Originally Posted by
ljsense
I'd say you made one big mistake: buying a new fork.
You could have just used the part you cut off and spliced that into the middle.
Or left the dowel exposed a bit to make up for the cut. You were probably only off by an eighth inch or so. Wood needs to breathe.
Next time for sure just buy some plywood and sand that into a dowel; it'll be stronger in all directions.
Pretty sure this is tongue in cheek, but as many people think whatever posted is real..... but making a round out of plywood will not be stronger than a dowell
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