What should I buy to cut even dowels? I don't want to spend more than $50. What do you use? My husband got a dremel tool for me but it doesn't seem like it is wide enough to cut all the way through the dowel. So now I am getting frustrated! Is he right that its the only small, easy, affordable way to do it, or is there something he could have missed out there?

I've seen people use seccatuers (sp?!), the garden tool you use for pruning back rose bushes etc.

garden puners
you can find a pair for under 10.00
i find that they work well for me

Yup...small garden pruning shears and then I sand the edges so there are no splinters.

Yeah I use gardening snears. I got mine from big lots for like 4 dollars and they work great. And out dollar tree also has them.

I have a pair of cutters that I got from QVC and it is great.

You can cut through alot of different things and it is really sharp and comes with an extra blade.

Best thing I've used so far.

I use a tool dedicated to this purpose called a "Craftsman Handi-Cut" that I got from Sears. Actually, my husband got one and then I needed to have one for my cake bag, and cutting dowels with this tool is like slicing through warm butter. No effort and a super clean edge.

I have several sets of pruning shears and they took an effort to cut wooden dowels. The Handi-Cut puts those to shame.

Sears has the 2.5" model on sale right now for $9.77 through 3/23, and then they go back up to $16.99. Link

If the link doesn't work, go to www.sears.com and search for item #00937300000.

Does the Handicut cut evenly? I have a brand new set of garden shears, and they will NOT cut straight across the dowel. I have to fiddle with it .

Thanks!

It cuts with damn near surgical precision. I LOVE it.

If you do cut one that is slightly uneven, you can use it to shave it down by microns.

Cakepro,

That is what I have and love it to death.

I'm mad right now because I paid $26.00 for mine

I'm ordering mine right now. Do you know if it really does take the 14 days it says to ship?

Cecilia

and then there is the ever popular (more power...grunt ...grunt...grunt)

Dremel tool (the little handheld power tool)

learned this one from my instructor who "borrowed" (permanently) her husbands.

I don't like the Dremel cutting wheels. They sure like to shatter and fly apart at 90 million miles an hour. Wear eye protection!

A miter saw is also a great way to cut dowels too, and you are assured with one cut that they're all the same height.