On Saturday 14 April 2007, born4something wrote:
--- In 7x12minilathe@..., Victoria Welch <wrlabs@...>
wrote:
Please don't laugh too hard :).
Not laughing Vikki. Handles are seriously useful from an OH&S
viewpoint as well as comfort. But make sure they fit solidly. Just
imagine filing energetically and dislodging a handle such that the
tang is driven up inside your wrist on the next power stroke.
Similarly when using in the lathe and something grabs unexpectedly.
With that in mind, I need a few more handles and to refit some more
securely!
I drilled out the shank in two steps, deep for the thin end and another
at the top for the big end near the file itself. I don't know if that
helped or that cheap wood is just so springy that it comes down on the
shank tightly?!? Short of pounding it off with a hammer of some sort,
I think it is there to stay.
Just put it over the file shank and popped it down on the workbench.
Maybe there is a place for crap wood ;-)?
Take care, Vikki (pleased not be be laughed at :-).
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Victoria Welch, WV9K/7
If you think education is expensive, try ignorance" --Andy McIntyre and
Derek Bok
