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26th December 2021, 03:04 PM #1GOLD MEMBER
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Cutlery handles for Christmas 2021
I realised that I needed a few Christmas presents (as well as the usual Bank of Dad $$ for family of course) so I purchased some cutlery fittings. I didn't have any idea what shapes to make nor how long/what diameter. However, I read on these forums that Crows Ash (Flindersia australis) is good for handles and I bought a trailer load of that from the forums member who once called himself Mapleman, so I have plenty. After some experimentation with some very plain figured material I decided that, for the larger items like the bread knife, cake slice and cheese knife a diameter of approximately 30 mm plus or minus 3 mm feels comfortable in the hand. I made most of them about 150 mm long, though one of these felt better at about 125 mm.
Cutlery handles for Christmas 2021.jpg Four of the handles. Two are ripple-figure Crows Ash and two a striped figure. I never make any two the same, variety is the spice of life (and I've no pretensions to be an excellent production turner, I just like playing around).
I still have some smaller items to make - like butter knives and steak knives (though I'm not sure why I bought the latter) but am planning to make them 12 to 15 mm diameter.
The cheese knife fitting was the easiest. a deep hole with a drill for the longer part of the cylindrical shaft then a shorter drilled hole for the larger portion of the shaft. The other fittings are fiddly because they need a fairly deep hole drilled but then most of the length is flat steel. I read about various suggestions in the forums for them but found the simplest method to use a very small () shaped diamond file I have.
I used Epox-E-Glue (Boatcraft Pacific) to glue them in place.
All are finished on the lathe using Shellawax Glow, then EEE Ultrashine over the top.
David
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26th December 2021, 08:03 PM #2
David, For the next lot try some split dowels. Simply turn a dowel to the appropriate hole size then split them using a Japanese saw or if you a thin enough band saw blade use that. Glue in place as per what you are doing.
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27th December 2021, 03:43 PM #3GOLD MEMBER
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Thanks Moby,
I had read about that technique and will try it in the future. My fine Japanese saw will only cut to about 30 mm max. I can see that it would be a good technique to use if the steel (is it called a tang?) went all the way though the handle and I'm aware that it is the recommended technique when using flat knife scales rather than turning a handle. For these fittings the imbedded part isn't very long so my small diamond file made short work of cutting the grooves without breaking the continuity of the figure on the handle.
David
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