Wood is not only a universal and popular building material. In everyday life, wooden objects are used everywhere and constantly, especially since wood is a very easy material to process. Making a wooden handle for a knife with your own hands is not at all as difficult a task as it seems at first glance.
Types of handles
A wooden handle for a folding or regular kitchen model should first of all be comfortable. Actually, this is the attractiveness of making it yourself: you can make a handle of any configuration, any size suitable for your hand, and impregnate it with any composition.
When making your own, 2 types of wooden handles are most often used:
- mounted - a cavity is formed at the end of the product into which a blade with a narrow shank is fixed. The handle is a single unit and is very resistant to damage. A folding knife cannot be made this way;
- overhead – suitable for blades with a wide shank. In this case, the handle consists of two parts that overlap the blade. The handle is heavier, which helps balance the wide blade. For a kitchen knife, for example, this is important. The folding model always refers to the invoice type. The photo shows a set for the folding version.
Materials and tools
To make a kitchen knife with a wooden handle, you need to select the right wood, process it, impregnate it, cut in the parts and secure it using the chosen method. For this you will need such materials.
- Wood - as a rule, choose wood with an original texture and pattern so that the product is attractive, like in the picture. In this case, preference is given to hard and durable species - oak, walnut, maple. It is more difficult to cut a handle from such wood, but the result will last a long time. In any case, the wood must be selected dry - no more than 12-15% humidity, and must be treated with antiseptics.
- The blade itself is purchased ready-made. For manufacturing, you need to know exactly the dimensions of the shank and the weight of the blade.
- Fasteners - for kitchen knives with a mounted handle, epoxy resin is used. To attach the attachment handle, you needed a brass or copper rod of the required diameter.
- Impregnation – the product must be impregnated with a suitable composition. Most often, linseed oil or special dish varnish is used. It is necessary to impregnate the handle not only to give it a beautiful shine: the composition protects the wood from moisture. How to impregnate a wooden knife handle depends on the type of product.
- Tools - as a rule, the set is quite ordinary: cutters, plane, hacksaw. However, to speed up the process, you can also resort to electric models.
How to make a handle
To make a handle, you need some experience working with wood.
At the same time, this work is quite suitable for practice for a beginner.
- The wood must be impregnated with an antiseptic before work.
- Using a hacksaw or jigsaw, cut out a workpiece of a suitable shape from wood. If this is your first try, it is better to do without finger grooves, but if you already have experience, you can choose the most optimal configuration. At the first stage, the workpiece has only an approximate shape, then its shape is brought to perfection using a cutter and a hacksaw. How to process a wooden knife handle depends on the skill and desire of the craftsman.
- The finished workpiece is processed with sandpaper until perfectly smooth.
- A groove for the blade is drilled at the end of the product. The depth depends on the weight of the blade. The shank should fit easily onto the handle. The photo shows the formation of the groove.
- Then the product is treated, for example, with linseed oil. Oil is poured into a small saucepan, placed in a water bath, and the workpiece is immersed in the impregnation and held until air bubbles stop appearing.
- The wooden handle is left to dry.
- Prepare epoxy resin according to the instructions. They mix it with sawdust and fill the cavity of the handle with resin.
- A blade is inserted into the cavity, ensuring the correct position, and left to dry for a day. In order not to stain the product, and the epoxy resin is very difficult to wipe off, the blade is wrapped with tape, as in the picture.
The attachment model for a folding knife is made slightly differently. Here the tool kit will include rivets and a vice.
- The rough-shaped workpiece is held in a vice and cut into 2 parts. Both parts are then finished to perfection using cutters and sandpaper.
- The product is assembled: the blade is placed between the handle parts. Mark the attachment points and drill holes through the workpiece. In this way, perfect alignment of the holes is achieved.
- Then a rivet is made from a rod with a diameter that matches the diameter of the hole.
- The blanks are treated with oil according to the technology described above.
- Epoxy resin is applied to the inside of the parts, shank and rivets. Assemble the product and wrap it tightly with tape.
- In a day the handle should be ready. If necessary, it is cleaned of excess epoxy resin.
In the video, making a handle with your own hands is covered in more detail.
It's easy to make a beautiful, simple pen and make it original. The most original ideas that can only come to your mind.
