How to remove a broken dowel

In this video we can watch a simple woodworking trick about how to remove a broken dowel. We usuallt try how the pieces fit before we glue them, and when we use dowels sometimes they break when we dismantle the pieces. With pliers and with one screw it is very easy to remove the broken dowels if the pieces are inside the holes.

[@douglasgibb6943]

Thanks, mate. For a second I though I was gonna have to by another part for my Ikea shelf.

[@lillywalford1985]

You are literally my hero! I broke some dowels putting together a desk and thought I was done for. This worked like a charm! Thank you!

[@benedictembaididje8093]

Thanks a lot! Been trying to fix my ikea mess for an hour, your trick worked in less than 5 minutes!

[@taiedy]

Damn you are one beautiful woman!!

[@Goddessattractor]

😂 doing the same thing right now! Happy to have found this 🎉

[@helenprocessofgrowing8007]

I knew there would be an easy solution ..I just couldn't think of one myself.Thankyou for this.

[@WoodworkingwithDIYtools]

LOL, thanks for watching 😃

[@Grimlor]

Thank you so much! I thought my ikea bookcase was ruined! This works like a charm!! ❤️

[@WoodworkingwithDIYtools]

😀😀 It is very nice to see how a so simple woodworking trick can help a lot

[@merandum]

Thank you! We had a 10 year old IKEA expedit we needed to move and dismantle first. One of the dowels broke off. This tip worked perfectly the first time!

[@MondayMorningMist]

Wish I came across this video sooner before I dinged up my shelf trying to pry a dowel out 🤣 But thank you so much your method worked perfectly for me and saved me a big headache

[@twilightvista]

Thank you so much! This happened to me with an ikea bookcase and saved me so much worry and effort. Worked like a charm in seconds (and I didn't even use much strength!)

[@41stan]

Thank you so much. Wish IKEA included this trick in their booklet. Would save countless anxious moments !

[@davidf3627]

Extremely helpful. Amateur tip - a claw hammer also works well for pulling the screw and dowel out.

[@RoseyPinzon]

What a lifesaver! First time putting together Ikea furniture and stuck the dowel in the wrong hole. Was scared I was going to have to call and return the piece. Thank you!!

[@Goddessattractor]

😂🎉 seems like the title should be simple hack for ikea mess! Thanks for the tip, perfect!! 🙏

[@bluecheese3896]

Thanks so so much...I was building my ikea bookcase and put the wooden piece in the wrong hole, when I tried taking it out it broke and got stuck inside. I was sure I was gonna need to order a new shelf piece, but this was a lifesaver! Brilliant hack!

[@cokoili]

THIS IS LITERALLY HAPPENING TO ME RN EHAT DO I DO IM TOO SCARED TO DO THIS TRICK

[@billfromelma]

Hey Sergio, great tip! If the dowel still proves to be stubborn try a heat gun to loosen the glue a little. Keep up the great work!

[@billfromelma]

hummmm I'm not sure. I know heat will loosen hide glue and may work on this glue too, alls I can say is give it a try on a scrap when you get a chance.

[@raphaelbianchi]

As far as i know, most glues melt with heat.
Had an ideia, what if you insert the screw and then heat the screw touching it with a solder iron? It would heat exactly the area that needs to be heated.

[@selin3160]

You're a life saver !

[@selin3160]

I agree :)

[@kyle_3jo]

Put the dowel in the wrong hole. This helped getting it out. Thank you so much!

[@WoodworkingwithDIYtools]

Thanks for watching 🙂. This simple trick seems to be more useful that I thought

[@sqaudseven]

Thanks!!! The thumbnail was enough to help me get it out 🤣

[@Katrina-Winter]

Thank you it worked! Used the back of the hammer to remove the nail.

[@jwilson1807]

Thank you soooooo much it worked like a charm, I had tried half the day yesterday and nothing I tried work, once again Thank You, Thank You

[@otocan]

Sitting on my son's bedroom floor trying to assemble his bed, and this saved my bacon! Thank you!

[@kenjuergens664]

Thank you! Have to repair a table and you made my contemplated mess into a easy and clean solution!

[@WoodworkingwithDIYtools]

We all love simple and useful tricks 😃

[@janeywaneyheart]

You saved my life, sir. Thank you.

[@nickkey5274]

Great way to remove a dowel. Thank you for the idea. 👍🏼

[@WelshyWalshy]

You saved us with this tip.

[@xiMoshyx]

Yes mate! You absolute hero. Saved me 150 quid

[@dygitalduchess]

Omg...you are heavent sent...thank you so much for posting

[@juliarousseau2950]

I rarely comment on videos but oh my god thank you so so much!! you just saved me and my brand new ikea shelf that I thought was not salvageable 😭

[@andriet]

Thanks for the tip! Helped me with my problem

[@dyspraxicrose3307]

Thank you VERY much. So helpful!

[@shahabsaniei3288]

Hello Sergio and thank you for your smart videos!
My suggestion is that you first drill a tiny hole into the dowel, in order to avoid the dowel to become expanded.

[@nicolaspeirs363]

Thank you!!! Had success with this method when building flat pack furniture

[@sueholdener4135]

This worked! I’m so happy!

[@artart5404]

Thanks, you saved my table

[@WoodworkingwithDIYtools]

😁 Thanks for watching.

[@edbush3554]

Thank you, your instructions were easy to follow and they worked perfectly.

[@Glowingant69]

Thank you so much!

[@tess5162]

Thank you! I just tried this and it WORKED!!!

[@josephinea.bosompem2851]

YOU SAVED MEEEE !!!! THANKYOUUU SO MUCH !

[@karenvalenzuela4803]

Thank you for saving my ikea furniture! You rock!

[@hg98865]

Awesome tip, worked for me. Thanks very much!

