Thread: Pegs for Lucas Mill stays

That is pretty much what they look like. Some pics and measurements for you. 295mm long and 16mm dia.

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Thanks for the super fast reply! Any tips of getting them out when you are finished...do you just lift up on the stay to get them started?

Yes, you can use the frame to lift them. I prefer to use tent peg style pegs as you can hook another peg in to pull it out or a pick or mattock if its real stuck.

Originally Posted by rustynail

Yes, you can use the frame to lift them. I prefer to use tent peg style pegs as you can hook another peg in to pull it out or a pick or mattock if its real stuck.

Ok thanks, would you recommend I make tent peg style pegs with 16mm round bar?

Yep, loosen the locking handle on the stay then wiggle wiggle whilst pulling up, usually doesn't take much to get them out.

Originally Posted by keenwoodworker

Ok thanks, would you recommend I make tent peg style pegs with 16mm round bar?

That would be the way to go. I'd be inclined to make a couple of sets, one short and one long for soft ground.

Originally Posted by rustynail

That would be the way to go. I'd be inclined to make a couple of sets, one short and one long for soft ground.

Yes I planned on making a long and a short set. Would you go longer than 300mm for the long set? How short for the short set? I initially thought 150mm, but I am not sure now if that would be long enough for any type of ground.

they really aren't worth making, I'm sure they are cheap as chips???

I've not had trouble getting them out by undoing the T handle on the leg, then using the leg to 'slide' them up out of the ground.

In the past I've used long M16 bolts when 'lacking' a peg until I got some replacements

Originally Posted by keenwoodworker

Yes I planned on making a long and a short set. Would you go longer than 300mm for the long set? How short for the short set? I initially thought 150mm, but I am not sure now if that would be long enough for any type of ground.

I have a set of 300 and a set of 400. I hardly ever use the 400, only when its soft or boggy. They do come in handy if you are resetting up over sawdust from a previous milling. I think the ones supplied by Lucas are just sleeper spikes.

Lost one of my pegs on the way to a job one day. Turns out a 300mm 3/4 socket extension works just great

I use tent pegs and find them alot easier to extract from the ground...the frame should never really shake that much anyway,if it does,then something is not right...i am not sure that that pegs are an imperative anyway,can still mill without them.I found the only times it shakes a little is when i have taken a wee too much off the rakersMM

i dont peg my mill down, just jam the stays into the ground. if teh blades cutting right and you dont try asnd take to bigger bites it just dosent need them.

unless you are on a slope and teh mill keeps trying to runaway down teh slope.

Originally Posted by weisyboy

i dont peg my mill down, just jam the stays into the ground. if teh blades cutting right and you dont try asnd take to bigger bites it just dosent need them.

unless you are on a slope and teh mill keeps trying to runaway down teh slope.

I totally disagree with not pegging your mill down as a matter of habit, but hey I also disagree with wearing thongs as safety boots!!

i wont wear thongs uncomfortable trip hazards they are.

in most circumstances pegs are not nessasary. if they are needed i put them in.

some usefill thisngs in your kit for pegs.

screwdriver
chainsaw spanner
allenkey
bolt