How To Turn A Chisel Handle

How To Turn A Chisel Handle - FIGURED WOOD

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How To Turn A Chisel Handle. In this video Rob teaches you how to turn a chisel handle. IBC chisels are designed so that the wooden handle can be easily replaced. The IBC chisel's the unique design prevents the wood handle from absorbing any of the force when struck with a mallet. This allows you to use literally any wood for the handle. So learn how to turn your own chisel handle.
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@smtitmas 3 жыл бұрын

I have neither a lathe nor the IBC chisels, but I'm going to watch the video anyway because with Rob Cosman and his videos you never know what you might learn.

@RobCosmanWoodworking 3 жыл бұрын

Well at least you got to see a lot of pretty chisels

@billqqq 3 жыл бұрын

Dad turned wood until he was 96, and thats how he would have made them, too. Nice job, Rob, and some beautiful wood.

@RobCosmanWoodworking 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and commenting

@roofermarc1 9 ай бұрын

These ibc's look like some nice chisels

@hacc220able 2 жыл бұрын

Most excellent - thanks.

@dale1956ties 2 жыл бұрын

An old-timer I knew years ago taught me to use a piece of a brown paper bag between coats of oil. It seems to burnish it just the right amount to tease some depth out of the finish. I use it between coats of clear lacquer as well and have always liked the results. BTW I do like your style of teaching. You have a great knack for explaining things thoroughly but in a very conversational manner. It's very comfortable to watch and to listen to. Thank you for sharing your expertise the way you do.

@MrGunner296 3 жыл бұрын

So much fun! Two lathe lessons for me in the same day! I think you are subliminally telling me I need a lathe, Rob. Krissy just looked over my shoulder and said - yes, you need to make us some bowls!

@jamespeelecarey 3 жыл бұрын

Expertly done. And you will never get that finished from a carbide tool. I would encourage people with less experience than Mr Cosman to get the tool rest out of the way once you are done using tools, for the sake of safety.

@tdkrei 3 жыл бұрын

Nice work Mr. Cosman. Keep on smiling.

@RobCosmanWoodworking 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I will

@Goldchucker1 3 жыл бұрын

Very nice Rob. Beautiful wood. Chuck

@RobCosmanWoodworking 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks....I really live fiddleback maple

@brandon152lee 3 жыл бұрын

So satisfying. Can't wait until I'm able to get my own house and get started wood working!

@RobCosmanWoodworking 3 жыл бұрын

Well, with hand tools only you can do stuff in your apartment or condo or what ever and not disturb anyone.

@ndothan 3 жыл бұрын

I LOVE the holder for the drill press!!!! Great idea!!

@RobCosmanWoodworking 3 жыл бұрын

easy to make, give it a try

@Ammed_KN6STX 3 жыл бұрын

Now I want to turn some more handles, got lots of amazing stock to turn. Rob’s going is going to get some gems soon!!!

@RobCosmanWoodworking 3 жыл бұрын

I have seen your turning, Stick to planing. Maybe you should try cabinet making (Everyone else: Ammed is a good friend, so I have to give him a hard time. He turned the chisel handles in the beginning of this video)

@Ammed_KN6STX 3 жыл бұрын

RobCosman.com 🤦🏻‍♂️

@bigal6667 3 жыл бұрын

Stay safe. Thanks for everything you do for the woodworking community.

@RobCosmanWoodworking 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, you too!

@thedustyshamrock 3 жыл бұрын

I just got my lathe last week and have been YouTubing several videos on turning- each video wishing that Rob had one to learn from. Great stuff! I’ll be using these techniques for my own IBC handles. Thanks, Rob. God bless

@RobCosmanWoodworking 3 жыл бұрын

So was the video in time or too late?

@thedustyshamrock 3 жыл бұрын

Perfect timing. I wanted the lathe for a while, but finishing the PHP push lamp that I’m posting on IG was a little more inspiration. Gave me another reason to get the CBN wheel and grinding jig from ya.

@castle5711 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful!

@ronh9384 3 жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed the video Rob. The chisel handles looked awesome and that piece of Fiddleback Maple is gorgeous!! Ron

@ksross08 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Rob for this. I think you just talked me into replacing my handles on my chisels!!!

@gilbertomanzanilla4333 3 жыл бұрын

You are Very professional Rob...💯

@RobCosmanWoodworking 3 жыл бұрын

I appreciate that! Thanks for watching the video?

