When my father died I inherited his entire shop. When cleaning up and moving tools I was able to salvage the shavings from his last wood project which I now keep in a jar in my shop. Now that I have honed my skills a bit more, I am going to encase some of them in resin and turn some file handles for myself and my son to use. Thank you for this instructional video.
Watching this video and seeing all the work you've put into making these beautiful handles reminds me why I always buy my handles. Always enjoy your videos. Thanks.
My mother was a huge fan of your work. She died in December but was always watching your videos. If u ever want to make something custom in her memory I would gladly pay for the work
I usually drill a series of holes for a tapered Tang, the first being the deepest and most narrow. 4 properly sized bits and a piece of tape for a depth guage will give the Tang a lot more wood to bite into without relying strictly on epoxy, if you need it at all. They did turn out beautiful. I'm going to have to try some more exotic woods.
I would like it if you made a small neck knife without expensive power tools. I am watching quite but if your videos trying to learn techniques for knife making, I think a neck knife looks like a small knife that would be easier to make for beginners. Thanks for the great videos!
Fun video, I have a video idea. On forged in fire a lot of guys lose because the judges don't like the way the handle indexes. Could you make a video about that? things to watch for etc. Maybe a formula
Sharp Works if you look around I think there are actually some videos on that. At least one guy who makes stuff like that out of plywood. If I can figure out how I'll send you a link. Not sure if Walter would want somebody else's link here or not
I don't see the need for all that epoxy. Driving the tang of the file into the hole of the handle is usually enough to keep everything together by way of friction/compression.
kaizoebara Actually, for the way he drilled for the Tang, all that epoxy was necessary. When mounting a handle on a tapered Tang you should really use a small bit for the first deepest hole, and keep stepping up the size and using a depth guage "a tape flag on the bit works" keep drilling shallower as you go. I usually use 4 sizes of bits, depending on how steep the taper is. You basically want the corners of the Tang to hit each shoulder of the drilled steps. Otherwise the Tang will feel loose no matter what you do unless you fill the hole with epoxy first. ;)
came here and wanted to like the video. Then I saw the Number of Likes: 666. Sorry walter, I did not press the like button- although the video was great.
If you will fulfill my request I'll love you forever (I'll do anyways) (nohomo) and my girlfriend will be extremely happy for my gift... So that's a noble goal I guess ?
Walter, not knocking your skills. Maybe you could show people how to really use a skew chisel. Using it like a scraper always makes me cringe a little. Especially knowing the finish you can get without sanding.
This is basically like those videos that say "how to make your own nuclear reactor. First, you need a plasma cutter" like really? Not everybody has a lathe to go work on. I can bet you right now that say out of 200 people who watch this, only maybe 10 will have a lathe (exaggeration but only slightly).
rollinggoronable yes he does say that, but the real point is that he doesn't in this one... And to be quite frank he makes a piss poor job knocking up something he could have bought really cheaply and used the time he's wasted on them showing us something we didn't already know... He even admits he could have done better with the excuse it's only for his use... Like that really matters?
When my father died I inherited his entire shop. When cleaning up and moving tools I was able to salvage the shavings from his last wood project which I now keep in a jar in my shop. Now that I have honed my skills a bit more, I am going to encase some of them in resin and turn some file handles for myself and my son to use. Thank you for this instructional video.
Watching this video and seeing all the work you've put into making these beautiful handles reminds me why I always buy my handles. Always enjoy your videos. Thanks.
My mother was a huge fan of your work. She died in December but was always watching your videos. If u ever want to make something custom in her memory I would gladly pay for the work
It haven't even been long since you had uploaded this video and I'm already watching it. By the way your RUclips channel is my favourite, I subscribed
Simply beautiful
I usually drill a series of holes for a tapered Tang, the first being the deepest and most narrow. 4 properly sized bits and a piece of tape for a depth guage will give the Tang a lot more wood to bite into without relying strictly on epoxy, if you need it at all. They did turn out beautiful. I'm going to have to try some more exotic woods.
Where did you get your ferrules
Great ! Thank you for share.
I would like it if you made a small neck knife without expensive power tools. I am watching quite but if your videos trying to learn techniques for knife making, I think a neck knife looks like a small knife that would be easier to make for beginners. Thanks for the great videos!
Where to buy the brass barrel Sir? And what do you call it. ?
Should you remove the tool rest before applying finish onto the wood while spinning on the laithe?
Where do you get your brass? I can find plenty of copper but brass seems to be much harder to come by.
Thoughts on using a golf ball as a handle for files?
I've done that.They work great.
Contradoublebassman that's all I use
Where do you find your brass tubing?
Hey Walter ! Maybe you'll do the video on how to make dagger-type/throwing knife ? (no powertools version would be especially awesome :P )
Oh you've done it and I missed it, sorry man...
Great job tho ! Thanks anyways :P
Fun video, I have a video idea. On forged in fire a lot of guys lose because the judges don't like the way the handle indexes. Could you make a video about that? things to watch for etc. Maybe a formula
While a finish makes the handle look terrific, IMO a bare wooden handle is best for a working tool. YMMV :)
Nice vid
Dude. Just saw you were on Forged in Fire. I’m watching it On Demand and had to pass it to message you.
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Hey Walter, The wood shown at 3:20 is not Ziricote, it is an african hardwood known as Wenge.
I overlooked handle in the title and thought I was going to see how to actually make a file. Follow up video?
You can go watch one of Clicksprings recent videos. He shows how to make an actual file by hand. His content is definitely worth a watch.
Can't wait for the next video since I don't have a lathe. I picked up so many files from yard sales and didn't want to buy handles for them.
Next week: building a lathe
othername1000 that would also be very helpful
Sharp Works if you look around I think there are actually some videos on that. At least one guy who makes stuff like that out of plywood. If I can figure out how I'll send you a link. Not sure if Walter would want somebody else's link here or not
othername1000 thank you for that
First love your work
I don't see the need for all that epoxy. Driving the tang of the file into the hole of the handle is usually enough to keep everything together by way of friction/compression.
kaizoebara Actually, for the way he drilled for the Tang, all that epoxy was necessary. When mounting a handle on a tapered Tang you should really use a small bit for the first deepest hole, and keep stepping up the size and using a depth guage "a tape flag on the bit works" keep drilling shallower as you go. I usually use 4 sizes of bits, depending on how steep the taper is. You basically want the corners of the Tang to hit each shoulder of the drilled steps. Otherwise the Tang will feel loose no matter what you do unless you fill the hole with epoxy first. ;)
That's overdoing it if you ask me.
This time I'just go to woodprix if you'd like to make it yourself.
came here and wanted to like the video. Then I saw the Number of Likes: 666.
Sorry walter, I did not press the like button- although the video was great.
If you will fulfill my request I'll love you forever (I'll do anyways) (nohomo) and my girlfriend will be extremely happy for my gift... So that's a noble goal I guess ?
Walter, not knocking your skills. Maybe you could show people how to really use a skew chisel. Using it like a scraper always makes me cringe a little. Especially knowing the finish you can get without sanding.
First
This is basically like those videos that say "how to make your own nuclear reactor. First, you need a plasma cutter" like really? Not everybody has a lathe to go work on. I can bet you right now that say out of 200 people who watch this, only maybe 10 will have a lathe (exaggeration but only slightly).
rollinggoronable yes he does say that, but the real point is that he doesn't in this one... And to be quite frank he makes a piss poor job knocking up something he could have bought really cheaply and used the time he's wasted on them showing us something we didn't already know... He even admits he could have done better with the excuse it's only for his use... Like that really matters?