Oak

[JFigliuolo]

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Ramin is crap don't waste your money or time. Like I said plenty of places online that sell hardwood dowels such as birch maple etc. And I don't believe it's a FSC certified wood-they rape the bazoons out of the forests for the stuff....very destructive. What isn't from overseas though. Rape and pillage anything they can all for the $$.

Last I checeked HD is sellin FSC certified wood. Mostly after catching crap for not dooing it. I'm pretty sure the dowels are Eucalytus(sp). They aren't the best. But they turn well and are satifactory if sealed well. I used them when I started and they worked well. I sealed w/thinned epoxy and had zero adhesion/splitting issues.

[Rockfish9]

a word about Oak... it depends on the Tree... red oak, is extremly pourus with a heavy open grain and is hard to seal to keep it from splitting... white oak is often used in the marine industy to make pilings, the stuff never rots and is considerably less porous...seal it well and it will work for darters , conrads and slope heads...

Poplar, can be used but is extremly sensitive to water... unless it is sealed well it will split like a log through a splitter..I've used it for darters that are not through drilled and utilized screw eye or eopxy pocket hard ware attachments...

Maple and birch dowels are availble at quality lumber yards,wood craft or through McMaster Carr and are a far better choice for heavier deep swimming plugs...