@brianmiller6304 3 жыл бұрын

I agree with Allan Barber below. There are more woodworkers with out a lathe than with one. Hope to get one someday but I'm waiting until I can afford a decent one. Doesn't have to be a really big one but I don't want to deal with quality issues. I did however order some IBC chisels earlier this week, can't wait to get them. Thanks.

@RobCosmanWoodworking 3 жыл бұрын

Good decisions on both counts!!!!

@adrianluica6960 3 жыл бұрын

I have never turned wood but I wish for. It looks so addictive. And I also wish to have a week with you in your shop :D that would probably be like 3 years in a school. Love your work. Congratulations.

@RobCosmanWoodworking 3 жыл бұрын

@rusty1991100 3 жыл бұрын

Really loving the videos Rob! It’s giving me the urge to dig my lathe outta storage!

@RobCosmanWoodworking 3 жыл бұрын

DO it!!!

@paultay23 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for that.. first time i have seen your on a lathe...nice tip about the shims and squaring the ends.. Cheers Paul in the UK

@RobCosmanWoodworking 3 жыл бұрын

Glad to help

@felipehuibonhoa7338 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video. Learned a lot.

@RobCosmanWoodworking 3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@thomashuard7402 3 жыл бұрын

Rob, just received the set of IBC chisels (all 7!) yesterday and was thinking that I could substitute some exotics for the handles that came with the chisels. Although the walnut is absolutely beautiful, having different woods would really make them my own and would help me identify them by sight when I am working with them. This video came at the perfect time. Thank all your team members for their working on the sidelines.

@RobCosmanWoodworking 3 жыл бұрын

I knew you were thinking that so I posted this for you!

@austincraft327 2 жыл бұрын

beautiful lathe, green looks good in a wood shop. i usually do use a pen mandrel rod with bushings to do handles, but your right it can be tricky sometimes.

@davidpisarski5620 3 жыл бұрын

Another great video Rob! I really like these quick project videos.

@RobCosmanWoodworking 3 жыл бұрын

We are going to try and keep them going. We need project suggestions. Got any?

@davidpisarski5620 3 жыл бұрын

@@RobCosmanWoodworking Mortise and tenon joints would be nice to see.

@markschultz9227 3 жыл бұрын

Love the idea of turning these handles. Suggestion...have your machinist create bushings for both ends to be able to turn down to finished diameters of top and bottom. Then offer them for sale so we all can turn handles for these chisels. Thanks again!!

@RobCosmanWoodworking 3 жыл бұрын

That has been on our to do list for a long time. Hopefully we will get to it soon

@alecreid9983 3 жыл бұрын

G'day Rob, thank you for sharing your skills with us, you videos are extreemly informative and a joy to watch, I look forward to them with great anticipation. You have a natural and expert way of describing things as you go without missing a beat. I not only am watching your work, I also look around your workshop as you are working to see how you have set it up, great work. I have loved all aspects of wood all of my life, I am quite a bit older than you and it is good to see that somebody else never thinks of any piece of timber as scrap. I have 10 grand children and 2 of my grand daughters are taking woodwork as a subject at school, they are making their Pop a very proud man, they use the equipment in my workshop, children are our future and life would be very empty without them, they watch your teachings as well so thank you again. When you are talking I detect a slight accent every now and then, sounds Scot to me but I am probably wrong?. Best Regards, Alexander Reid. Sydney, Australia.

@RobCosmanWoodworking 3 жыл бұрын

They have taken shop out of the schools up here. You guys are so smart to keep it in. They are the future.

@richardgoebel226 3 жыл бұрын

I have a mini-lathe so I do mostly turning between centers as you are doing in the video. As far as how many RPM i have simple rules: The slowest speed you can safely and cleanly cut the wood. Sand at the slowest speed to minimize accidental heat build up which can crack exotic woods.

@RobCosmanWoodworking 3 жыл бұрын

Good rules, i like them

@chriscroteau4626 3 жыл бұрын

That is a beautiful handle. Haven’t had the pleasure of turning yet. Looking forward to learning how.

@RobCosmanWoodworking 3 жыл бұрын

do you have IBC chisels?

@athmostafa2462 3 жыл бұрын

Nice handle looking sir , good tools good result indeed 👌 .

@RobCosmanWoodworking 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

@michaelcocroft9700 3 жыл бұрын

That's awesome! I just bought a lathe. Keep on with the lathe videos.

@RobCosmanWoodworking 3 жыл бұрын

yes I want to but this one is not getting many views. What do you think the issue is?

