Tom LaRussa
02-04-2005, 7:41 PM
I have to admit that I messed this up, and this handle is not attached to the chisel for which it was intended. (It was intended for a lovely Swan paring chisel, hence it does not have a reinforced butox.)
Turns out that little attachment part is the hardest aspect of making handles for socket chisels, because there is no standard size. Ugh.
Anyhoo, here's the result. Luckily, as Chris put is, that is some pretty wood.
Edit: The chisel is a Buck Brother's Cast Steel with some pitting that doesn't show up in the picture.
Edit #2: The handle is an attempt at more-or-less copying that of a Stanley #720.
Edit #3: I need to study Leif's piece on making socket chisel handles. I read it when he first posted it, but I didn't have a spinny thingie, so it didn't really register all that well.
Turns out that little attachment part is the hardest aspect of making handles for socket chisels, because there is no standard size. Ugh.
Anyhoo, here's the result. Luckily, as Chris put is, that is some pretty wood.
Edit: The chisel is a Buck Brother's Cast Steel with some pitting that doesn't show up in the picture.
Edit #2: The handle is an attempt at more-or-less copying that of a Stanley #720.
Edit #3: I need to study Leif's piece on making socket chisel handles. I read it when he first posted it, but I didn't have a spinny thingie, so it didn't really register all that well.