Tool handles

[Rusty Nesmith]

I have been buying shovel handle blanks and cutting them down to make handles. It time to get rid of them and make some nice handles. I have five glue ups. Here are three and the other two are in clamps drying. Waiting on the adapters to finish.

 

[Sam Force]

Nice blanks, I prefer to turn my own handles vs one that come on gouges

 

[Larry Mercier]

I have been buying shovel handle blanks and cutting them down to make handles

I too like shop made handles. I have large hands. I don't want my thumb touching other fingers when I grasp a turning tool. We who sharpen handled tools have to adapt at the grinder or sander. This (IMHO) is a minor adaptation.

 

[hughie]

lIke wise around 80% of my handles are shop made

 

[Rusty Nesmith]

Nice blanks, I prefer to turn my own handles vs one that come on gouges

I buy all of my tools without handles. Much cheaper that way.

 

[Rusty Nesmith]

I too like shop made handles. I have large hands. I don't want my thumb touching other fingers when I grasp a turning tool. We who sharpen handled tools have to adapt at the grinder or sander. This (IMHO) is a minor adaptation.

I put handle adapters in my handles so I can sharpen with the handle off.

 

[Larry Mercier]

I put handle adapters in my handles so I can sharpen with the handle off

Interesting. What is your source for the adaptors?

 

[Timm De]

Interesting. What is your source for the adaptors?

Looks like the Dway adapter. - https://d-waytools.com/d-way-handle-inserts/

I have the one by Cindy its well made and fixed my over boring on my first handle (colors are a nice touch) -https://www.cindydrozda.com/html/Handle_Adapters.html

if you feel like your wallet is too heavy I would get the robust collet handle system for quick access - https://www.turnrobust.com/product/tool-handles-robust-collet-handle-system/

 

[William Rogers]

I make my own collets from aluminum bar. I use set screws and not as nice as some to the commercial ones, but a whole lot cheaper.

 

[Doug Freeman]

I also prefer shop made wood handles for larger tools that can be cumbersome to sharpen, such as 5/8 shaft bowl gouges and some scrapers where the handle gets in the way of the grinder platform. I also have quite a few shop made hollowing tools with shop made handles. The oem handles on smaller tools, 3/8” bowl gouges, spindle gouges, etc tend to work fine for me.

I like Cindy Drozda’s adapters. I recommend using a ferrule of some type - I had an adapter with 5/8” BG break out of a handle once. I was making pretty heavy interrupted cuts, and lickily it let go kinda of slowly, so nothing went flying. I use copper tube for ferrules on smaller tools but did not have large enough tube for these 5/8” adapters. Used heavy thread with CA glue. Its been 7-8 yrs and no more adapters have broken out.

 

[Timm De]

I like Cindy Drozda’s adapters. I recommend using a ferrule of some type - I had an adapter with 5/8” BG break out of a handle once. I was making pretty heavy interrupted cuts, and lickily it let go kinda of slowly, so nothing went flying. I use copper tube for ferrules on smaller tools but did not have large enough tube for these 5/8” adapters. Used heavy thread with CA glue. Its been 7-8 yrs and no more adapters have broken out.

I like that knurling on those handles! Now i gotta go make a new handle. Was that with just a texture tool or a dedicated knurling tool from a metal lathe?

 

[Rusty Nesmith]

Interesting. What is your source for the adaptors?

Yes the are the D-Way adapters, 1/2” and 5/8”.

 

[Marty Vogel]

I Like the Jimmy Clewes quick change adapters.