Dogwood Chisel Handles
Doug Reynolds in Seattle
>Is dogwood a pretty good choice for socket handles for chisels?
Dogwood Chisel Handles
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Re: Dogwood Chisel Handles
#2Re: Dogwood Chisel Handles
Stephen Shepherd in the State of Deseret
>Doug,
Dogwood should be just fine as a socket chisel handle. It takes use and abuse well. There is one caveat however, dogwoods wears smooth with use, hence its use in weaving shuttles and this can cause the handle to become loose. I have a few socketed chisels and I don't count on the handles being tight when I pick them up.
I use a little brewers pitch on the socket to help it stick together.
Stephen
Re: Dogwood Chisel Handles
#3yes definitly
Bill Tindall, E.TN
>When we made our dovetailing chisels we installed Dogwood handles. I have beat the bejeepers out of them and they are doing fine. I used small limb sections and turned them on lathe.
I made a dog wood wedge for driving in recalcitrant logs that steel wedges failed to split. It lasted for years of firewood splitting.
Re: Dogwood Chisel Handles
#4Brewer's pitch?
Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA
>Is this what you get when you melt down a brewmaster?
Re: Dogwood Chisel Handles
#5Pine pitch
Stephen Shepherd in the State of Deseret
>I buy this stuff for $12.00 a pound and it is just dried out pine pitch. Used to coat the inside of canteens, tin, copper, wood, etc.
One pound is the size of a small melon or very large grapefruit. Heated up it provides a good waterproof coating.
It is quite sticky in its semi-solid state and works to grip stuff tight.
Stephen
Re: Dogwood Chisel Handles
#6Thats what they use....
John in New Mexico
>to sell fancy beer for $5 a bottle.