To make a beautiful pen you need to take the pen itself, decorative material and glue. You can decorate it by wrapping it with a narrow satin ribbon, attaching a flower or a bow made of paper or fabric to the top edge. Get an original designer item. Such a pen can be an interesting gift made with soul.
The idea of weaving a handle with multi-colored threads using the macrame technique, and if also with an original weave, is a chic option for a stylish girl.
You can decorate your pen however you like with any beautiful things, rubber bands, stickers, feathers, rhinestones. Anything you want.
What can be made from a pen
The body of a ballpoint pen can serve as a material for various crafts.
- You can make an original stand for your mobile phone. To do this you will need four to five pens and rubber bands for money. Twist the three handles with a rubber band to create a stable tripod. Screw one or two handles horizontally to the two legs, depending on the thickness of the phone. Install the resulting structure slightly at an angle and place the smartphone on it. Watching videos is very convenient and hands free.
- You can make one from a pen and four simple pencils. From pencils, use rubber bands to assemble a base in the shape of the letter “T”. Attach an old pen to the bottom of the letter. The function of the bowstring will be performed by an elastic band. You can use old empty rods as arrows. The toy for boys is ready.
Many probably remember multi-tiered chandeliers with transparent plastic pendants. - You can do it using the same principle. You will need a plastic circle attached to the lamp, and a lot of multi-colored transparent pen housings. Stationery is secured in a circle using wire or paper clips. When you turn on the lamp, the lampshade will look like crystal and scatter multi-colored light.
How to make a pen with your own hands
How to make a 3D pen with your own hands
This pen can be made from a regular glue gun. First you need to disassemble it and remove the pushing mechanism; it is better to saw off the lower part of the pistol handle. Then you need to reduce the outlet hole. You can put a paper clip in there and tape it so it doesn't fall out. The next step is to attach a mini fan, these come in different devices and are sold in stores as spare parts. Small alligator clips are attached to the fan wiring; we will use them to connect the battery. Now you need to attach the crown battery to the bottom of the gun. Use plastic clamps and glue to secure all parts. That's all - your 3D pen is ready. You can try drawing.
For a fountain pen you need the pen itself. You can take turkey or goose, they are large in size. Paint with dyes in any color you need. Can be in several colors at once. The feather cover above the base must be removed to make it easier to hold when writing. Using a sharp knife, cut off the bottom of the feather under the cone. It is very hard and you can write with the resulting tip.
You can also use a calligraphy pen. It needs to be attached to the prepared turkey feather, and the joint should be decorated. A pen made this way will be more durable.
DIY gel pen
- You can make a gel pen just like a regular one. Any materials can be used as a housing for the rod. Just insert the gel rod into the manufactured flask.
- Gel pen - aquarium, a very interesting option and the refill can be changed. To make this you will need a transparent flask with a wooden stopper. We make a hole in the cork to the size of the gel rod. The cork can be painted if desired. Pour water into the flask and add glycerin. The more glycerin there is, the slower the decor inside will float. Pour into a flask filled with liquid, various sparkles, stars and, of course, foil fish. We insert the rod into the stopper and close the flask with it. Handle - the aquarium is ready.
How to make a pen out of paper
A pen made of paper can come in a wide variety of colors. To make it you will need an A4 sheet and a rod. Cut part of the sheet at an angle so that when you twist the rod, you get a beveled nose. We take the rod, coat it with glue, when it sticks tightly, we begin to twist it tightly. At the end we coat it with glue. You can color the pen however you like. You can draw various patterns. Be sure to varnish the pen so that the paper does not rub off during use.
The rod in such a pen will not change. Finished, make a new pen.
How to make a pencil pen
To create a two-in-one pen and pencil, you will need a pen and a simple pencil. Let's disassemble the handle. Cut off half of the pencil, less if possible. Now you need to insert the pencil part into the pen body. Naturally, it won’t fit there, so you need to trim it a little with a stationery knife. We inserted a pencil and taped it tightly with electrical tape. Now we cut the rod from the handle to insert it into place and assemble the handle. Now you don't need to look for a pencil to draw something, you will always have it on the back of the pen you write with.
Don't throw away the rest of the pencil, you will need it next time.
