{"id":43,"date":"2023-03-03T16:47:45","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T16:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pennstateind.com\/learning-center\/?p=43"},"modified":"2023-03-29T14:47:05","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T14:47:05","slug":"make-wooden-handles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pennstateind.com\/learning-center\/make-wooden-handles\/","title":{"rendered":"Make Wooden Handles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s fun using your lathe but not fun grabbing those skinny metal bar handles on the Toolrest and Tailstock Banjo that dig into your hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here\u2019s a project that serves 3 purposes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Makes using the lathe handles easier and less stressful<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Provides a fun turning project<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Makes your lathe look awesome!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>TAIL STOCK HANDLE:<\/strong>\u00a0Cut a blank 2\u201d square x 2-1\/2\u201d long. Drill a 19\/32\u201d hole to 1-3\/4\u201d deep. Turn the blank between centers to a profile that fits your palm. Part the wood for a 2\u201d long handle cover.\u00a0<strong>BANJO HANDLE:<\/strong>\u00a0Cut a handle, 1-1\/2\u201d square x 5-1\/2\u201d long. Drill a 12.5mm hole to 4\u201d deep. Turn the blank between centers to a profile that fits your palm. Part the wood for a 4-1\/2\u201d long handle cover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>TIP:<\/strong>&nbsp;If the drill bits required are not available or the hole in the wood is too large, use the next larger bit and wrap a strip of masking tape over the metal to fill up the space for a snug fit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s fun using your lathe but not fun grabbing those skinny metal bar handles on the Toolrest and Tailstock Banjo&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pennstateind.com\/learning-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pennstateind.com\/learning-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pennstateind.com\/learning-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pennstateind.com\/learning-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pennstateind.com\/learning-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pennstateind.com\/learning-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45,"href":"https:\/\/www.pennstateind.com\/learning-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43\/revisions\/45"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pennstateind.com\/learning-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pennstateind.com\/learning-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pennstateind.com\/learning-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pennstateind.com\/learning-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}