How To Make Lathe Tool Handles

Turn on the lathe and check to see that the handle runs true.

How to make lathe tool handles. Place the handles pilot hole against the bit bring up the tailstock and lock it. Im going to be making some handles for a couple of different kitchen tools however you could use the same concepts to make handles for chisels files knives - or whatever you need. Now youre ready to mount the tool to your new handle.

Plus they are fu. There should be little or no ghosting at the ferrule end. You will need to turn off the lathe and back the drill bit out every inch or so to clear chips.

Advance the live center to engage the center hole on the waste end of the tool handle. There are a lot of videos of guys showing how they make their own tools watch them and you will get some good ideasthen perfect a process that matches your needs and abilities. Use the tailstock hand crank to feed the drill bit into the handle.

-use a piece of copper pipe as a ferrule when the tool inserts into the wood handle. The tool should be a tight fit but a few drops of epoxy glue will insure it wont come loose. Time to mount one of the billets in the lathe and make a handle.

The next part was the most difficult. Its a fairly simple matter to make a wooden handle. It is standard practice to add a ferrule or the equivalent for extra strength where the tool joins the handle.

This helps reduce the cost and allows you to make a handle that is customized for you. I mounted the handle blank in the lathe and turned down one end until the ferrule fit. Now that you have the ferrule set glue if necessary test the fit of the spacers and tang in the tool handle.