how about buying pegs from a cane supply store? Era Trice ----- Original Message ----- From: Tom Fowle To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 10:12 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] needing pegs for chair caning
Kevin, Knowing absolutely nothing about the requirements of your pegs, How about buying dowels just too big, as Dale suggests. If the pencil sharpener doesn't give you the kind of point you want, cut the dowell maybe an inch too long, and find a way to hold a drill in a vice or clamps with the chuck horizontal. Then put a peg in the drill, tighten the chuck firm but not as tight as you would for a drill bit. Now get a flat file and turn on the drill fairly slow speed. You can hold the file against the side/end of the peg at any angle you want. Have the peg turning towards you and hold the file so it cuts on the "push" that way you'll cut wood. Work near the center of the file so there is no chance you'll slide off the end and have the drill grab the file and fling it back at you. when you get the size and taper you want, remove peg, clamp it in vice and cut to length with a small hand saw. Like a really cheapie lathe with no tool rest If you make your initial pegs too long, they won't be stable in the drill and will wobble, thus never giving you a nice round cut. don't try this with lathe chisels, you've not got a rest and something is likely to fly around. Let us know how you resolve the problem. Tom Fowle [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