@allanbarber4038 3 жыл бұрын

@@RobCosmanWoodworking My guess would be that your audience is mostly 'hand tool' users and people looking for wood turning videos/instruction will be looking at other platforms/channels. Plus I know of several several people that own a job-site or contractor grade table saw (like I do) but do not own a wood turning lathe like I do.

@michaelcocroft9700 3 жыл бұрын

Put woodturning in the title, for starters. That'd get it in the search for non-subs. Also call it "Turn your first tool handle!" Like the other guy said, your base may not be into woodturning. If you keep making appealing content for it, that may change.

@glencrandall7051 3 жыл бұрын

Very nice handle Rob. That maple is stunning. If you were going to make very many I think it would be no problem to make a mandrel so that you could size the ends quickly and accurately. It would be exactly the same a turning pens. Thank you for sharing and have a healthy day.

@RobCosmanWoodworking 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, I agree.

@thiagotiberio838 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful work, Rob, thank you... and more lathe videos, please!

@RobCosmanWoodworking 3 жыл бұрын

BUt we are not getting a lot of views on this video...any clue why?

@thiagotiberio838 3 жыл бұрын

RobCosman.com that’s interesting-I could only guess that either 1) not as many people own a lathe, or 2) chisel owners may not want to replace their handles. The first you could test with a poll, while the latter could be tested by posting a lathe project video, something with a more popular end product, perhaps... Anyway, hope viewership increases, because your videos are the very best!

@norm_olsen 3 жыл бұрын

She's a beautiful one! That's what I love adout IBC chisels... No fixed handle opens up a world of possibilities, not only in the type of wood you choose, but also in the turning profiles (could make them extra chunky or more on the lean side). Have you ever experimented with turning resin impregnated wood for extra heft? Would that even work?) All in all, this makes me want to get a lathe now lol. Great video showing the ins and outs to creating a custom handle!

@RobCosmanWoodworking 3 жыл бұрын

Not for the IBC handles but I turn resin impregnated wood all the time. Resin impregnated would work work fine for these chisels, I just have not done it..

@dougmanter8002 3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you mentioned it. I was going to suggest that you have some bushings made. Similar to those used turning pens.

@inspectr1949 3 жыл бұрын

Exactly bushings specifically made for these particular chisels made for any basic pen turning mandrel and then Rob could market them as well.

@RobCosmanWoodworking 3 жыл бұрын

We have been considering it for years

@MANJITSINGH-ko2oi 3 жыл бұрын

Hi rob my son so happy with ur chisels that he will order a set once he saves money. lol. I can help him as he sas he wants me to turn handles for him. I love the jig u use to hold blank in the drill press. thank u.

@RobCosmanWoodworking 3 жыл бұрын

Easy to make the jig, teach your son to turn handles

@MANJITSINGH-ko2oi 3 жыл бұрын

@@RobCosmanWoodworking that's cool. hopefully he starts to do wood turning swell.

@michaelshick4612 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Rob, what are the CFM’s on your Vacuum? Looks very strong!!!

@lanecobb4150 3 жыл бұрын

Rob, not sure if this is exactly what you had in mind when you spoke about a skew chisel lathe video a few months back but I loved it. More lathe vids please! 👍

@RobCosmanWoodworking 3 жыл бұрын

Appreciate it. Not getting very many views on this video though,lower than normal. Any idea why?

@lanecobb4150 3 жыл бұрын

RobCosman.com Well, maybe because you are best known as the hand plane and dovetail guy, not as lathe expert/turner guy? Perhaps because chisels and their handles aren’t as sexy as hand planes and dovetails? Lord knows it wasn’t for lack of quality and content. All that was right up there as usual. And I for one was glad to see something other than planing and sawing dovetails. Refreshing it was. 🤷‍♂️

@inspectr1949 Жыл бұрын

I see now that you have a set of bushings for making these handles, are you marketing them?

@TheHardwoodGrove 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Rob this is from the Bell family

@RobCosmanWoodworking 3 жыл бұрын

Hello bells, you guys ring my Bell!

@Mark-jd1fr 3 жыл бұрын

You should develop an in person turning class. I would jump at that. Seattle wood be a great place to break it in.

@RobCosmanWoodworking 3 жыл бұрын

Well I dont do a ton of turning I prefer the cabinet making and use my turning to make knobs and such for furniture

@susanlucas3860 3 жыл бұрын

michael from brisbane australia. I love your videos, i would be interested in seeing how you sharpen your skew chisel ?

