Perhaps taping 3 hack saw blades together might give you enough width- (the dowel is securely fixed, business end, up in a vise) -but depends on the thickness of your pegs. Then one could run a piece of leather, rattan, or maybe a thin metal strip around the outside of the cut end to keep the peg turner from slipping off the pegs if one has pipless pegs.
On Feb 2, 2012, at 8:54 PM, Herbert Ward wrote: > > A friend has a peg turner which was made from a dowel with > a slot cut in one end to accept the peg handle. The bottom > of the slot has a small hole to accept the pip (this keeps > the winder from sliding off the peg). > > The winder works very well, much better than the crank-type > string winders available at a usual music store. > > I'd like to make one myself, but I don't know what tool > would be best to cut the slot. Is there a good way to > do this without buying some expensive power tool? > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