How to make an invisible pen
To make an invisible handle, you first need to make. Making such ink at home is not difficult. To do this, you will need a diluted solution of copper sulfate. It has a slightly bluish tint; if you write something with it, it won’t be visible. To read such a letter, you can hold the paper over ammonia.
You will have to write with such ink using a fountain pen, since it will not be possible to pour it into the rod. And if someone manages to do this, they will still leak out because they are very liquid.
Spy ink can also be made from lemon juice; it appears if the letter is heated strongly with an iron.
How to make a pen write
If suddenly your pen stops writing and you still have a lot of ink, you need to do the following.
- Disassemble the pen, pull out the writing tip and blow from the other end. Perhaps there were just air bubbles there.
- Without disassembling the pen from the end with which you write, use a suction motion to pull the ink toward you. It also helps a lot and you won't get dirty.
- You can simply breathe on the writing tip; perhaps the ink has thickened a little. Warm breath will make them thinner.
- A radical solution is to replace the rod; it could be defective.
We will make this wooden handle for the door to the bathhouse from a piece of board 26cm long, 10cm wide and 5cm thick. Exactly 26 cm in length and 10 cm in width turned out to be the handle for the door to the bathhouse, which I drew on a sheet of checkered paper. I wanted to draw some unusual, rounded pen. To do this, I took a round plate and a round cup of the sizes I needed. Here's what I got.
Now I transferred the drawing to the board and cut out along the contour with a jigsaw. I used a metal saw and the mode that is used when sawing metal. In this case, an even and clean cut is obtained. A sawn handle for a bathhouse door can be rounded off by removing the chamfers, you can apply a carved design to the surface of the handle, just as in the recent past you can apply a design by burning, remember there used to be such devices, the contours were outlined with a hot wire nozzle. A groove remained, and these grooves formed a pattern. It is best to secure a wooden handle with screws. And further. It is best to use hardwood to make a handle for a bathhouse door; there will be no resin on your hands. Among deciduous trees, linden is a very soft wood that can be easily processed. I would recommend birch. This will be a very strong handle. Just remember the butts for hand-held firearms - everything is like one made of birch! And I think it’s no coincidence!
Well, now, as always, according to the good tradition, illustrations for the article:
View of a wooden door to a bathhouse. The homemade pen is in its place.
This is such a necessary, original, and essentially free wooden handle for the door to the bathhouse.
For a long time I was looking on the Internet for pictures, diagrams or drawings of homemade “fountain pens” and, to be honest, I didn’t find anything sensible, but everyone writes that there is a lot of this on the Internet... I want to say, there are photos of the devices, but there are no clear diagrams with dimensions. Of course, I fumbled a little before it all worked out and now I’m posting photos of my smoothbores
In general, one handle is made (in the picture the one on top) under the Flaubert cartridge, which can be freely purchased in any pneumatics department.
the barrel is made of bronze (it will fit under a weak Flaubert - it won’t break), the rest of the parts are steel. Of course, you can carve everything from bronze except the striker.
but the second one (the one at the bottom) fits a standard 0.22LR “small” cartridge (5.6 mm) - this device is more dangerous.
All parts except the barrel are machined from steel, the barrel itself is made of stainless steel.
Well, someone will say that this is kind of bullshit, that it doesn’t shoot or will tear it apart in your hands...
I’ll say right away that I tested and shot 6 rounds quite successfully. and as for the return, it is present. and there was another time when the trigger hit my finger during recoil, but these are minor things compared to my joy
Here are the photos of the tests.
I decided to compare my ammunition: a copy of Makarov, Safari-3″ and the pen itself.
I took a 2-2.5mm sheet metal and shot it a little... (on the right photo is the back side of the piece of iron)
as you can see from the photos:
You can shoot pigeons with a pneumatic gun;
Flaubert's Safari is a little better, good for shooting rats, or scaring away some kind of chap;
The fountain pen showed its best side.
when shooting from the handle, a wooden block was placed under the sheet of iron. the bullet pierced the steel and entered 2 cm into the tree.
I had to get it out with pliers, with some effort...
Now for those who are going to experiment with such devices, I warn you that it is criminally punishable, both wearing and manufacturing (up to 5 years)... so think before you do.
