General Tools 1/2-Inch Fluted Hardwood Dowel Pins, Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Compliant, 20-Pk

1/2-Inch Fluted Hardwood Dowel Pins are ideal for creating strong and secure joins in furniture, cabinets, trim, and special woodworking projects. These dowels are fluted with a series of parallel grooves cut along its length providing channels through which excess glue - that is used to secure the dowel pin in its hole - can escape as the dowel is inserted. This relieves the hydraulic pressure that might otherwise split timber when mating pieces are clamped together. The dowels are made of straight-grained solid hardwood which will expand when used with water-based glue for extra tight join. As an FSC (Forest Stewardship Council), certified company, the General's Wood Joining Program includes wood-based products that are manufactured in accordance with FSC standards. The FSC is an independent, non-governmental, not-for-profit organization established to promote the responsible management of the world's forests and is nationally represented in more than 50 countries around the world.