Dolmetscher007 Posted June 19, 2016 Report Share Posted June 19, 2016 I am making a shaker-style peg-board. It is basically just a 10 ft. length of 3/4" pine with a wooden peg every 10 in. or so. The Shaker's used to hang everything up on pegs. The Shakers would add a small bead along the top and bottom of these boards, and I'd like to as well. They did it with a hand plane, I'm sure. I do not own a hand plane that can be used to make a bead like that. I'd also like to avoid buying an expensive bead molding cutter for my table saw if I can avoid it. I may be screwed, and just have to buy one of the other, but I thought I'd ask you guys first. I know I could set up a router table to add a tiny roundover along each side down the length of the board. That would start the "bead." but I cannot think of a way to create the second roundover to complete the beads. What do you guys think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gee-dub Posted June 19, 2016 Report Share Posted June 19, 2016 A piece of scrap with a bandsaw kerf in it, two pan head woods screws and a piece of worn out Sawzall blade. File profile into blade with a rat tail file, polish surfaces and away you go. I practiced on a prototype made of pallet-wood. I also used in on the cherry ship lap panels that made the back of the "keeper" verrsion. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted June 19, 2016 Report Share Posted June 19, 2016 Scratch stock. Simple to make, and works perfectly for that application. However, there are also beading profile bits available for the router. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolmetscher007 Posted June 19, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2016 Oooooo. This is awesome! I don't have a band saw blade to cut and use, but I see the idea, and I think I can do something similar. Thanks!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodger. Posted June 19, 2016 Report Share Posted June 19, 2016 Beading bit in a router table works well. http://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/page.aspx?p=30150&cat=1,46168,69435,62157 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneymack Posted June 19, 2016 Report Share Posted June 19, 2016 This is quite inexpensive http://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/page.aspx?p=62030&cat=1,41182 Sent from my SM-N910W8 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom King Posted June 19, 2016 Report Share Posted June 19, 2016 There's always lots of beading planes on ebay, in all sorts of sizes. There's nothing much easier than running a bead, whether scratch stock, beading tool, or molding plane. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardA Posted June 19, 2016 Report Share Posted June 19, 2016 I cut a 3/32 strip of walnut 3/4" deep, then took 100 grit sandpaper, and rounded over one edge, and got a fine bead to apply to the edge of a board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gee-dub Posted June 19, 2016 Report Share Posted June 19, 2016 Richard's applied method can work as well. Lots of good ideas here. Here's an example of some applied beading. Although contrasting it certainly doesn't have to be, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davewyo Posted June 19, 2016 Report Share Posted June 19, 2016 If you want to use a router they have Pointed Round-over Bits which make a nice bead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnDi Posted June 19, 2016 Report Share Posted June 19, 2016 check out Paul Sellers videos, he shows how to make a simple scratch stock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeautysBeast Posted June 20, 2016 Report Share Posted June 20, 2016 Forgive my ignorance, but is scratch stock mean you are more or less just scratching the groove/bead in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h3nry Posted June 20, 2016 Report Share Posted June 20, 2016 4 hours ago, BeautysBeast said: Forgive my ignorance, but is scratch stock mean you are more or less just scratching the groove/bead in? yes that's essentially it. A scratch-stock is just a scraper that is shaped to the profile you want, held in a block of wood to act as a fence ... then you scrape it along the edge to scratch out the profile. Works really well along the grain, but sometimes can tear the wood fibres a bit across grain - as always sharpness helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeautysBeast Posted June 20, 2016 Report Share Posted June 20, 2016 Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolmetscher007 Posted June 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2016 I did it!!! The combined cost of my DIY beading plane = .32 cents!!! I watched a video on YouTube by Peter Sellers; the English gent who talks slowly and makes you want to throw away all your power tools. He made a "poor man's beading tool." It is a 2" x 2" square piece of a 2"x4" that fits perfectly in the palm of your hand (you can round the thing over if you want to.). You take a flat #12 or #14 wood screw with the beveling under the screw head. Pre-drill and countersink a hole in the center of the chunk of wood, Screw the screw all the way in until it rests just a micron short of being flush with the wood face. Then you take a metal file, and file the screw head dead flat with the wood. This sharpens the edges of the screw. Then you back it out 2-3 turns to the desired bead radius, and you've made a tiny hand plane that you can run along the board like a marking gauge going progressively deeper until you have the bead channel carved. Then you just take a tiny hand plane or even some 120 sandpaper, and round over the edge to create the other side of the bead. Works perfectly! Takes a good while to do, but it isn't bad work. I did an 8 ft. pine board sitting in a chair on my porch last night. Took about an hour. On 6/19/2016 at 2:46 PM, JohnDi said: check out Paul Sellers videos, he shows how to make a simple scratch stock. I just saw this post JohnDi... Ha!!! Thanks Buddy! I appreciate you posting. Peter Seller's video did the trick! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeautysBeast Posted June 21, 2016 Report Share Posted June 21, 2016 This post has made me watch a bunch of video's on scratch stock, and how to make one. What a really awesome idea. As a beginner, this is a simple way to make something look a little more elegant. I learn more and more every day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted June 21, 2016 Report Share Posted June 21, 2016 I think Peter Sellers videos are much funnier than Paul Sellers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolmetscher007 Posted June 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2016 15 minutes ago, wtnhighlander said: I think Peter Sellers videos are much funnier than Paul Sellers. Hahahahahaha!!! Whoops! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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