BowAndFiddle

When you are a hobbyist like myself information like Mr. Fenman provided becomes very valuable.

All timber framed houses here in Denmark use the draw bore peg joint extensively. When passing a timber framed house in old town Skalskor I studied the woodwork. I noticed the peg in the hole was not circular-sectioned. At the time I believed that the carpenter had skipped a little on the fit and finish to get the job done. Now I'm not so sure.

I understand that the peg should be riven to ensure that the grain wont run out on the side of the peg making it prone to snapping. However it is unclear to me why the peg should be square-sectioned . . . at least pegs of smaller diameters.

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I tried the draw bore pegs for the first time last summer, when I made a table for our out-door kitchen. I did not achieve your fit and finish, but was surprised at the strength of the method. I used a plug cutter to make the pegs out of wood that had been sitting i a warm oven for several weeks.

I don't think those pegs will ever come out again.

I had pretty much given up on SketchUp. The on-line tutorials were a mess of information, so Sketch-Up basically just took up disk space on my computer. Your book got me started again this time in the right direction. While I haven't read it all and done all the exercises I have done enough to be able to design a book case complete with dovetail joinery, sliding bevelled dovetails for the shelves and a groove for the raised panel back.

Ahhh - now I just have to build it! ;-)

I saw the video a short while before my wife asked me to make decent leg for the outdoor kitchen table at the beach house. Even with my limited wood working skills it turned out real nice. So now Fred is at work both in the US and in Denmark.

A while ago I attended a wood turning class with 6 lathes in action i a small shop. The shop had a Jet filter installed and as soon as the filter was turned on the air just got so much easier to breathe. I have no idea of the dust levels before and after the filter was turned on and thus no idea if they were safe or not. It seems however an air filter is a good supplement to any existing dust collection system. Personally I'm considering the JET for my little hobby shop.