For this project I have decided to make everything by hand including the dowells for the bench bar. so I have consulted Victor and he says that I can go one of 2 ways, either I can use a lathe or I can attempt to make dowels using a block plane. Some how I think a lather would be easier -_- but I know trying to get into the wood shop is like trying to pray in Mecca alone, it just never happens, so even though this seems rigorous im using a block plane to make these dowells