A little wood handle hint...

Chiro75

Chiro75

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I have a problem shared by many other folks who like to do kit knives, play with handle materials, etc, in that I don't have a belt grinder. Wood scorches really fast on a bench grinder, too, and trying to use Dremel/sandpaper to get the sclaes fluch with the tang takes FOREVER. So, in a fit of madness I came up with something that seems to work really great on wood handles... I use one of those tiny Craftsman (I have some of the old, really nice ones) finger planers. Using my grinder I go ahead and get the shape pretty close without burning the wood, then I clamp the handle between two pieces of pine and I use the planer to get the scales flush with the tang. It goes fast, the fit is excellent, no scorching, and the wood is nice and smooth on the edges so there isn't much finish work to be done there. Works great!

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If you use a belt sander, keep the wood moving back and forth across the belt. It helps a lot with the scorching problem and makes belts last longer. Disc sanders burn even easier so you have to keep the wood moving a little better and not hold it against it for so long. I'll have to try some of those planes your talking about. I have some old ones that are kind of worn out. Wood craft sells some they call rotary rasps that look pretty nice if anyone is looking for them.

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