Well, here is the long-awaited drawing of my pen. If anyone has any tips for improvement, please let me know.
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Cutting a spoon from a stick
It turns out that carving a spoon is not that difficult. At least according to the description. 🙂
There are an incredible number of sizes, shapes and styles of spoons. Miniature wooden spoons are reminiscent of ancient salt spoons.
Round wooden handles (24)
Of course, the size of the spoon is directly related to the size of the wooden piece. You may want to make a tiny spoon for mustard or spices, or a large ladle for your camp pot. The spoon, the making of which is discussed here, has the most ordinary small size. You could say it's a yogurt spoon.
Materials you will need:
- straight-grained wood blank;
- sharp knife;
- sandpaper;
- polyurethane or other transparent varnish of your choice;
- pen or marker;
- milling cutter
Take a piece of wood without knots, slightly longer than the expected length of the spoon.
A birch branch has the diameter of a 25-cent coin (or 2-ruble).
Cut one side of the branch along its entire length, using long, strong, forward strokes. This side will be the back of the spoon. Some people find it more convenient to use “pull” movements.
Make the cut a little deeper and make it flat. Outline the basic shape of the spoon for the top of the handle, leaving the branch end for the spoon's scoop thick.
Form a handle.
When making a hole, always cut towards the center of the branch. If you cut away from the center, there is a chance that you will cut too much, more than you intended.
Continue gradually forming the handle.
Now shape the scoop by cutting along the marked lines.
Sand the product with sandpaper.
At this point you have a spoon without a notch.
Draw the perimeter of the recess of the future spoon.
Using the sharp tip of a small blade, carefully make an indentation within the boundaries of the drawn line. You can cut either “towards you” or “away from you”. I think you'll have to use both techniques. The main thing is that it is easy for you to control your movements and stay inside the circular line.
Be very careful not to accidentally slip the blade or tread on the markings.
After making several Y-shaped cuts, deepen the scoop as much as possible. Naturally, the scoop should not have too thin walls.
Cut the sander by trimming the tip of the branch so that it fits into the recess of the branch.
Wrap a small piece of sandpaper around the cut branch and sand the inside of the scoop.
You can also sand the scoop with a piece of sandpaper while holding it in your hand.
Of course, if you have a cutter, you can speed up the grinding process somewhat. But of course, sanding by hand brings more satisfaction.
How important is a good wooden handle for a bathhouse? The answer to the question is obvious. Try removing it from the doors and try to take a steam bath at least once without this extremely necessary element of door hardware. In addition, a bath handle for a good owner has always been and remains one of the ways to decorate the entrance, complement the door leaf, and make the facade brighter and more expressive.
Requirements for the design of a bath handle
Like all important things, it is impossible to make a handle for a bath door at random, without knowing how the material and design will behave. It is always hot in the steam room of the bathhouse, and the entrance door to the steam room is usually built massive, with a tight fit in the frame. Therefore, the convenience and safety of using the steam room depends on how correctly the handle for the bath is made with your own hands.
Bathhouse door handles must meet the following requirements:
- The body must be quite massive and durable. In the event of smoke in a steam room or bathhouse, it is much easier to see a bulky arc than a small ball of wood;
- The material should not absorb moisture, have low thermal conductivity and not emit volatile substances when heated.
Bathroom door handles are made of wood, no plastic, rubber, much less metal, even if the hand grip area is insulated with a fabric, leather or felt cover. It is not difficult to wash the body of the handle, but it is very easy to get a burn if you accidentally grip a metal part incorrectly in a hot steam room.
Contrary to popular belief, wooden door handles for bathhouses are quite durable and can serve their owners for one and a half to two decades.
Options for door handles for baths
Most owners of bathhouse apartments prefer to make wooden door handles for the bathhouse with their own hands. On the one hand, creativity and the opportunity to make an unusual door decoration design. On the other hand, it is better to do the most important things yourself.
There are an incredible variety of forms and options for constructing wooden door handles for a bathhouse. Starting from an intricate design in the shape of a ship's wheel, ending with a standard ball used for ordinary inter-apartment door blocks.
