This is only a suggestion, (feel free to laugh ) but have you considered large socket extensions? These are 2 I had here at home (3/8 & 1/2" drive). The length isn't much, but they must make a longer and fatter version in 3/4 & 1" drive. No taper, but the head is a bit wider and has a pre-drilled hole for attaching a ring. New use for something you may already own...
I talked to Jack Sobon about them, and he suggested that I make them basically identically as I did for Jim. He said he had about 40 of them. When asked how many he has used at once, he replied "All of them". The problem I see with the long taper and one size fits all is that it is a lot more expense for the material, and a significantly longer time to draw them out. This would make them more expensive. I have 3/4" stock, so that is what I'll make the first batch out of. I'll see if I can scrounge some one inch, and see how long it takes to make one.
Don: The point is that we need a tapered piece of metal to draw the tenon up to the shoulder in test fitting pieces together. The re-usable piece of metal would have to be a similar shape to the actual peg to be used. Socket extensions wouldn't work because of this.
If your peg holes are pre-drilled, they are good on raising day to temporarily pin a connection. ...They are especially great for braces -- stick the brace in the post and slide a pin in and it has more play in it than it would if you pegged it off hard -- it makes it easier to insert the tenons if you've got a little knee action.
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Yeah, Jim, I know the socket extension idea is kind of out there. I know when I'm out of my league. But the above quote seems to suggest that having some "play" in joinery fitting/raising can be useful at times too.
I made a couple more pins today. I tried a different style to save time. I am working on making a jig to do a simple ring on the end. I have seen this style with the 180 bend before. It works, but the ring is nicer.
I didn't know these were called' "drift pins" in English. Here they are called "toognagel" and have two functions 1st marking the off-set for the peg hole in a tennon and 2nd as mentioned, temporarily pinning a joint. I guess the ones I have are more than 100 years old.
) but have you considered large socket extensions? These are 2 I had here at home (3/8 & 1/2" drive). The length isn't much, but they must make a longer and fatter version in 3/4 & 1" drive. No taper, but the head is a bit wider and has a pre-drilled hole for attaching a ring. New use for something you may already own...
