to the dowel cross section & quite perpendicular to the long dowel axis. Just what is wanted for handles/strength. COOL!Likely all I received would be just fine for bug net handles, but I'm a bit of a perfectionist.VERY PLEASED!Only criticism - all the dowels measure consistently at ~0.635" (+/- ~0.008") ie, a bit bigger than 5/8". Far better than being a bit small. Does mean extra hand fettling on my part to get things to fit properly though. Likely not an issue for most folks.Shipping took ~1 week from online order placement to delivery at my door. No extra courrier/customs/brokerage charges.Again, Very pleased!

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