[@AMalas]

the lever tip is genius!

[@ruthtailleur1476]

It worked on my cupboard doors. Thank you!!!

[@oceanwaves0983]

thank you this was very helpful❤

[@AffordableREI]

Thanks for this! You have amazing energy (seems very genuine and truly wants to help people). Subscribed.

[@WoodworkingwithDIYtools]

😁 Thank you very much

[@veenam.2168]

Your video is a life saver!!!
Finally i can continue my ikea assembly :)
Thank you so muchh😊

[@WoodworkingwithDIYtools]

😂 It looks like this video is helping to assemble lots of Ikea pieces of furniture. Thank for watching 🙂

[@randomstranger2579]

Worked great, thanks!

[@DarkKnight702]

I had 4 broken and stuck ,Thank you very much your video really helped 👍🏼

[@HeleneFER]

Thank you so much for sharing this valuable tip! You made my day🙏🙏🙏

[@WoodworkingwithDIYtools]

Thanks for watching Helene 🙂

[@woutdezeeuw1604]

That worked splendidly! :)

[@SaysSim0n]

Worked for my wall dowel. Thank you!

[@sarcastictechno8004]

Very useful, thanks!

[@clareoreilly9873]

Thanks, very helpful

[@CK-iz6bb]

It worked. Thanks a lot.

[@kalulu62]

Excellent video... Thanks

[@WoodworkingwithDIYtools]

Thank you very much William

[@katebostow2529]

I misplaced my dowels THREE times! Before I watched this video I used pliars with no screw on one dowel and it broke off, which is worse than splitting. For that one I hammered the rest of the dowel all the way in and used the screw as a chisel until it fell out in pieces. That improvisation took 20 minutes and was not fun. THIS method here is MUCH better.

[@hammy78102]

Thank you so much!! You are a life saver!!!

[@cardflopper3307]

Excellent video, I'll try this thanks

[@5implesimon]

Thanks this worked a treat

[@WoodworkingwithDIYtools]

Great 🙂. Thanks for watching Simon

[@1993Templar]

It worked! Thank you so much for posting this.

[@WoodworkingwithDIYtools]

LOL, it looks like a lot of people had this very same problem. It is great that this simple video is so useful 😃😃😃 Thanks for watching 👍

[@LWRaniah]

-this man might have just saved my life🙌🏾.

[@stogrady]

Thanks for this! Worked great.

[@lordfell1434]

You saved my ass! You are brilliant

[@WoodworkingwithDIYtools]

This simple woodworking trick turned out to be very useful for many people 😀

[@becybooo]

Thankyou you so much man me and my mum were stressing

[@andreabrown2805]

Thank you so much!!! I’m not a handy girl, but you made it easy! Too bad IKEA doesn’t hire you to write instructions!

[@h-hugo]

awesome tips!

[@michellekekoanui-mccane8683]

Thank you !

[@sueholdener4135]

I’m reading the comments and we are all here trying to save our ikea messes😂

[@arminrasekh9755]

Thank you so much, you really made my day!
Thank you so so so much :)

[@WoodworkingwithDIYtools]

Thanks for watching 😃. It looks like this simple woodworking trick has been very useful to a lot of people 😁

[@DubCatXero]

Thank you so much

[@lrishbride1983]

Thank you!!!!

[@TimboCanada]

Thanks! This helped me get a dowel out!

[@TashaLeow]

Thank you for the tips

[@MayaNicoleN]

I’m going to try this! I hope it works!

[@ranerinranerin8246]

Thank bro you save my money😢

[@billyu2505]

Thanks, worked for me!

[@GoBirds1007]

Thanks!

[@robbynpendrey721]

Lifesaver!

[@TMWYTM]

Wow awesome, thank you!

[@veronicabradford1683]

very interesting,i go and try now,cheers

[@veroorusa]

Thanks for this video 💕

[@guinness77100]

It worked on plastic busted pegs too!

[@Dasheble]

Thank you so much, this helped out a lot!

[@MisterStubstep]

This was amazing! Unfortunately I dug to deep so I had to just drill a new hole through the dowel 😂😅 thank you though

[@WoodworkingwithDIYtools]

That is another way to fix it 😀

[@Schenkerfan]

Thank you! I thought i completely ruined our new Kallax shelf when this happened!

[@harshalzaveri7995]

Thanks so much. What size screw should I use to remove dowels?

[@sk3lA]

😘😘😘😉😉Thank you so much

[@Valesmasters1966]

Hey Sergio, great idea!!!

[@Linearzange]

... or try using the pull plier "Linearzange", a german invention to remove wooden and plastic dowels :-)

[@cyoohoos]

Very helpful!

[@Ston3808]

Was about to just burn the house down. Thanks

[@chandrenchety2706]

Thanks bud

[@alderete74]

why didn't I watch this yesterday!!!!

[@inavt2575]

Thank you!! you saved me buddy! :D

[@mr.cheesestudios4545]

Thx soooo much dude

[@whitneysmithfox9092]

thank you!!!

[@shajingshan5199]

TY OMG

[@rubinsteinway]

Good!

[@richardallan2767]

Cheers!

[@johnsidebottom6817]

What if it is glued in?

[@lixueveaj8840]

what if that doesn't work?

[@raphaelbianchi]

Sergio, do you accept video suggestions? You'll probably have a solution to my problem and i think it would be a great video.
I make eletric guitars and, as far as i don't have the proper tools, i have problems to make the wood perfectly flat to glue it side to side. So, the suggestion for a video is ways to make the wood perfectly flat.

[@raphaelbianchi]

Yes, i didn't know the best way to express that in english.
I think it was the first video of yours that i watched. But do you think it works great for long pieces of wood?
i'm going to do the same you did to the plane to a hand belt sander.