Bob, It takes about 4-6 hours.

# 6 Oregon Yew.

That looks very nice Sam, although the smaller peg on this last one may be a little harder to turn.

-Bob

SamC wrote:Bob, It takes about 4 hours, 6 if I try to make the peg button more symmetrical and eye pleasing. I made a larger peg for this one as it fits my hands better, but I can easily put the smaller one back on if so desired.

It does seem that pegs would be difficult to size and shape symmetrically using ordinary hand tools. If you are going to continue making Cejillas maybe you can invent a special tool of some kind to make peg-making easier.

I am looking forward to seeing your Cejillas and Tsiorba guitar in a few days when I will be passing through your part of the world.

-Bob

# 7 Oregon Yew. Bob I recently purchased a peg shaver and hole reamer. Also notice #6 has new larger peg.

Here is #1 modified. While never being an issue for me, some players find that a traditional cejilla gets in the way of their left hand index finger while playing in the first position. This design seems to remedy this problem.

Sam, I like this one particularly. - Roland

Thanks Roland. I agree and any future cejillas will use this design. It is the most usable and gets in the way less than any other design. Even using a B7 chord and variation thereof that force the hand into the cejilla, the curve on the fingers go over it nicely and any contact is not an issue. I am now using Oregon Mountain Mahogany both the light sap and dark inner wood. Both are very hard like ebony, but nice to work and pegs turn nicely with hand shaver. Many other hardwoods chip easily and easy to mess up turning pegs or rasping and scraping. I think these will be a long lasting cejilla. About 6 hours work using hand tools. # 12 Oregon Mountain Mahogany.

#13 Oregon Mountain Mahogany. This is a smaller design and very nice to use. My favorite so far.

I agree, Sam! #13 is the best!