@RobCosmanWoodworking 3 жыл бұрын

I will put it on the video to do list

@Domenic-th9tw 3 жыл бұрын

Hey rob wanted to know if you sell the ibc chisel without handles

@davidpalmer5166 3 жыл бұрын

I've have a set of Stanley 740 socket chisels from the 40s, (no tang). What would be a good wood to use? They currently have oak with thick leather mallet surface. Thanks for ALL you do.

@RobCosmanWoodworking 3 жыл бұрын

Since your are pounding on the wood with a socket chisel you need a tough wood. Hornbeam, hard maple, European beech, Whit Oak, hickory, ash all would work well

@MrAtfenn 3 жыл бұрын

i had a question all ready to go and you answered it for me. i've been turning alot lately and really enjoyed getting a couple things reinforced. i may have missed it if you said but what is that vibration i was hearing caused by?

@RobCosmanWoodworking 3 жыл бұрын

The vibration is caused by the turning stock not yet being perfectly round, its slightly oval therefor the chisel vibrates if you lay the chisel on the stock. As the oval shape spins around, it vibrates the chisel and this indicates you have not yet achieved a round cylinder

@keith121261 Жыл бұрын

So where do you get the chisels from rob cosman

@hugoakerlund5114 3 жыл бұрын

Saving up for some chisels now. But I can't decide between the IBC and Lie nielsen chisels. But quick question, there's nothing stopping us from making completely custom handles for the IBC chisels right? As long as you accommodate for the aluminium parts?

@RobCosmanWoodworking 3 жыл бұрын

Well you probable need a lathe, but no there is nothing stopping you. That's the beauty of the IBC chisels. LN makes great chisels and products and I recommend them. I just dont think most folks like the socket chisel design as the handles keep falling out of the socket.

@ga5743 3 жыл бұрын

Sweet looking handle Rob curious to know why you don’t put oil on the ends of the wood?

@RobCosmanWoodworking 3 жыл бұрын

You could if you wanted inside the hole you drilled too, but it wont be seen

@ottomaselli7762 3 жыл бұрын

Hi, whats you opinion on turning resin impregnated wood ?

@RobCosmanWoodworking 3 жыл бұрын

We like and use them

@1deerndingo 3 жыл бұрын

That's one of the beauties of those chisels - you can personalise them. I notice that in just this video you can take close shavings on a lathe, a shooting board and a band saw. It must leave your better half wondering why you haven't been able to take a shave from the face yet? :-)

@RobCosmanWoodworking 3 жыл бұрын

She loves the mountain man look

@johnhollick5672 3 жыл бұрын

What oil was it you used on chisel handle please?

@daveprusmack2925 3 жыл бұрын

Would it be possible for you to do a video or put out plans for your tool cabinets? I’d love to build my own but I’m not at the point of skill to just go on estimation. Thank you and thanks for your lessons

@RobCosmanWoodworking 3 жыл бұрын

That is on my online workshop. You can join and then you have access to the entire build

@jeffdutton1910 3 жыл бұрын

do you find you get a better cut with the skew in one direction vs. the other?

@RobCosmanWoodworking 3 жыл бұрын

No both directions are equal, if you are comfortable enough handling the skew in both directions

@jeffdutton1910 3 жыл бұрын

@@RobCosmanWoodworking the only place in my workshop where I can stand upright is between the ceiling joists...that severely limits the amount that I can adjust my stance. Comfort is a very precious commodity. :)

@Scatterpattern 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Rob. Have you turned any handles for your Lie Nielsen mortise chisels?

@RobCosmanWoodworking 3 жыл бұрын

No I have not . Socket chisel handles are a little more tricky in that you have to match the handle cone perfectly to the socket or you wont get a good fit.

@rongkaizhao7416 2 жыл бұрын

Where can you buy the chisel cores?

@darinhalvorsen 3 жыл бұрын

I know the song and dance about safety gets old, but I am wondering about the lathe. I get the no loose clothes and flying debris if the wood breaks. I’m curious about the chisel in the hand. Is it common/possible for the chisel to be grabbed by the wood and be torn out of hand? I heard your recommendation about holding the tool lightly, so I wondered. Thanks for your videos, Rob. Between you and Paul, I feel like I have second and third dads.

