Homemade peg shaver?

[polkat]

I'm sure this has been covered many times, but I'm not having much luck with the search function. Does anyone have plans or can offer advice about making a homemade peg shaver (for standard 4/4 pegs)? Thanks!

[Alex_E]

I'm sure this has been covered many times, but I'm not having much luck with the search function. Does anyone have plans or can offer advice about making a homemade peg shaver (for standard 4/4 pegs)? Thanks!

Details of one here: Peg Shaper

[polkat]

Wow! I mean no offence to anyone in saying that device seems pretty confusing compaired to some of the wood block homemade shavers I've seen pics of. Any other ideas? Thanks!

[fiddleD125]

My personal opinion is to purhase an adjustable peg shaper. Fashioning your own peg shaper is just not worth your time. You can purchase an adjustable shaper about $40.00 that will do everything you need (1/8 violin through viola). You can adjust it to your peg hole reamer, which if you do not already have can be purchased for about $30.

[David Burgess]

Drill a hole in a block of wood. Use a reamer to bring it to the correct size and taper. Make a saw cut so that the top of this hole is barely exposed along its entire length, and clean up the sawcut surface with a plane. Clamp a plane blade to this surface.

It may take a little experimentation and tweaking (amount of the hole exposed, and position of the blade) to get it working, but it can work very well.