Thorsen Table Challenge #10: Making pegs my way !

They look great.

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

Great looking Dick

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Great looking shelf for your Thorsen Table project. Are you going to give it a natural finish Dick?

-- Carpe Lignum - Seize The Wood,

Thanks,
This is one of the shelves, & will have a natural finish

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Hi Dick;
—-looking good!!!
GODSPEED,
Frank

-- --frank, NH, http://frank.wordpress.com/

sounds like it was a frustrating process—- there’s a song that goes something like “smile and the world smiles with you” ;)

the effort was worth it!! Looks sweet

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

I love the facets. Since I don’t have a disc sander I may try to file the edges. Do you think that would work?

The shelf is looking great. I can’t wait to see the completed table.

-- Fred Childs, Pasadena, CA - - - Law of the Workshop: Any tool, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner.

Fred,
A file should work, or glue sandpaper to a stick, first course then finish with fine.

I’ve glued sandpaper around dowels for sanding small coves.

I decided I’m going to flatten the point on my pegs.

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I understand the peg carving splintering, I can’t tell you how many walnut pegs I have installed in the past 2 years. I have used a knife, a dremel with a round burr, a disc sander, a file, and a sandpaper block. All work equally well. I gave up on trying to measure the amount of protrusion first and doing the bevel carving before tapping in the peg. Now, I drive them in, and use a spacer block to hand cut with a dozuki saw the right length. Then, I do the beveling once it is installed. Makes the peg protrusion more consistent, and doesn’t take too long. Splintering is avoided by cutting with the grain direction and a sharp knife. I know you know how to do this Dick, I’m just taking the chance for documenting my experiences.

-- Mark DeCou - Kansas Flint Hill's Artisan

Thanks Mark,
Fred was wondering how to do this by hand, so I made a short video.
It doesn’t take long doing it this way either. Excuse my too quick movement when showing the end results.

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Dick -

Your table is looking great! Thanks for the video on making peg facets.

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Hi,
I just made another Video. Making facets with my disk sander.
I’m not getting much production on my table by making videos , but I’m having fun. That’s the name of the game.

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hahaha and we get to enjoy it right along with you!!!

that’s excellent. I wish I had seen this before I tried to “fix” my little table.. I think they would have made nice little caps to cover the screws.

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Dick -

I had a feeling you would perfect your process. You are quite the video producer! It is great to see these videos – thanks!

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Dick -

You are awesome. Since I can’t buy a disc sander right now, I will experiment by putting my pad sander in the vice and trying it out.

I also use self-stick sandpaper on a block with good results. I also put them on dowels, too.

This is one of the many reasons I love LumberJocks. The sharing of information. To everyone, you make my day.

-- Fred Childs, Pasadena, CA - - - Law of the Workshop: Any tool, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner.

It is coming along great!

-- http://www.woodsongsfurniture.com

Hey Fred,
If you have a belt sander it would work better than a pad sander. You can make a setup so you can mount it on its side.

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Nice demo, Dick. Thanks for posting it. Table is looking great too.

-- Jeff, St. Paul, MN

Great Video Dick! Thanks for taking the time-

-- Jeff - Bellevue,Ne.

This is an interesting thread.

Darrell Peart is a master Greene & Greene craftsman. He has written a book that I highly recommend entitled, Greene & Greene Design Elements for the Workshop. He devotes a chapter to the Ebony Plug in which he describes a number of ways to make them. He even shows a jig he uses to make them.

If you are interested in acquiring a copy, you can order it directly from Darrell.

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.canterburybaptist.org/

Thanks again,
Don, thanks for the book info, I found it on Amazon, I may order it.

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Dick -

I very much agree with Don. I also have this book. It is worth consideration of a purchase. The sction on pegs was what initially caught my eye. Another idea for pegs is in the current edition of Fine Woodworking. There is an interesting description of boring round holes and using a punch made from square key stock to square the hole for peg insertion.

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