In this video I turn a tool handle and make a long, straight hollowing tool with a carbide cutter. This is for a vase project I will be doing in the near future.
Hi Timothy, thanks for watching and commenting. I used mild steel bar stock from Home Depot oh, and I believe that this and other soft steel should hold a tap just fine. Tapping tool steel would likely be more difficult. Cheers!
Hi Patrick, thanks for watching and for your question. The steel bar is 3/8" square. Although this size is ok, I would likely use 1/2" stock to reduce vibration when deep hollowing. For your second question, I'll answer my first assumption - drilling the steel bar: this was done by marking the center of the tip with a punch, then drilling on the drill press. If you actually meant drilling the hole down the middle of the tool handle: I do the drilling on the lathe early in the process, by mounting the "bottom" end of the stock in my 4-jaw chuck on the headstock, and drilling the "ferrule" end with a drill chuck in the tailstock. Then I replace the drill chuck with a live center in the tailstock, and the tip of the live center goes in the drilled hole while I complete the shaping of the tool handle. Cheers!
Thanks for watching and commenting! I'd probably agree with you, I made this video several years ago when my when my channel was more about wood turning than tool making, not sure back then how much interest there would be in actually making the business end as you say. It's been on my list of things to do to remake this video with more emphasis on the metal prep. Appreciate thappreciate the feedback. Cheers!
Would be a much better video had it not been 10 minutes out of 14 minutes polishing a handle. Especially since you don’t even say what your using. I think your a good wood turner but no one is going to subscribe and watch a video this long and learn nothing. Hope I don’t sound like a jerk but it’s just how I see the video. You can do much better I think.
Bill nice looking tool, look forward to seeing the vase hollowing. Been something I'd like to try. Thanks for sharing.
Hi John, thank you, I can't wait to give it a go. I just need to find or make the right kind of tool rest to support it. Cheers!
What size hole did you drill in the handle or did I miss something?
Hello, May I ask what type steel did you use? And why, will any type steel hold the tap well?
Hi Timothy, thanks for watching and commenting. I used mild steel bar stock from Home Depot oh, and I believe that this and other soft steel should hold a tap just fine. Tapping tool steel would likely be more difficult. Cheers!
@@BillRockwoodWoodturning Awesome. thank you!
Good turn, Bill. You will like using that tool.
Let's see you use it.
Cheers
Thanks Lee, this will be my primary hollowing tool in the upcoming natural edge vase project. Cheers!
What is the width of the steel bar? How did you drill the hole down the middle?
Hi Patrick, thanks for watching and for your question. The steel bar is 3/8" square. Although this size is ok, I would likely use 1/2" stock to reduce vibration when deep hollowing. For your second question, I'll answer my first assumption - drilling the steel bar: this was done by marking the center of the tip with a punch, then drilling on the drill press. If you actually meant drilling the hole down the middle of the tool handle: I do the drilling on the lathe early in the process, by mounting the "bottom" end of the stock in my 4-jaw chuck on the headstock, and drilling the "ferrule" end with a drill chuck in the tailstock. Then I replace the drill chuck with a live center in the tailstock, and the tip of the live center goes in the drilled hole while I complete the shaping of the tool handle. Cheers!
13 minutes of making a handle with about a minute remaining to actually talk about the business end.
I believe the title of this video is wrong.
Thanks for watching and commenting! I'd probably agree with you, I made this video several years ago when my when my channel was more about wood turning than tool making, not sure back then how much interest there would be in actually making the business end as you say. It's been on my list of things to do to remake this video with more emphasis on the metal prep. Appreciate thappreciate the feedback. Cheers!
Would be a much better video had it not been 10 minutes out of 14 minutes polishing a handle. Especially since you don’t even say what your using. I think your a good wood turner but no one is going to subscribe and watch a video this long and learn nothing. Hope I don’t sound like a jerk but it’s just how I see the video. You can do much better I think.