Rasp and tool handles at the drill press. Sharing this video helps me out! Turn Tool Handles at the Drill Press

This is the best video I've seen on this technique. Awesome!

Very cool.Your saving the shaft bearing on the press as well with the bottom pivot .Smart

Great job! I like your technique.

This was very helpful. I used this idea along with a t-nut and threaded rod instead of a tenon. Even made a sturdy tool rest for it. It turned out very well and can turn small handles with ease. Should also mention the drill press I own is very inexpensive, hobby shop type but it does exactly what I need it to do. Thanks for the tip share! A tip from me as a novice would be use store bought 1 inch dowels available in Maple and several other hard and softwoods in various widths and lengths. Much less shaping they're inexpensive and ready to use. Excellent for small handles or drawer pulls, etc.

That's a good idea. The drill press is just like a lathe standing upright. Thanks for sharing.

Now I am going to have to get a drill press soon. Great project!

Nice to see some originality

My god that looks so satisfying; i can’t wait to turn on my press

Thanks Brian. I am quite new to woodworking although I have dabbled for years. Now that I have retired from work I do much more and watch lots of videos. I am always amazed how you guys get round a problem. If you haven't got a lathe and want a small item, why not use the drill press. Now why didn't I think of that????

This is really good. Great tail stock you made. I will for sure use this! Thanks!

Nice contours using the wrasp! And a wrasp is much safer on a drill press compared to chisels, I am not a safety nut, however I would caution this technique may not be for a low cost typ drill press depending on how the Chuck is attached or connected to the arbor of the drill press as drill presses are not ment to have side load

That's so cool... What a great way to repurpose a drill press.

I tried to use my drill press as a lathe once. The ergonomics are brutal. So much happier once I bought a lathe.

you just answered my thoughts about the taper of the tang - thanks!

I've turned a few things on my drill press, including metals Once you have made the handle, leave the bottom point in place, put a pilot drill in the chuck, and drill the starting hole, it should make it straighter (i noticed yours was a bit off centre) ;)

Gran trabajo, felicitaciones.

Great video Brian, very well explained.

Well done ! Very good idea for all which don´t have a lathe !!

Very clever, you've just earned a subscriber

That was great, loved the threaded rod idea. Me thinks that's my next project

Wonderful and great idea, thanks for sharing.

Cool idea!

Great idea for those w/o lathes!

love the fence, awesome

So fun to do! No need to bust out the Lathe. : )

Hey thanks for sharing. I'v made cribbage pegs in a drill press but never any thing bigger for the reasons you mentioned. So I think your tail hold idea is Awesome and I can't wait to give it a go... Again Thanks and I really enjoy your channel =O)

You could also use a taper drill from a Kreg System. I've never done that but its a thought. Good job!

I've got to try this! Thanks for the video!

Thanks for a great video. I have bench top lathe, just getting started. I was wondering if you could use a rasp file on the lathe? Thanks again for the great ideas.

So cool.

Very clever!

Great tutorial and production with this video! I don't have a lathe either (who has the money to afford a proper one, haha) but I do however have a drill press very similar to yours. Definitely going to give this a go so I can put handles on all of my rasps and files...any suggestions on the design I should use, or is it one of those projects where its all feel? Also, is the copper ferrule a necessity? Thumbs up...glad I stumbled upon your channel...new subscriber.

Interesting !! when I saw the final piece , I was wondering why the " nipple " then you explained !! anyway, good video as always !!

Nice solution Brian! Also, I might have to build that router fence system!

Great video, innovative.

Show!!!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

You did a great job with the drill press lathe, but then it looks like you drilled the file end hole crooked?

Great job Brian. Mow go clean that file & Rasp. lol

Well, that about rasps it up! Thanks for sharing.

thank you

Yeah.... the poor man's lathe.... works very well.

What's the music?

Good job. If you get a lathe then you won't be as creative. I got some great ideas from your creativity. Thanks.

Great video! Is the knob at the end of the handle only decorative or it has some other feature?

I like the bottom dead centre so the chuck dont risk falling out. But I dont understand why so many woodworkers seem so afraid of the lathe? Had accidents with them?

Nice mini project idea. btw what's the name of the music if you mind?

i have a 100$ cheap drill press and wanted to make a couple awls handle. no way am buying a 500$ lathe just for that. thank you this is a great idea.

Great video! Now you are the drill press lathe master! You need a tee shirt that says "Watch out, Carl Jacobson!" ;) I can see Drill Press Lathe Challenges with you and Nick Ferry in the near future.... lol

I've got to admit, you use the jigs you build.

Perfekt...

great idea Brian! What rpm did you setup your drill press to use in lathe mode? thank you for sharing

Great ideas. Any idea what the RPM of your drill press is ?

you don't have a lathe but you have a drill press hehe... some of us don't have either and both are expensive tools that require workshop space

Website locked up! As I was saying below drill presses are not designed to have side loads imposed on them, with a MT type connection/chuck this will losen the connection thus throwing the chuck from the arbor. I have a wood working friend that was seriously hurt doing this same operation and yes he started out with a pin at the bottom of the stock all was good until he raised the stock from the pin to finish off the dressing of his turning. It was then that the MT style Chuck was slunk into his chest puncturing a lung! I will admit I have done the same type turning with a low mass turn ie small knobs, I have a very good quality drill press ( I do not want to advertise for them) a floor model and my MT #2 chuck separated and wobbled! I stopped knowing my friends accident. My advice if you want to turn use a lathe! It is built for that! Have a created a home made lathe since yes, but with a different approach on how to spin the stock for turning!

Don't think this a practical idea for me - mine is an industrial model from the 70's with a Morse taper chuck. Not secure with lateral forces - it falls out. With the 'tail stock' on the bottom plate mine would be OK, but trying the stuff you did later in the vid, without it, would not work - unless you know a way around that ?

Did I miss what RPM you are on?

I tried this on my drill press to make a spinning top but it shook like crazy. And turned out off center. A top must be perfect to spin nicely ! Not the best idea for me. I need a real lathe !

name of the musical track and artist?

You guys with your multi-medium skills! Wood and metal working in the same video....I'm still on papier maché and poster paints. *sigh*

at how much rpm should this jig works?

GOOD STUFF. Will subscribe. Better yet will try myself. Thanks.

Why is the closed captioning missing? For me, as an old timer that has hearing loss, I appreciate knowing what has been said, even if it sometimes does not make sense.

Your going to damage your drill press. The bearings are not made for lateral pressure.

Works great! I'm joining the "vertical lathe" club: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iLB3mJuCzcermok.html ...except I decided to buy some old wood turning tools on ebay, goes a bit faster.

You work better with a Chisel!!!!!