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Bummer. I need handle help.

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Bummer. I need handle help.

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Bummer. I need handle help.

Wayne Cease, Atlanta

>I ordered a set of three mini hollowing tools from woodturnerscatalog.com, but they came without handles. There was no note about no handles on the website (I rechecked after getting the box), or I wouldn't have ordered them. Ordering to "tech support" it is noted in the printed catalog.

Now I need to make handles or return them.

What's involved in making handles? I've never done it. I can measure my other handles, so I can get dimensions easily enough. But what do I do after I turned the shape? How big of a hole, relative to the tool thickness, do I need to drill? Do I glue the tool in? Epoxy for a metal-wood bond?

Thanks,

Wayne

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AndiWolfe

>Wayne - Turning a handle is pretty easy, and you'll enjoy the project. Use one of your other tools as a pattern. You'll need to turn a tenon on the tool end of the handle, which is sized to accept the ferrule (not sure I spelled that correctly). You can cut a piece of copper tubing to size, sand the ends and slip it over the tenon. Drill a hole in the end of the handle that's slightly larger than the diameter of the tool rod (if it's the Chris Stott style made from drill rod). Use either epoxy or CA glue to hold the tool in the handle. Hope this makes sense. I'm sure someone will jump in here and explain it better.

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john Lucas

>Wayne

e-mail me and I'll send you an article I wrote for our newsletter on making tool handles. There was also a good article in the last issue of American Woodturner on making tool handles.

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Lan Brady

>for the ferrule, I use a brass plumbers comprssion nut. You can thread it on the wood for extra strength(probably overkill). I turn the hex flats off with a spindle gouge and it looks and works great.

Lan