HannesTool handles are provided with a wood plug inserted right behind the steel to retain the lead shot while there is no steel in the handle.
Small handles are molded on a ¾” dia tube 18” long and have a ½” dia hole, which take the ½” steel and the 3/8” steel with insert. This means a single small handle could be used for these two diameters of steel. With a collet handle they could be easily interchangeable and also be removed for grinding and/or travel.
Large handles are molded on a 1” dia tube 22” long and have a ¾” hole, the 5/8” steel goes in with insert the ¾” 1” and 1 ¼” steel all have ¾” tangs. For steel purchased from HannesTool all tangs are fine tuned for that perfect “POP” fit when it is pulled quickly out. The holes in the handles are nominal ½” and ¾” the tangs need to be 3 to 5 thousandths undersized for that slip fit tolerance.
With the perfect tolerance collet handles require only one wrench to snug the collet around the steel sufficiently for woodturning. Over tightening could damage the treads on the aluminum and is not recommended or necessary.
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A-11 Steel Wood Lathe Tools
$65.00 – $230.00
“Handles that Talk” the orientation of flute to lobe communicates the location of the flute even at times when the flute is not visible, this “talk” is a kind of intelligence and is what we refer to when we call the HannesTool the intelligent choice!