Shaving Bushes

on August 17, 2021August 17, 2021 By Iris Carr

Shaving bushes can come in handy when the pegs have worked their way into the pegbox a little too far, like the E and A peg showing in these photos.

Thick maple shavings soaked in hide glue get wrapped around the soaped mandril and pushed inside the cleaned-up peg holes and when dry, reamed out slightly to get that perfect taper to match the pegs.
I have to admit that this is one of my least favourite jobs as it’s messy and fiddly.

Thick maple shavings soaked in hide glue get wrapped around the soaped mandril and pushed inside the cleaned-up peg holes and when dry, reamed out slightly to get that perfect taper to match the pegs.
I have to admit that this is one of my least favourite jobs as it’s messy and fiddly.

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