How To Turn A Wood Tool Handle

Carving tool handles like these should have domed ends which are less likely to split under the mallet.

How to turn a wood tool handle. Insert the rivets place the socket on a firm surface such as a block of 4 x 4 lumber and dome the rivet head. It is readily available non-toxic see side note below and protects your wooden handle without feeling gummy as something like mineral oil would. Tool Handles from Craft Supplies USA.

Drilling the hole for the tool so you may want to use a regular spur center or turn a tenon on the end of the handle to mount in a four-jaw chuck. The idea is that the tool will be inserted into a handle usually metal and purchased separately having set screws or a collet to hold it in place. Over time and especially if a student attempted to close it with excessive force the handle can break off.

Turn your stock into a cyl-inder with a spindle roughing gouge. Then again hold the handle as you wind in the tail-centre photo 2. We offer a wide selection of modular tool handles for your unhandled woodturning tools.

The jaws would have to go down to about 1. Subsequently we allow the oil to be absorbed after which we rub the handle with another clean cloth. After the handle is fitted correctly into the head use a rasp and file to shape it the wide wedge is driven tightly into the kerf.

A couple drops is often enough. Many turning tools can be purchased without handles. We repeat this process until the wood is saturated.

I show how to turn your own woodturning tool handle. Another option is to mount the tool in a wooden handle made especially for it. Shape it to the style that.