MiSz -> RE: Peg shaper: Buy it or do it yourself? (Mar. 28 2013 11:24:35)
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Hey, thanks a lot for your fast answer! But you brought me a little into trouble ;) I want to explain you, why: I have already fitted viola pegs into my guitar. I did it in the workshop of an 75 yr old violin maker. He told me, that we have to do this quickly, so he "shaped" the pegs and i had to do the tapering with the reamer. Because a chain of errors (he told me to drill too small holes, time pressure) i got a wrong angle (the pegs are not square to the head but square to the guitar soundboard, do you understand this?). He did not shape the pegs at all, there is just about 1/2 inch shaped off, so they don't fit at all. What i wanted to do is easy: Buy bigger pegs. Drill bigger holes and taper it to a bigger size, so i could correct this error. So if i should use the violin size shaper and pegs (and yes, i have the same opinion: cello might be even in 1/2 size too big): Do you have an idea whether it makes sense to fill up the wrong holes with wood and make it all correctly from the beginning again?
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