Subject: Peg Sharpener Source

From: sterling price <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2013 22:51:50 -0800 (PST)

Hi all-
   Just wondering about a good source to get a peg sharpener in the US.
   The sharpener that Stewart-Macdonald has doesnt seem right for lute
   pegs...

   --Sterling

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From: Martyn Hodgson <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2013 09:29:18 +0000 (GMT)

Dear Sterling,

   I found it best to make my own to fit my own reamers. There are various
   ways to do this - mine is:

   Drill and ream a tapered hole in a piece of suitable wood (I used some
   mahogany); plane down to get a parallel sided slit along the length of
   the taper, cut and grind an edge on a piece of mild steel (like a plane
   blade - but straight - to act as a pencil sharpener like blade);  cut
   two slots in the blade for screws (or bolts) to adjust the cut and
   fasten blade to wood.  By trial and error you'll find the best
   projection into the slot to produce a thin shaving.

   You can, if you wish, finish off by removing the blade and clamping
   some good quality abrasive paper (cloth backed is best) onto a rigid
   backing to the slot side and giving the pegs a few turns in this.

   In practice I also often use the same blade on a number of slotted
   wooden tapers to produce pegs of different diameters.

   MH

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     From: sterling price <[email-masked]>
     Subject: [LUTE-BUILDER] Peg Sharpener Source
     To: "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>
     Date: Monday, 4 March, 2013, 6:51

      Hi all-
      Just wondering about a good source to get a peg sharpener in the US.
      The sharpener that Stewart-Macdonald has doesnt seem right for lute
      pegs...
      --Sterling
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From: Andrew Hartig <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2013 14:01:05 -0500 (EST)

Dear Sterling,

I use a similar method to Martyn's, only instead of making my own blades I have
found that the replacement blades by StewMac work well. I've made maybe a
half-dozen wooden taper jigs in this way for different tapers/sizes of reamers.
I can send you photos, if you'd like.

AMH
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From: Ted Woodford <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2013 21:19:26 -0500

Sterling,

The Stew-Mac device can be made to work if you're persistent. Making your own is probably best, assuming you have a reamer. Are you trying to fit a whole new set of pegs, or just touching up some that have gone slightly oval? A little chalk and a deft touch with a file might see you through.

Just for reference, Lemuel Violin Supply (http://www.violins.ca/tools/tools_herdim.html) is a North American distributor for Herdim shapers, which would be the ones to get if you were using them every day.
-Ted

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From: sterling price <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2013 23:17:10 -0800 (PST)

I made a shaper a while ago per the David Van Edwards but I wanted a
   comercial one. I just ordered a Chinese these thing from Ebay so I hope
   that works.
   --Sterling
   From: Andrew Hartig <[email-masked]>
   To: [email-masked]
   Sent: Monday, March 4, 2013 12:01 PM
   Subject: [LUTE-BUILDER] Re: Peg Sharpener Source
   Dear Sterling,
   I use a similar method to Martyn's, only instead of making my own
   blades I have
   found that the replacement blades by StewMac work well. I've made maybe
   a
   half-dozen wooden taper jigs in this way for different tapers/sizes of
   reamers.
   I can send you photos, if you'd like.
   AMH
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