How To Make Lathe Tool Handles

Now that you have the ferrule set glue if necessary test the fit of the spacers and tang in the tool handle.

How to make lathe tool handles. Time to mount one of the billets in the lathe and make a handle. Plus they are fu. Turn on the lathe and check to see that the handle runs true.

There should be little or no ghosting at the ferrule end. Making your own tool handles on the lathe is a really fun projects. I first reduced the diameter of one end until the ferrule would just tap on tightly.

Place the handles pilot hole against the bit bring up the tailstock and lock it. This helps reduce the cost and allows you to make a handle that is customized for you. The next part was the most difficult.

Its a fairly simple matter to make a wooden handle. It amounts to turning a spindle drilling a hole to accept the tool and then using epoxy to hold it in place. The tool should be a tight fit but a few drops of epoxy glue will insure it wont come loose.

You can watch a video I put together called How to Make Wood Handles for Wood Lathe Tools it involves taking a small dead tree trunk and turning it into a cylindrical blank to be used for a wood lathe tool handle club mallet or whatever you might desire. Put on a full-face shield and set the lathes speed between 400 and 600 rpm. Ad Easy to Use - Laser Fits in Spindle 4-Axis 00002 resolutn Fast Setup.

To assemble the tool you absolutely want to have the ferrule in place before setting the tool in the handle. For this size tool you would have a terribly hard time fitting the ferrule over the business end since it is substantially larger than the ferrule. -either buy a tool blank or make your own and insert and glue into the handle.