Fellers and Ladies,
I am making a five string banjo and I want to use fiddle pegs to tune it.So I went to the store today and bought four pegs(all they had). When I had a chance to look at them they have no hole to run the string through. So how do you use them to tune with????
Thankyou for your knowledge.
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That is very good advice.I am a long way from the fitting but I will keep that in mind. There is almost always another way to get something done,I just have to find it. Of late I just come to this site.
Thanks
I REALLY recommend getting a matched peg shaver and peg hole reamer. the reason pegs work is the taper allows you to push inward and get a tight fit where the hardwood to harderwood contact is 100% giving the best friction grip against popping loose.
Yup, I agree totally with you JL. I made several instruments before finally getting the shaver/reamer.combo. A little costly but by then I knew I'd be using them a lot.
Here's the way I did it back before getting the right tools.
https://youtu.be/Zn-WoIf0MYM
Thanks for the info.I am sure that you are right about the reamer and peg shaver.I know that the job would be done correct if I had them but on my budget it is not going to happen.My disabilty check is kinda small and we are still trying to get our bills to match our income. I am going to try to buy a round wood rasp in the right size to match the pegs.
After a three week wait I got my pegs from China.Four pegs for $3.99 and free shipping.I don't know how they do it. I called around local and only one store had four at $3.50 a piece (budget again)...Still need one peg but I don't have that worked out yet
Hey Bobby, hopefully you checked out the vid I posted here earlier. Perfect solution for a limited budget. Shaped the pegs by hand and used some old broken scissors for a reamer. It works (sort of) One good thing is that a banjo with nylon strings or a ukulele put considerably less pull on the pegs and tailpiece than does a fiddle so you can get away with a less than perfect fit. Your idea of a round tapered file should work well also Here's an idea from a guy called smellyoldfatguy.
..https://youtu.be/Kt75XRPvimU
Thanks.That is just what I was looking for.
Yeah Bobby they almost always come without holes since the hole placement on a fiddle depends on which string each peg is used for. Usually I wait until I've got the peg in place in the headstock and then mark where the hole should be and drill it with a 1/16" bit. You want to keep the hole pretty close to the side that the peg comes in on since you have to push and turn to tighten it. I'll try for a bigger picture.