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A
page showing you the process of making a set of handles. These
handles were made in African blackwood for a collectors
box.
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on images to enlarge. |
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handles are such an important part of the box that I give them
a lot of thought. I have sketched my ideas on a pad to show
the client and also made a mock up handle which is stuck on
the front with double sided sticky tape to give me an idea of
what the real thing will look like. |
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the side pieces of the handle I machined strips of blackwood
and cleaned them up with a block plane. |
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then cut them to shorter lengths on the panel saw. |
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I
made one side piece from each end of the short lengths. First of
all I put a half round mould on the ends using a router bit in the
router table. |
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then drilled the hole to accept the turned part of the handle on the
pillar drill. |
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on the router table with a straight bit I formed the shoulders of
the side pieces. |
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I am using a saw tooth bit in the pillar drill to form the curve on
the side of the handle. |
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now cut the side pieces off leaving a shaped part with a square peg. |
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used a file to make the square peg into a dowel. This will fit into
the holes I drill into the box. |
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| Starting
work on the turned part of the handle now. I used my metal working
lathe to turn consistent diameter bars. |
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turning I cut them off over length with a hand saw. I then cut them
all accurately to length on the bandsaw. |
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| Back
on the lathe I turned the ends to fit in the holes I drilled in the
side pieces. |
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cleaned up the parts with abrasive paper. |
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handles are glued in place using a shaped block and two small "g"
cramps. |
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