Tool Handles

[keithkarl2007]

Anyone ever make their own? I started these a while back but have to find someone with a metal lathe to machine the parts for the ends. Just wanted to know if anyone knows how much of the tool should be left in the handle? Would 2-3" be enough? This particular one is a 1/2" bowl gouge.

 

[scotirish]

Good morning.
I make some of my own handles. I have some for tools I bought without one and some I did not like the handle that came on it. :redface::redface: The trick, as I see it, is to make the handle that fits you and your method of using the tool. :smile-big::smile-big: There are all kinds of suggestions out there for the length and even some for the girth, but the bottom line is that you use it and it must be comfortable for you to use.
Some of mine have a very long handle as it gives me better control when using it. The best thing is to watch how you use the tool and then imagine it with a longer/shorter/smaller/larger girth. Then make the handle. I also add some larger dia. where my hand fits the tool as I have large hands.
The point is the tool should be comfortable for you to use.
I hope this helps.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you.
Ron

 

[Drstrangefart]

I'm pretty sure unless you have some weird plans, you can go all the way up to about 2 inches short of the shape you cut into the bar of steel and be fine. Mine only has about an inch of steel holding it in place, and I just gobbed a ton of thick CA in there. It's a crappy HF tool that has given me good service the last year or two.

 

[Robert111]

If I understand your question, I would say the handle should be drilled deep enough to allow the tool to be inserted to at least half its length. Then a threaded hole at the open end of the handle will be tapped for an allen set screw. The tool can be inserted to any depth and the screw tightened to clamp it in place.