Adding Wooden Handles to Screwdrivers // Turning Wooden Screwdrivers for Woodworking
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- Опубліковано 4 чер 2020
- In this video I experiment with a new method of making wooden handled screw drivers. These wood screw drivers keep the aesthetic of the woodworking workshop while being practical and functional. They also feel better in the hand than any screw plastic screwdrivers in my opinion.
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I watch make it / build it / fix it UA-cam videos compulsively when not able to be at my own multi hobby work bench. Out of thousands of videos over the last year, this is literally the most inspiring thing I’ve seen for ages … you’re right up there with Mr Chickadee! Thank you so much for sharing!!!
Excellent work. It's okay to be obsessive when you are doing what you love. A reverence for wood.
Talk about upgrading a set of boxstore screwdrivers!! wow! Very nice editing and a beautiful set of screwdrivers! well done
Absolutely beautiful screwdrivers!!
I appreciate the music. Much better than the driving beat of most modern music.
Sorry, but I laughed way harder than I expected when your clamp broke! I think we've all been there! Great improvement on the handles!
Very nice 👍👍. Love to watch skilled old school craftsmanship.
Subbed and damn nice work.👍👍🇺🇸
Lovely work!
Beautiful work.
great job !! Also i really like your editing !
Great Job. Thanks for sharing
Very nice , i did something similar except i started with a full blank of curly hard maple , but i made the London pattern , which is octogon or hexagone one of them lol cuz it always pisses me off when my screwdiver rolls of my bench !!
Pachelbels canon in D..Works so good! Nice work.
I agree with you. I detest plastic handled screwdrivers. They may be handy in a mechanic's shop, but in a woodworker's shop? No way! Well done!
Your decision to mount the blades before you turned the handles -- Brilliant! Lacewood??
BTW: Sleep Baby Sleep and the Pendulum Waltz -- Utterly inspired!
Thank you! The method worked better than I had even hoped!
Yes it’s lacewood!
Encore une fois du beau travail. Ils sont magnifiques.
Merci grand-papa! :)
I don't think it would have worked on those hard plastic handles, but there is a 'correct' way to remove the handles from screwdrivers.
Companies like Snap-On used to do it to replace damaged shafts on screwdrivers. They replaced just the shaft instead of the whole screwdriver, because they were usually part of a matching set.
You slip a washer over the shaft of the screwdriver to protect the plastic, and then clamp the shaft vertically in a vise (handle upwards), almost up to the handle, but leaving about 1/4" of space.
Then, you use a crowbar under the washer to lever the handle up and off the shaft.
This works great on the transparent acetate handles but I've never got it to work on the harder plastic handles.
These ones were not designed with that method in mind, but that's a good point. I also didn't know that trick worked on the transparent handled ones, thanks for the info!
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I actually use it for the opposite reason to this video - I throw away the screwdriver and keep the handle. They are really useful if you need a handle for a shop-made tool.
Sub'd and scanning your channel gradually I really like your musical choices. Pachelbels Canon D is one of my faves
Thank you! And it's a good song!
The handle mechanism reminds of the work of Jean -Henri Riesener. His pieces were all full of equally intricate mechanisms. You'll find videos here on UA-cam.
From my new video? I will need to check that out for sure!
Well, I'm watching your videos for a second time now to catch all the Easter eggs and just for the sheer enjoyment. As you replied earlier to a comment, Lacewood probably wasn't the best choice because of the grain structure although, beautiful. A much tighter grained wood that's less splintery like maple as you mentioned or like pear, beech, etc. would be better for strength. I mentioned yesterday on another video of yours that your technique reminded me of a machinist and part of that comes from your turning technique. You turn wood like you turn metal. Your results can't be faulted, your work is beautiful but, your technique is placing far more stress on the lathe and rest than a traditional woodturning method. Also, you would shorten your finishing time and amount of sandpaper use. Thank you for the time and effort you place both into these videos as well as the projects.
I'm happy you are enjoying the videos. About the finish, you mean that I use scrapers and gouges instead of a skew? I use a skew on some woods depending on the shape I am going for. I'm by no means amazing with the skew so I play it safe if im working with hard inconsistent wood or if the part is particularly touch to turn. And yes, I presume turning metal on the lathe can be harder on its bearings and so forth. I have been doing it for years now though and have not broken or worn anything other than the face of my tool rest which has a good few digns in it (mostly because of how I designed my metal turning tools) I also bought a metal lathe this year so once I am done restoring it I won't be turning metal on the wood lathe as much
I really like your work!
