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Tool Handle Video, with tip on drilling

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Tip on drilling tool handle

Here is a technique for drilling a hole in a tool handle. Bring the tool rest up against the blank to keep it from spinning while drilling. Much easier than holding it with my hand like I used to do. The blank does have to be square for this to work, though.
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If you aren't selling something in the video then there should not be a problem. I have made some tool handles in the past where the tool shank didn't perfectly line up with the handle which bothered me some although the tools turned out to be functionally OK. Last week I made a handle for a new Thompson detail gouge and decided to hold the back end of the handle in a chuck with deep jaws and a drill with a Morse taper shank in the tailstock. I was very pleased that the results were dead on as far as my eyeballs can tell. Of course, my handle is a one time deal since I epoxied the tool in the handle. One important lesson learned -- cut a relief channel to allow air and excess epoxy to vent out of the snug fitting hole. Just don't ask how I gained this bit of wisdom. Now I will search for your video to see how to make an interchangeable handle.
 
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