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What I plan on doing is making a wooden handle for a knife. What kind
of knife? Hang in there...
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I sanded off some of the high spots and then used a #3 center drill on
one end.
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I chucked the branch in my lathe and used a live center on the end I
used my center drill.
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This is the first time I've ever worked with peach and so far it's
cutting fine.
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Working with Metal
Here is what I have in mind for my knife. Now this is a 'butter
knife' that came from my kitchen so it's nothing special. However, this
new knife handle is going to make life a little easier once I'm
finished.
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Here I'm milling the handle thickness until it cleans up because it was
slightly rounded. I'm not sure what kind of stainless steel this is but
it machined pretty good.
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Here you can see a comparison of the two up to this point. I did more
work to the profile after this picture was taken to match my sketch
above, but you get the idea.
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Working with Wood
I made a quick fixture to could cut my round handle in half.
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I clamped my fixture to my miter gage and then used my bandsaw to cut my
peach work piece.
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