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How to Make an Octagonal Handle, Shell Auger and Straight Drilling Guide

I will warn you, this walk-through is a big one!  The results, however, will let a woodworker without a lathe or mad shaping skills to have a reasonably high chance of turning a small chunk of wood into a lovely handle that can be held with comfort and pride!

I have been researching and experimenting with tool grips for quite some time. Recently I have begun to solidify my research and decided it was time to figure out how to make the perfect tool handle, make it well and make it consistently. Part of my goal here is to provide a handle form that does not need a lathe to turn. I wanted to make this something that would inspire and allow budding craftsmen to use, make and repair hand tools.

Lots of handle blanks

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February 27th, 2011 | Category: Metalworking, Sharpening, Tool Making, Tutorials, Woodworking | 9 comments

No Glue, No Glue, What to do!

I need some glue, lots of glue, epoxy preferably.  I have looked around, I have lots of glue, a couple of boxes of glue, all of them are now  strange hazardous waste.   They are all well over a year old.  Glues, most glues are dead in a year.   Some may go a few more [...]

February 11th, 2011 | Category: Tool Making, Toxins, Woodworking | 3 comments

Do You have Enough Tools?

I love posts about workshops in other countries.   They show other methods of work holding, and working with tools.  Often times you see amazing work being done with a few simple tools.   What I really like is the simple tools.

But in every conversation about these tools, someone has to make the cheap shot [...]

November 28th, 2010 | Category: Hand Tools, Metalworking, Tool Making, Tutorials, Woodworking | Leave a comment

Mesquite Smoking Pipes

Here are the pipes I have made so far

Seeing as I am doing pretty well on the rustic side, I decided to go full out rustic and make a pipe with some character.  So I am carving one to suggest a tree stump. Continue reading Mesquite Smoking Pipes

September 5th, 2010 | Category: Woodworking | One comment

Ecopoxy Update

I have been testing  Ecopoxy as an adhesive. They are not marketing it as an adhesive, but I think they really should. I love this stuff. Here is a fairly wicked test of a glue. any glue you choose to name.

This nice jagged chip is about to be glued.

To this [...]

March 20th, 2010 | Category: Tool Making, Woodworking | 5 comments
 
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