Powder horn bungs

[Woodrock]

Being too cheap (it's a Scots thing) to buy violin pegs for powder horn bungs, I grabbed some scraps in the shop, and turn a few. since, I had to make a tapering tool, I went ahead and turned bungs for two hours. Here is the result, all tapered to 1:30 to match my taper reamer.
Woody

[rollingb]

Those ought to keep you busy building horns for awhile.  :rt th

[ridjrunr]

Wow,those are super nice. Would you be willing to show the set up you use in your lathe for doing those?
I usually end up making plugs out of broken arrow shafting

[Woodrock]

ridjrunr:
I will take a photograph tomorrow ,,,Basically, I tun a round, then chuck in a four jaw, rough turn the taper, then run the pencil sharpener like taper tool up the taper, and turn the finial.
Woody   Takes longer to explain then do.

[ridjrunr]

I've only a 3 jaw, so will have to  figure out my own process. I would like to see this taper tool you speak of  

[greggholmes]

big tradition taper tool for wood shafts - Big Archery

Mighty fine plugs

[Uncle Russ]

Woody, I can't rightly say why, but those "double-stack", for lack of the correct term, located at low center, certainly have appeal to me.
I always considered a Fiddle Peg to be about the ultimate for such work, but I'm no longer sure that's a fact.

I have lost a plug or three over the years and always ended up making a "make-shift" plug from whatever was handy, never dreamed you could add a touch of class if you had the desire....a plug has always been a plug, at least up until this point.

Good looking work and would certainly add to the appearance of any horn!  

Uncle Russ...

[Woodrock]

Russ: The 'double stack' are supposed to be Scottish thistles.  I saw one in a powderhorn in Scotland years ago.  My take on turn bungs is they would be more period correct tan would a fiddle peg. Wood turners were common in the early years and could have made tapered bungs for horns both quickly, and easily. Many extant horns   seem to have turned bungs, but I have only seen old horns in photographs, not close up.
Woody

[Uncle Russ]

The 'double stack' are supposed to be Scottish thistles.

   Of course!
I can see it plain as day, now that you've pointed it out.

Uncle Russ....

[W. Welshman]