It’s out of the box and have a good new techniques !
But if I may I would recommend a thing that never stain wood even for a box inside your shop! Wood are beautiful as it is 😍
Thanks! :) I have actually been getting more into staining wood latley. This was just a quick dirty job in this video but for furniture peices im trying to get better. I think it can add a lot! But I also see your point of view, I used to be the same (but this also led to me not keeping my staining and finishing skills at the same level as the rest of my work which is starting to be really frustrating aha)
@ wish for you more luck and success!
wow !
1. Em'er the most beautiful screwdriver handles I've ever seen.
2. You could reinforce the glue line with thin dowels perpendicular to glue line, say bamboo skewers. OTB-Thinker Russ Veinot does this diagonally thru thin plywood box corners & it makes them quite strong
Thank you! :) Although it looked like it, it didn’t actually crack on the glue seem. I just cracked there because the blade created a levering effect. I think the best way to make them stronger would be a wood that holds up better on the grain such as maple, or some type of metal ring where the blades flat spots are so it can’t lever. But doing that in a pretty manner would be difficult at best. They also hold up well! I doubt I’ll be breaking any of them, even if I try!
I have to do this with mine… omg
Hope you see this, but I buy the kit from rockler and it comes with a brass ferrule for leverage, it seems like you basically made your own with the side by the actual metal?
Bloody lovely them mate. The video is great too 👍
Can you do a workshop tour video?
At one point I will for sure! Though my workshop is pretty small, there is not much that isn't already shown in my videos
Salut Eloïse! Tiens, voila une belle idée! Tout-en-tout j´aime bien tes videos... Ca ne dérange pas ci je met un link sur mon UA-camchannel? Le bonjour de la petite forest Finlandaise :-)
Merci et oui bien sur!
Should you add a facet so they will not roll onto the floor as you did with your chisels?
Definitely not a bad idea. But I didn’t simply because if a screwdriver falls on the floor now and then, it's no big deal. There's no blade to dent
Cast iron doesn't seem to like you very much.. 😂
Awsome set of screwdrivers you have there (lacewood right??)
My relationship with cast iron has definitely seen some better days.
Yep it’s lacewood! I always forget to name the woods in the videos
Did you hit the chuck when you broke the lathe?
Yes, exsactly
Muy linda Musica..........
Good Job ! If You don't mind..what kind of wood? Also, i like how you muscle your way through things when needed like a male,yet have the elegant kindness of the female persuasion. Bravo Eloise, from a new subscriber..
Thank you! Glad you enjoy my videos! The wood is lacewood. The grain is very curly which makes it hard to work with handtools but it turns more or less okay.
@ Thank you Eloise. It is lovely. You are very good with Your Hands.
Love the song... "It's the Catalina Wine Mixer"
what is happening to your cast iron tools 🙀
While they certainly look better I'd consider this a downgrade for tool functionality. If you're going through the hassle why not make new ones from scratch? Tool steel rods aren't that expensive and are easy to work with. Plus you can make it full tanged
Well tool steel is still way more expensive than what I did. Theres maybe 10$ of tool steel in a screwdriver. But mostly quenching a long thin blade without warping is super difficult. I have been trying to do it cause I do make my own speciality screwdrivers but I haven't had good results yet.
These have been holding up well. The blades won't last many generations but they should last a good while the whay I use them. And perhaps they are slightly less grippy than they used to be for for a wood shop that isn't an issue at all. I have never ran out of grip with them.
It would definitely be super cool to make crazy high end screwdrivers 100% from scratch and I totally recommend you try. But it will be a much bigger project than what I did that's for sure
Where's the "Ebenisterie" ?...and that music...
Choice of music, ok.
The very loud music is horribly distracting.
When you start speaking, I have to quickly stop the video raise the volume to hear your words. After you stop speaking, I must lower the sound. By then end of minute nine, I am done.
Let me know when you adjust the volume.
I am deeply sorry with you about the broke tool rest. That has to just be defeating. I know when I work on something, then have to stop because a tool broke, boy it upsets me.
At least it was an excuse to upgrade my tool rest! As for the music, thanks for letting me know, constructive feedback is always appreciated. If you have watched my newer videos, do you fined the audio mixing better?
What the fuck is up with that music