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My first tool handle - bennybmn - 01-15-2020 A while ago, I got a carbide detailer from jaustin, so I needed to make a handle! Saturday night, the wife wasn't feeling well, so she went to bed at 9, and since I still had some prednisone in my system (thanks, sinuses!), I decided to head out to the garage rather than veg on the couch. I wanted to make it out of mulberry, but I would have needed to do a glue up. I had a nice fat chunk of walnut leftover from making an end-grain chess board, so I decided to work with that. 90 minutes later... This turning stuff is dangerously fast... I can see myself getting addicted! Better shot of the aluminum ferrule (is that the proper name?). I was going to go get a copper fitting, but I got antsy and didn't want to wait a day, so I cut a piece of scrap tubing I had and epoxied it on when I slid the bar in. Came out nice and clean. Shot of what the bar looks like out of the package. I had drilled the hole, but hadn't turned down for the ferrule, because I hadn't decided on material yet. Thanks for looking! I think my next tool will be an entirely home made shear scraper. RE: My first tool handle - Turner52 - 01-15-2020 Nicely done. Most if mine are red oak. It's what I had and am not real fond of it in most of my segmented stuff. Works great for handles though. RE: My first tool handle - Stwood_ - 01-15-2020 Well done!! For more ferrule material, Amazon sells short lengths of all sizes of thin wall brass tubing....etc etc. And it's not all that expensive RE: My first tool handle - jaustin - 01-15-2020 (01-15-2020, 02:27 PM)bennybmn Wrote: A while ago, I got a carbide detailer from jaustin, so I needed to make a handle! Saturday night, the wife wasn't feeling well, so she went to bed at 9, and since I still had some prednisone in my system (thanks, sinuses!), I decided to head out to the garage rather than veg on the couch. I wanted to make it out of mulberry, but I would have needed to do a glue up. I had a nice fat chunk of walnut leftover from making an end-grain chess board, so I decided to work with that. 90 minutes later... Nice Job on the handle, make sure to post pictures of the home made tool also when you get it made. RE: My first tool handle - Grey Mountain - 01-16-2020 Nice job! Ferrules can also be made from PVC. Not as pretty as the metal, but just as functional. And cheap. GM RE: My first tool handle - bennybmn - 01-16-2020 Thanks for the kind words! I'm an engineer for a company that manufactures good size machines, so we have quite the scrap bin in the machine shop. There's often small cutoffs of SS, Al, and copper tubing. Not necessarily a good size, but I check often. Enough people use the scrap bins to get rid of things like brake rotors or other personal scrap that the shop foreman is cool with a little dumpster diving. So a couple times a week I take a walk back there and see what's new. I also got the legs for my work bench from a huge pallet they were literally going to cut up and toss. We can't re-use them to ship if they're not certified bug-free. Not a bad gig for a hobbyist! RE: My first tool handle - Arlin Eastman - 01-16-2020 Well done Benny! It seems your spindle turning is doing quite well. Justin makes nice tools and lot of us have his stuff and I want to get quite a bit to give out. RE: My first tool handle - bennybmn - 01-16-2020 Yeah I ordered some more cutters from him for the tools I alreadyy have, too. I'll definitely do business with him again. RE: My first tool handle - MidwestMan - 01-22-2020 Looks good... well done. RE: My first tool handle - bennybmn - 01-23-2020 Thanks! 17 characters... |