William C Rogers
01-13-2016, 9:54 AM
I had posted before how to make tool handles. I got a lot of good tips and information. Some I knew, some I could incorporate and some I couldn't due to my capability. Also the importance of incorporating a ferrule. My goal was to have the bowl gouges removable for sharpening. I hope my method is viewed as overkill and no safety issues. I am also experimenting with different shapes and styles of handles. Handles are sanded to 180 and unfinished.
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The scrapers I drilled a hole the width of the tang and then used a chisel to make the rectangular slot. I epoxyed them in. The ferrules are copper with 1/8" wall called pressure reducer fitting. For the bowl gouges I bought brass nipples 3" long. The ID's were perfect for the gouges ( 3/8 for the 1/2 gouge and 1/2 for the 5/8 gouge ). Due to size I used a 1" copper coupler for the 5/8" gouge. Then I drilled through the ferrule and brass pipe and tapped for 1/4-28 set screws.
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So these are done and I am happy with the result.
Now looking at my "wish I had better" tools I still use I see a need to make some new handles for them. First one will be my HF parting tool. When I removed the tool from the handle it has a really small tang, just slightly over a 1/4" square. I created a groove on my router table in two wood halves. I glued these to the tang. Then I will glue the nipple into the handle, install the tool and mark where the set screw will contact, remove wood in that area, glue and install set screw. The set screw is to prevent rotation ( not tool removable ) as the tool will glued in.
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Comments welcome, don't mind overkill, but want safety. Note, the brass nipples are more precise on the ID where the steel nipples have a smaller irregular shape.
329252
The scrapers I drilled a hole the width of the tang and then used a chisel to make the rectangular slot. I epoxyed them in. The ferrules are copper with 1/8" wall called pressure reducer fitting. For the bowl gouges I bought brass nipples 3" long. The ID's were perfect for the gouges ( 3/8 for the 1/2 gouge and 1/2 for the 5/8 gouge ). Due to size I used a 1" copper coupler for the 5/8" gouge. Then I drilled through the ferrule and brass pipe and tapped for 1/4-28 set screws.
329253 329257
So these are done and I am happy with the result.
Now looking at my "wish I had better" tools I still use I see a need to make some new handles for them. First one will be my HF parting tool. When I removed the tool from the handle it has a really small tang, just slightly over a 1/4" square. I created a groove on my router table in two wood halves. I glued these to the tang. Then I will glue the nipple into the handle, install the tool and mark where the set screw will contact, remove wood in that area, glue and install set screw. The set screw is to prevent rotation ( not tool removable ) as the tool will glued in.
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Comments welcome, don't mind overkill, but want safety. Note, the brass nipples are more precise on the ID where the steel nipples have a smaller irregular shape.