@waterfordrs22 3 жыл бұрын

A run back with a skew chisel can make you jump out of your skin, but for the most part, it’s more bark than bite. When planing you have a shearing angle cutting long grain, the fiber isn’t fully supported relative to end grain. Also, whether a planing or peeling cut, the tool is presented at a high cutting angle, as in slightly above the centerline, that makes it tough to get a real leverage catch. The kind of catch you would get with a bowl gouge turning face work is more dangerous. If he cut with a part of the edge too far from the fulcrum, the tool would run backward in the opposite direction, basically cutting a thread. The fulcrum is where the tool touches the rest. The catch is pretty much forcing the tool to rotate on axis, until the part of the edge being used to cut comes to rest on the fulcrum.

@waterfordrs22 3 жыл бұрын

With respect to holding the tool lightly, if you use a death grip, you’re less safe and I’d you’re tense, that can show up in your work. Most turning tools, the handle is braced to your side. Your index finger acts as a depth collar on the tool rest and you can move your body laterally, parallel to the bedways to move the tool. Good footwork Is helpful.

@RobCosmanWoodworking 3 жыл бұрын

Ditto all that Robert said

@blueknight9748 3 жыл бұрын

when making these handles ,,,does the grain direction matter?????

@RobCosmanWoodworking 3 жыл бұрын

Only for looks. You want to orient the grain or figure for the most pleasing outcome.

@TheHardwoodGrove 3 жыл бұрын

We miss you

@RobCosmanWoodworking 3 жыл бұрын

XOXO !!!!!!

@mwaltaf1 2 жыл бұрын

Where do you purchase the hardware?

@RobCosmanWoodworking 2 жыл бұрын

robcosman.com/collections/chisels

@inspectr1949 3 жыл бұрын

Had that exact lathe made by General in Canada for years so sorry I sold it, in the turning world someone is always coming up with a better mouse trap so it seems but not in this case.

@RobCosmanWoodworking 3 жыл бұрын

They turn up pretty regularly on the Canadian Government surplus site

@thedustyshamrock 3 жыл бұрын

Where do you get the 9.6mm drill bits?

@RobCosmanWoodworking 3 жыл бұрын

McMaster-Carr

@thedustyshamrock 3 жыл бұрын

RobCosman.com thank you

@user-dy4xh8rf6w 2 жыл бұрын

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

@BobBlarneystone 3 жыл бұрын

That's a handsome modification for those chisels. For some tools, I texture the handles with tiny annular grooves by using a nutmeg grater This gives an instant positive grip for the hand but doesn't feel 'grabby' or clumsy. Also I advise removing the toolrest when sanding.

@RobCosmanWoodworking 3 жыл бұрын

Both great tips.

@clemensmartin3896 3 жыл бұрын

Kind of curious why you chose not to burnish the handle with shavings before the oil

@RobCosmanWoodworking 3 жыл бұрын

I don't think its necessary to get the look I want

@Quagmire88 3 жыл бұрын

I need to practice more with the skew. I can use it pretty well but always end up getting a nasty catch at the very end of the project haha. Its a shame people go right to scraping. There is no skill in that and they never learn how to turn.

@RobCosmanWoodworking 3 жыл бұрын

The skew is similar to a plane blade on wood slicing the fiber leaving a smooth surface, Scraping is similar to rough sandpaper on a piece of wood.

@carlantaya175 3 жыл бұрын

You could have the guts of your handle 3d printed, put it in your handle and when cutting down to it there's no risk of hurting your chisel.

@RobCosmanWoodworking 3 жыл бұрын

That WAY outside my technical capabilities. 3D printing? I can barely use my iphone!!!!!!

@carlantaya175 3 жыл бұрын

Says the man who teaches people to make any number of 3D objects out of material that's properties change with the weather.

@taylormedia1000 11 ай бұрын

Absolutely beautiful, but NOT easy

@jungbechtospk40 3 жыл бұрын

Woodglut scripts contain most of the woodworking plans you can find.

@duncdonut 3 жыл бұрын

Alyooomineeeeeyum cap?

@RobCosmanWoodworking 3 жыл бұрын

Wow you spelled it correctly!!!!!!

@Zhendroh 3 жыл бұрын

where do you get threaded chisel blades?

@RobCosmanWoodworking 3 жыл бұрын

For sale on our site rob Cosman.com

@tnekkc Жыл бұрын

IBC chisels look pricy to me. I make a chisel handle every day..

@diederichabels8119 3 жыл бұрын

I did the same with Stodoys plans :)

@bennym1956 3 жыл бұрын

Sure, let me spend $1,000s on equipment to turn a chisel handle...makes sense giggling

@RobCosmanWoodworking 3 жыл бұрын

Well if you’d only like to turn a single chisel handle I recommend getting a membership to a community shop that has a lathe. Isn’t turning something you’d like to be able to do?