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I really want to use the LMI friction pegs for my first classical build, but I'm too cheap (I mean frugal ) to buy the $50 reamer that LMI sells to go with the pegs. Does anyone know of any cheaper alternatives?

Not sure what others think, but at $40.50 especially if sharing postage with pegs (++)? from LMI it sounds like an absolute steal to me.
It's cheaper than a bridge pin reamer!

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The name catgut is confusing. There are two explanations for the mix up.

Catgut is an abbreviation of the word cattle gut. Gut strings are made from sheep or goat intestines, in the past even from horse, mule or donkey intestines.

Otherwise it could be from the word kitgut or kitstring. Kit meant fiddle, not kitten.

Brian, you want to get a good, sharp reamer. A dull and/or cheap reamer will not ream perfectly round holes, which will make tuning with the pegs a chore if not an impossibility. Besides, you want the exact same taper on your pegs as on your reamer.
An alternative is to buy a set of 4:1 Pegheds, much easier to install, and of course, to tune.

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Laurent Brondel
West Paris, Maine - USA
http://www.laurentbrondel.com/

Thanks, I guess it only hurts for a minute to buy the reamer. Laurent, I really like the peg heads, but would rather put the extra money towards my future B-2 I'll order 2 sets of pegs so the flamenco guitar I'm building in shop class can have tuners too.

Brian,
Having done lots of violin repairs in the past, having a pair of tools, the peg cutter, and the peg hole reamer, a matched set, is vital to a well-fitted, well-working peg.
Is there a possibility of borrowing these tools for your one flamenco guitar?
PM me...

Dave.

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