Turning Blanks
Turning Blanks
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How to Turn Handles for your woodworking tools?
Turning your own tool handles is more than just good spindle practice.Some turning tools are sold without handles, and many turners prefer to make their own to f it their hands.
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To turn a tool handle, cut a blank from a dense, strong hardwood such as ash or hickory, making sure that the grain runs along the lengh of the blank. A blank that is 1.5 to 2 inches square and 13 to 16 inches long will yield a standard handle. Mount the piece between centers and turn it down to a smooth cylinder.
Buy a brass ferrule for the handle, or make one from 1-inch-diameter copper tubing, cut about 1 inch long. File thp edpes smooth. Then use a parting tool to turn a tenon on one end of the blank to accommodate the ferrule.
Measure the inside diameter of the ferrule with dial calipers, and turn the outside diameter of the tenon to match. Give the tenon a slisht taner so the ferrule will fit snugly. Remove the handle from the lathe, set it end down on a work surface, and tap the ferrule in place with a mallet.
Next, remount the handle on the lathe and shape it with a skew chisel and spindle gouge.
As you are turning the handle, switch off the lathe occasionally and check how the handle feels in your hand. lf you wish, make decorative grooves in the tail end of the handle; some wood turners identify their tools according to the number of grooves in thp handle.
0nce you are satisfied with the handle's shape, you need to bore a hole in the tenon end to accommodate the tang of the tool. The size of the hole depends on the type of tang. For round-section, untapered tangs, bore a hole equal to the tang diameter 2 to 3 inches deep. For squaresection, tapered tangs, you need to drill a two-step hole: The top half should be the same diameter as the tang 1.75 inches from the tip; the bottom half should be the same width as the tang 0.75 inch from its tip.
Bore the holes on the lathe. Mount the bit in a Jacobs chuck and attach the chuck to the lathe tailstock. Holding the handle steady, advance the tailstock and handle with the handwheel so the bit bores straight into the tenon end. Make sure the hole is centered in the blank.
To complete the handle, saw off the waste at the butt end and insert the blade into the handle. Secure the blade in place by rapping the butt of the handle with a mallet.
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Best way to drill pen blanks with no press?
I don't have a drill press, but I love turning pens and other small items. What's the best way for me to drill blanks without a press? Space is at a premium in my home and I just don't have room for one...
A small bench drill press only takes up one square foot of bench/ table space.
The fixture I will describe below will take up more room on the bench but will be lighter to move and store when not in use.
I you own an electric drill, you can make a wooden fixture that you clamp the drill into.
Position the drill motor horizontally on a piece of plywood with a long drill bit installed in the chuck.
You will need to make some spacer blocks to support the drill motor so that the drill bit is parallel to the wooden base.
These can be carved or saw cut,
You need at least three blocks; 1 just behind the drill chuck, 1 under the motor and 1 under the handle.
Cutting or carving a slight V in the top of the blocks will keep the drill motor from moving around when you clamp it down.
Some experimenting with the height of the blocks will get the drill motor positioned correctly.
You then can make a wooden hold down that goes over the drill motor.
Use two carriage bolts and wing nuts to hold the hold down.
To position the pen blank, you need a V block made out of wood.
This you can screw down to the plywood base, after some testing to position it correctly.
You may want to cut finger notches in the pen blank V block as you need to be able to hold the pen blank and push it in to the running drill bit.
If you make different diameter pen blanks, you will need a different height V block for each pen blank, or shims to add or remove height from one V block.
In this case, instead of screwing down the pen blank V block, screw down to the base two, 1/2" by 1/2" by 4" pieces of wood on either side of the V block.
This gives you the option of just pushing/ sliding the entire V block and the pen blank into the drill bit.
You can add a separate toggle switch or a light switch and a receptacle to plug the drill motor into, to turn on and off the drill motor.
Tape the drill motor switch in the on position and use the toggle switch to turn on/ off the drill motor, this gives you both hands free to work the pen blank.
You should use what is called a center drill bit to start the hole in the pen blank.
This is a short, ridge drill that will accurately start the hole, then switch to the long drill bit to finish the hole.
Another option, since you have a lathe, get a tail stock drill chuck and drill the pen blank while the the pen blank is still in the lathe.
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Wingman
