2sdea.........cake jacks?????
I used my chop saw to cut dowels if I used them. Made a clean straight cut like nothing else did.
here ya go
http://www.countrykitchensa.com/catalog/SearchResults.aspx?description=cake%20jacks&page=-1
http://www.countrykitchensa.com/catalog/product.aspx?T=1&ShopId=38&CatId=537&SubCatId=97&productId=1060
you put them next to your cakes, screw them to the height of your cake and insert then right into it. They are stable and easy to get to the same height all the way around.
OK..... I have the answer to cutting dowels and it sounds gross at first but I got the idea from a CCer here and I have been doing it ever since!!! NO more dowel nightmares or dreaded "dowel cutting time".
I use a brand new, out of the package, washed in the dishwasher dog toe nail clipper. 
I know, Iknow.... eeeekkkk... but once you use it you will never go back...... I promise. One snip and your done.
And it is the plyer looking kind not the kind that is enclosed.
bj 
I am so intrigued about the cake jacks...do you use them with wooden dowels or all by themselves? I looked on the link and they made it sound like you should use them in conjunction with wooden dowels. I would so love not to have to cut dowels!!!!
you use them in place of dowels...no cutting involved, just screw them to the right height you need and insert.
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