lowell holmes
01-26-2009, 8:48 PM
I found Bob Smalser's article about making a chisel handle. I decided to put a handle in an old 2" slick that belonged to my wife's grandfather. I made the handle from red oak and I'm pleased with the effort. I really found Bob's article to be very informative.
The wood was prepared with power tools, but the handle is hand carved. I used rasps, shaves, handplanes and sandpaper. It has two coats of Deft Danish oil and is seated in epoxy like Bob said to do.:)
I had to clean up the battered socket with files after drilling the old wood out.
The wood was prepared with power tools, but the handle is hand carved. I used rasps, shaves, handplanes and sandpaper. It has two coats of Deft Danish oil and is seated in epoxy like Bob said to do.:)
I had to clean up the battered socket with files after drilling the old wood out.