I am in the process of rebuilding an old piece of furniture that was put together with dowels. I have some places where new parts including new dowels are required. These are typical fluted 3/8" dowels and I have a centering jig and a set of dowel centers. My problem is that the dowel centers fit so tightly in the dowel holes that they must be driven in. They are then very difficult to pull out requiring driving something under their lip in order to pry them out. This, of course, damages the area around the dowel hole, which is not a serious problem, but is a real hassle. Does anyone else have that problem. Do you have a way to solve the problem or do you just live with it?