Electric Comet wrote in news:m9e4r4$fl8$3 @dont-email.me:
I made a little knife and used 1/2" copper pipe for the ferrule. Cleaned it up with the lathe, trued it round inside and out, and then glued it on. I've got a lot to learn about the process, but for a first attempt it worked pretty well.
Puckdropper
When using copper pipe, turn the wood to be a VERY tight fit in the copper - like an interference fit - and then heat the copper to about
350F. Copper expands linearly almost 1 thou per 100 degrees F, so 350F will expand the diameter of the ring about 1 thou
That's a good thought. Back when I played pool I wrapped my Diamond cue with 65 pound braided dacron fishing line. I later used it on a couple machete handles, and if I knew where to get some more of it I would use it on my parang. I bet Spectra braid would work nice on a chisel handle though. Just turn it with a slight lip to start the wrap, epoxy the end into a small hole, and start spinning. You could pull some nice 60-80 lb Spectra (preferabley a coarse brand and not a slick finish brand) as tight as you wanted as long as it didn't pop over past the previous wrap.
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