New chisel handle

[Darren Wright]

I picked up a new to me set of Marples hand carving chisels this past week, it was missing two chisels from the set, but another had a handle broken.


The broken handle was snapped off completely at the top of the ferrule. I used a couple of small drill bits to clear out the broken wood from between the shank and ferrule. I was able to get the ferrule cleaned up to reuse. I chucked up some walnut to turn a new handle.


I’ll finish it up tomorrow.

 

[Ryan Mooney]

Looking forward to seeing how you do the lettering

I mean it looks dang near factory shape wise! And with a little finish the color will be darn close to.

 

[Ted Calver]

The missus bought me a set of those many, many years ago. They have been great.

 

[Darren Wright]

Looking forward to seeing how you do the lettering

I was probably going to just do a blo finish. If I were to lacquer it, I could probably laser it, then flood fill with gold paint, or I could laser a rubber stamp, I do have material around to try that.

The missus bought me a set of those many, many years ago. They have been great.

They seem to be a good set. Looking forward to using them

 

[Ted Calver]

There's some sharpening challenges with a few of those edges.

 

[Mike Stafford]

I like 'em!

 

[Ryan Mooney]

There's some sharpening challenges with a few of those edges.

Not as bad as it might seem once you practice a bit. Mary May put out a series on sharpening carving tools a few years back that I found super helpful

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[Darren Wright]

I used a method I saw Paul Sellers’s do for drilling out for the tang, which puts the drill bit level with the center hole. You make a saw kerf to allow the piece to be clamped.


Finished and finished with BLO.

 

[Vaughn McMillan]

The handle came out looking great, Darren. The drilling jig is pretty clever, too.

 

[David Johnson]

Those are professional grade right from the factory or better.
David

 

[Darren Wright]

Thank you!

The handle came out looking great, Darren. The drilling jig is pretty clever, too.

Can't take credit, drilled mine with different sized bits as he did stepping up to larger sizes at shallower depths.

 

[Les Elm]

Nicely done.
They look great.
Les

 

[Peter Rideout]

Nice, very nice!