Dowel rods are often cut into short lengths called "dowel pins". Locking of adjacent rings with hardwood dowel pins produced a flexible structure. The whistle is a chamber that has a small ball or dowel rod inside. The teetotum was made using a wood dowel and cardboard hexagon. It is commonly used to make drill bits, taps, reamers, punches, dowel pins, and shafts. Spring pins are an alternative Dutch key component, instead of solid dowel pins. For large, thick shells a button stop or dowel pin is used. Dowel pins are often used as precise locating devices in machinery. Metric dowel pins are often found in two size. Some have a retractable casing instead of a dowel handle. And size can even vary by dowel pin material. Bird specimens have a long, thin, wooden dowel wrapped in batting at their center. For example a 3 mm dowel pin will range from . The hexagonal section is surrounded by a verandah with turned timber posts and dowel balustrade. Will then proceeds to Clergy and Scripture to learn more about Dowel.