On Sun, 17 Oct 2004 21:37:43 +0100, LRod
wrote:


What's with people referring to dowels as dowel rods?


They've always been sold as dowel rods or dowel pins, the difference
being the length, with the pins usually coming in shorter, ready to
use lengths and the rod coming in longer lengths, usually needing to
be cut before use.


Regards,
Tom.

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