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HI all
Those who have been paying attention will know that I have recently acquired a fine Stanley #6. :lol: Required some work but cuts OK now. Unfortunately. it came with those awful plastic :twisted: handles and so I have made my own
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I preferred my LN #4.5 handle profile to the Stanley shape as it is slightly more upright and so used that as a template and simply drew around it onto a piece of 1" Beech that was in the off-cut box.
I cut the shape with a scroll saw and then sanded it with a cheap drum sander attachment I got from Axminster for about a fiver, in my drill stand.
I ran a 1/2" roundover bit around it and then finished the curves with a piece of 240 grit sand paper.
Total time for the job was about 3/4 hour. Only hard bit was the drilling for the main bolt :x 'Orrible job! I finally drilled half way from the bottom and then half way down from the top - luckily they met :wink:
I finished it with two coats of boiled linseed oil as I like the warm tones it brings to the Beech and it has a lovely silky feel.
Loads more comfortable than the rubbish plaggy thing and looks (in my opinion) much better.
Just need to get the lathe out and make the front knob now :wink:
Go on give it a go!!
edited for spelling as the original was written (badly) at 12.15am
Those who have been paying attention will know that I have recently acquired a fine Stanley #6. :lol: Required some work but cuts OK now. Unfortunately. it came with those awful plastic :twisted: handles and so I have made my own
. I preferred my LN #4.5 handle profile to the Stanley shape as it is slightly more upright and so used that as a template and simply drew around it onto a piece of 1" Beech that was in the off-cut box.
I cut the shape with a scroll saw and then sanded it with a cheap drum sander attachment I got from Axminster for about a fiver, in my drill stand.
I ran a 1/2" roundover bit around it and then finished the curves with a piece of 240 grit sand paper.
Total time for the job was about 3/4 hour. Only hard bit was the drilling for the main bolt :x 'Orrible job! I finally drilled half way from the bottom and then half way down from the top - luckily they met :wink:
I finished it with two coats of boiled linseed oil as I like the warm tones it brings to the Beech and it has a lovely silky feel.
Loads more comfortable than the rubbish plaggy thing and looks (in my opinion) much better.
Just need to get the lathe out and make the front knob now :wink:
Go on give it a go!!
edited for spelling as the original was written (badly) at 12.15am
