I recently got a new Ben Best 5/8" bowl gouge. The handle is only 13" long vs the last one I got, which was 19" long. I want to turn a new handle for it but am not sure of the best way to remove the original one. Any good ideas?
If you don't want to save the old one, you could just cut or split the handle off.I recently got a new Ben Best 5/8" bowl gouge. The handle is only 13" long vs the last one I got, which was 19" long. I want to turn a new handle for it but am not sure of the best way to remove the original one. Any good ideas?
Thank you, gentlemen. I did think about splitting it with an old chisel, but then thought I might be able to use it some other way.
Like Reed I rarely glue my gouges in. I seat them in the handle by holding it vertical and banging the butt of the handle on the floor or a workbench. Once in a great while a gouge will turn a little in the handle - then I add a few drops of thick CA to the hole and reseat the gouge.Thanks, Al, that sounds easy enough. I will try to get out to the shop this weekend and play...er, work on it