Lee Valley Tools - Woodworking Newsletter Vol. 3, Issue 3

Woodworking Newsletter
Vol. 3, Issue 3
January 2009

Customer Letter

The next stage was to rout the housing in the top of the handle to accommodate the large boss on the spine. I used two fences on the router to improve stability.

Routing the housing on the top of the handle.

Next, I bored the hole to take the handle stud. Ideally this should be done using a drill press as the hole has to be perpendicular; however, it is possible to do this using a hand-held drill if care is taken. I made a paper template by carefully tracing around the existing handle. The centerline of the stud hole was marked to ensure correct alignment when the template was stuck to the wood with double-sided tape.