Anyone using a home made peg shaver for guitar pegs etc? Or....what works with a violin peg reamer?
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| Author: | Frei [ Tue Oct 06, 2009 1:16 am ] |
| Post subject: | Homead Peg Shavers any good? |
Anyone using a home made peg shaver for guitar pegs etc? Or....what works with a violin peg reamer?
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| Author: | Michael.N. [ Tue Oct 06, 2009 2:41 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Homead Peg Shavers any good? |
Use them frequently. They work and work well, they are a simple tool so that shouldn't come as a surprise. Just use the reamer that you have to form the tapered hole in your shaper and you will have a pretty good match. Depending on how much wood you need to remove (on the peg) you may need to make a few shapers. |
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| Author: | DannyV [ Tue Oct 06, 2009 8:44 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Homead Peg Shavers any good? |
I'd be grateful to see a picture of a home made one. My kid broke one a while back. I won't go into my crude approach to shaping a new one, but it worked fine. Thanks, Danny |
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| Author: | Michael.N. [ Tue Oct 06, 2009 5:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Homead Peg Shavers any good? |
Not a lot to see really. The important bit is to place the edge of the cutting blade above the centre line of the reamer - around about the 2 'o' clock position. The length of the cutter (the cutting edge) should also follow the taper of the reamer. Even though I have the brass shapers I use the wooden homemade type. In use the blade is clamped with a through bolt. large washer and wing nut. 
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| Author: | Frei [ Tue Oct 06, 2009 5:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Homead Peg Shavers any good? |
Looks simple enough to make, but, we shall see ... thanks!! |
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| Author: | wolfsearcher [ Tue Oct 06, 2009 7:31 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Homead Peg Shavers any good? |
hey thanks for showing i would love to see a peg shaving tutorial from the bone to the bridge how do you guys roughly shape your pegs ? off the bone or chucked into a drill press i was often thinking of making one but wanted to see one first and get a tip or two what about an adjustable blade by thumbscrew for getting the final shape (would it save time) or do you just feed the bone into the tool with a drill ? thanks tomas |
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| Author: | Frei [ Tue Oct 06, 2009 7:39 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Homead Peg Shavers any good? |
Its just like a big fancy pencil sharpener!  You should turn your pegs on a lathe first, but I am using storebought. |
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| Author: | george wilson [ Tue Oct 06, 2009 10:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Homead Peg Shavers any good? |
It might be helpful to some who may not know,that if you sharpen your cutters to a steep angle,so that they scrape,rather than trying to cut into the wood,the peg shaper will work infinitely better. It will do very smooth work. |
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| Author: | douglas ingram [ Thu Oct 08, 2009 9:04 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Homead Peg Shavers any good? |
Anyone have any thoughts about DIY reamers? I need to ream some peg holes, only 6 string pegs and 6 tuning pegs, not nearly enough to justify the cost of "proper" reamers. |
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| Author: | Frei [ Thu Oct 08, 2009 10:43 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Homead Peg Shavers any good? |
Ebay guy has some old 'guitar reamers', he seems to have a ton of them last time I looked, 10 bucks or so. |
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| Author: | douglas ingram [ Sat Oct 10, 2009 1:03 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Homead Peg Shavers any good? |
+ $20 shipping! I'll probably see if I can find someone to do me a favour. |
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