Advantages
- Offers superior joinery strength, easy and quick application, and time-honored appearance.
- Logical alternative to mortise and tenon, bind dowels, biscuits, and other methods of natural joinery.
Advantages of Miller Dowels Over Pins & Pegs
- Easy fit within the pilot hole.
- Square dowels and debris penetration.
- Tapered dowels and the wedge shape.
- Pin dowels and vertical fluting plus withdrawal strength.
A Comparison of Miller Dowels & Screws
- Solid wood joinery is stronger and more durable but has drawbacks.
- Screws are largely used out of convenience rather than as a stronger alternative to true joinery.
- There are inherent problems with screws, especially with MDF.
Miller Dowel – Easier Solid Wood Joinery
- Faster, simpler, and stronger construction.
- All other methods of natural joinery require independent machining of two different components before joining.
- The only natural fastener/method of joinery that enters from the outside.