Gentle galoots,

Depending on how big the "pegs" were to be, I would have these
suggestions:

1) Find a pipe that is somewhat bigger inside than the intended peg.
Sharpen the end of the pipe and slightly push the wall of the pipe in at
the sharpened edge.  Get some straight splitting logs cut into the
appropriate length.  Mark lines on the end with a froe, to form a series
of squares.  Tie some string around the log to keep it together during
the splitting.  Split away!  Drive the square blanks through the pipe.
As one is almost down to the cutting lip, then place another one on that
and pound.  Never hit the cutter.  This would work for short pegs, as
longer ones will get stuck in the pipe.

2)Harvest saplings close to size and use a Stail engine.  It has two
handles and a cutter.

3)Same as #2, but use a Fork stave plane.

>Paul wrote:
>Off-hand I'd say I'll be needing at least a couple hundred
>treenails.  Is there some trick to producing these in a timely
>fashion, or does one have to hack them out one at a time using
>a hatchet ?  Hewing each one by hand could easily amount to
>the most time-consuming operation of the whole construction.