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Occam's Razor - TadMcD - 02-14-2019
So, after doing a bunch of online research I was a bit disappointed that I couldn't locate the right set of Goldilocks' pegs for the cribbage board I made; the comments were mixed, "Too big" or "Too small." I decided to make them myself.
I won't bore you with all the things I tried, but I ended up putting standard fluted 1/4" dowels in my drill press (I don't have a lathe) and carefully sanding them down until they were, as Goldilocks would say, "just right" to fit the holes on my board. I then cut them to a common length and did some rough sanding on the end you grasp (I intentionally want these to be "hand made" so slight differences are fine).
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Anyway, I got them all done and was thinking later about how I might construct a jig to allow me to replicate the pointy parts in case I ever needed to make more pegs. It occurred to me that what I was contemplating was, essentially, a pencil sharpener. Eureka! I almost shouted.
I headed out to the garage, grabbed a dowel, and put it in my old-school Boston K5 (the kind we all remember from grade school).
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I've included a picture of the hand-made peg (on the right) and the unfinished results from the K5 (they just need to be cut to length, but this is about the science).
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Experience is what you get right after you need it...
RE: Occam's Razor - Stwood_ - 02-14-2019
I suppose you've considered golf pegs already
RE: Occam's Razor - TadMcD - 02-14-2019
I did. But that seemed like cheating and lacked a certain panache.
RE: Occam's Razor - MarkSingleton - 02-14-2019
WoodNet vocabulary word of the day: "Panache."
For extra credit, explain why it is "Occams' Razor"
and not, "Occam's Razor."
and yes, golf tees would be cheating!!
RE: Occam's Razor - stav - 02-14-2019
I have one of those pencil sharpeners. LOML has asked many times why I keep it. I just tell her it is just too useful to part with. You can sharpen all kinds of things in there.
RE: Occam's Razor - Stwood_ - 02-14-2019
(02-14-2019, 05:30 PM)stav Wrote: I have one of those pencil sharpeners. LOML has asked many times why I keep it. I just tell her it is just too useful to part with. You can sharpen all kinds of things in there.
I have 2 of them. These items are *over my dead body* items.
RE: Occam's Razor - barryvabeach - 02-14-2019
(02-14-2019, 06:17 PM)Stwood_ Wrote: I have 2 of them. These items are *over my dead body* items.
I only have one, but it is perfect for cutting plugs for the Veritas Plugger. http://www.leevalley.com/us/wood/Page.aspx?p=32280&cat=1,180,42240,53317
RE: Occam's Razor - Timberwolf - 02-14-2019
(02-14-2019, 08:16 PM)barryvabeach Wrote: I only have one, but it is perfect for cutting plugs for the Veritas Plugger. http://www.leevalley.com/us/wood/Page.aspx?p=32280&cat=1,180,42240,53317....................
I have a small collection of them..A couple are really old and $$$..
RE: Occam's Razor - gboot - 02-15-2019
Just to set the record straight it’s a KS , I used to work at the company.
RE: Occam's Razor - Cooler - 02-15-2019
I would have modified golf tees. Or I might have just bought the pegs. I guess then I would have had to buy the pegs first and drill to suit.
https://www.amazon.com/Spare-Wood-Cribbage-Pegs-pc/dp/B000JWLQ5W