Converting Push Tenon to Spigot?

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fishmansf

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That is going to be tough. The hole will have to be drilled with a taper bit that matches the taper in the stem. So, it would really only work if there is a lot of extra wood around the tenon, and it is drilled rather narrow to begin with.
Was thinking the same. I saw that Altinay had some spigot stems available but was thinking the drilling would be a little too tight
 

AroEnglish

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I asked a repairman about doing this with a briar pipe and to make me a stem to match and he said he couldn't do it.
 
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Anything is possible with enough time, money, and talent. Having said that the amount of those three resources needed often outweigh the end result.

Converting an already carved meer to a spigot would be nearly impossible to do, and it would cost more than just buying a spigot meer.

The shanks on spigot meers are cut in a completely different manner than conventional push tenon meers.