Old 3/4"chisel needs a handle
Any tips or best practices for making one
I will be using with a steel hammer more often than not
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Old 3/4"chisel needs a handle
Any tips or best practices for making one
I will be using with a steel hammer more often than not
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Carpe Lignum
Sockets are easier....Have no experience with these..Sorry
Jerry
Phil,
Did you see this thread:
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthre...sels-available
Looks like a 3/4" chisel from the same source.
The last post Mike Henderson says a bit about how he made his handle.
jtk
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
Why is this called a new old stock chisel? I would just call it an old handleless chisel.
Purchased one myself, still in the packing grease and never honed......
Andy,
-- mos maiorum
I would make a traditional octagonal handle with no ferrule. You don't need a ferrule with a big bolster like that.
http://eatoncountywoodworker.blogspo...l-handles.html
http://www.workbenchdiary.com/2015/0...t-handled.html
It's important to start with a piece that's bigger than you need, so you can adjust if the chisel leans to one side after you drill the hole. To taper the first 4 sides, I like to mark out the taper and then split most of the waste off cross-grain with a chisel--very fast. Then clean up with a small plane Then mark out the other 4 sides, pare most of the waste away, and clean up again with a small plane.
"For me, chairs and chairmaking are a means to an end. My real goal is to spend my days in a quiet, dustless shop doing hand work on an object that is beautiful, useful and fun to make." --Peter Galbert
There is a you tube video of a guy who replaces the handles of Aldi chisels you might want to watch.