FF is going to make GRAIN tomorrow on a lathe with some real tools
Good dowels are hard to find now-adays the one's to stay away from are the darker one's that look kinda like oak..those are the air dried one's and the moisture content is way up there and they are hard to keep paint on because they have open cells that spit air out.
Downs and Reader has decent hardwood stuff as do some of the other distributors.