Hello Kevin, the link follows, of the folks, that I have bought caning supplies, from many times before. they sell it all cane of all types kits caning supplies. Good folks too deal with. link follows.
http://www.canebasket.com/index.htm Talk later Don ----- Original Message ----- From: Kevin Doucet To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 8:14 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] needing pegs for chair caning I called one in New Orleans and thay do not sell them. If I had more references I would call them. Do you have contact info for one? At 12:33 PM 11/13/2008, you wrote: >how about buying pegs from a cane supply store? >Era Trice > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Tom Fowle >To: <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com >Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 10:12 AM >Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] needing pegs for chair caning > >Kevin, >Knowing absolutely nothing about the requirements of your pegs, >How about buying dowels just too big, as Dale suggests. If the pencil >sharpener doesn't give you the kind of point you want, cut the dowell maybe >an inch too long, and find a way to hold a drill in a vice or clamps with >the chuck horizontal. Then put a peg in the drill, tighten the chuck firm >but not as tight as you would for a drill bit. Now get a flat file and >turn on the drill fairly slow speed. You can hold the file against the >side/end of the peg at any angle you want. Have the peg turning towards you >and hold the file so it cuts on the "push" that way you'll cut wood. > >Work near the center of the file so there is no chance you'll slide off the >end and have the drill grab the file and fling it back at you. > >when you get the size and taper you want, remove peg, clamp it in vice and >cut to length with a small hand saw. > >Like a really cheapie lathe with no tool rest > >If you make your initial pegs too long, they won't be stable in the drill >and will wobble, thus never giving you a nice round cut. > >don't try this with lathe chisels, you've not got a rest and something is >likely to fly around. > >Let us know how you resolve the problem. > >Tom Fowle > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com >Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: 270.9.2/1785 - Release Date: >11/13/2008 9:12 AM Thanks. Kevin Doucet [EMAIL PROTECTED] confuse as says Blind man with unmarked forehead has large belly! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
