@ForgottenHero18

I had been considering this. Again, it's surprisingly hard.

#Wickes, for instance, doesn't sell 8mm dowel rods. The only diameters available seem to be multiples of 3mm. (This might actually turn out to be the right choice. The dowels that I removed are 8mm, but the process of removal of the broken-off stubs, which involved a bit of drilling at an awkward angle, might have enlarged the holes.)

B&Q does sell 8mm rods, but in metre lengths, about 4 times as much as I actually need.

The hidden cost of this route is, though, that it would involve also buying a saw, as all of my saws, even my smallest-toothed hand saw, are impractical for accurately cutting something that small.

My best bet if I go down this route is borrowing a smaller hand saw off a relative, which unfortunately incurs the alternative hidden cost of spending several days tidying the relative's stuff to physically access it. (-:

#DIY #dowels

@aroundthehills @louisa_

#Wickes was not quite at the *very* back.

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@aroundthehills

I'll check in Wickes today, as I happen to be going there, but I know that B&Q does plain wooden circular cross-section rods of varying diameters and that can be cut down to 700mm.

At least it did the last time that I was looking for one, which was a couple of years ago. There was a special display at the back of the shop in the B&Qs in the Big City. There's now a B&Q in the nearby Town (it having taken over the erstwhile Homebase site).

These places do explicit plastic curtain rails as well, of course, but my experience is that pre-made shelving and railing is never *quite* the right size and doesn't cut to fit.

https://diy.com/search?Diameter+%28mm%29=6&Sold+by=B%26Q&category=DIY763544&term=dowel

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