The most popular models:
- Arc shaped handles, nailed to the door leaf. The body can be carved from solid wood, a branch or a tree root. The outer surface is traditionally decorated with wood carvings;
- Straight, most often industrially made, without any decorative elements. Such models are used primarily for glass bath doors;
- Twin designs. In one product, a wooden handle is combined with a locking device or deadbolt;
- Compact furniture models made of wood, usually spherical, “umbrella” or “mushroom”.
There is a special category - carved wood compositions. Such products are made by professional carvers according to the individual order of the bathhouse owner. The handle for the bathhouse is ordered specifically to complement the design of the wooden entrance doors and the facade of the bathhouse.
Let's make a simple handle with our own hands
Regardless of whether the wooden handle will be custom-made by a carver, or all the details, from the design to the installation on the bathhouse doors, will have to be done with your own hands, first of all, you need to choose the right type of wood and the shape of the workpiece.
How to choose the right material for a wooden handle
To make a bath handle, you first need to decide on the location of its installation. If you need to equip doors to a steam room, there are few options for suitable wood. The wooden blank for the future product must be cut from linden.
Linden wood has two very important advantages:
- The structure of solid wood consists of thin layers of fibers laid in different directions, so the material is very soft, pliable, and most importantly, does not split under load, like spruce or pine;
- The surface of the linden wooden handle remains quite comfortable even when warm. After ten years, the texture will become smooth, almost polished, but at the same time it will not burn your hand like oak and, especially, larch.
A narrow, 120-150 mm board made of linden wood, without defects or dents, is ideal as a workpiece.
An exterior door will require very strong and hard wood. You cannot use beech, larch, aspen, spruce; their wood is prone to splitting and at the same time produces a large number of splinters.
A wooden handle can be made from acacia, walnut, elm, or any heavy wood with an interwoven fiber structure. To cut the workpiece, you will first need to cut one “round timber” 30-35 mm thick from the trunk or stump, mark it along the contour of the future product, and only then cut it with a jigsaw.
Cutting a wooden handle from linden
The ideal option for a wooden handle, suitable for any bathhouse door, can be considered a simple arched model with a reach of 35-40 mm and a length of 25-30 cm. If you do not have much experience in carpentry, then it is best to start by making a wooden handle from linden wood.
Thanks to the structure of the fibers, such a wooden arc, unlike a spruce or pine product, will never burst along the fastener installation line.
To work, you will need a manual electric router, a grinder and a jigsaw. If a bathhouse requires not one wooden handle, but two or three, it is best to start work by making a template.
Using a template, we transfer the outline of the future handle onto a wooden base - a linden board. We draw the outline with a pencil, and use a jigsaw to cut out the workpiece. Linden is cut with any tool just perfectly, so cutting out the workpiece is not difficult, be it with a hand or an electric tool.
To get rid of angularity and make the transitions on the outer and inner sides of the workpiece smoother and more rounded, we install a chamfer cutter on the electric router and remove material from the corners.
The final stage is sanding the wooden surface. To process linden, sandpaper grade P-100 or P-80 is used; it removes tool marks on the surface well and can be immediately placed on the bathhouse door. Sandpaper with larger grains P-60, P-40 leaves deep marks and scratches, so the workpiece can be ruined even before it’s time to put it on the front door of the steam room in the bathhouse.
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After a round blank has been cut out of solid acacia, oak or walnut, it is necessary to mark the future base of the handle. The wooden base made of oak is much more difficult to cut, but at the same time it becomes possible to use a more complex product design.
The easiest way to make a wooden handle for the entrance door of a bathhouse is from two parts - the base and the holder itself. To achieve a harmonious combination, we cut out the base on a router in the form of a shaped platform with support spots for installing a holder. The dimensions of the supporting part of the curly handle should not be too large; a platform of 20x10 cm is sufficient.
Using a chamfer cutter we go along the contour of the wooden base, we get a nice fillet.
After milling the contour, the surface of the workpiece is cleaned with emery cloth.
To make a wooden holder, you can use a walnut or ash branch. The shape and size can be selected to match the design style of the bathhouse entrance door. The surface is cleared of bark and sanded.
The finished parts are connected with oak wooden pins; you can use metal fasteners, but then you will have to cut a steel bushing with an internal thread into the holder. As a result, you will need to make holes in the wooden case, or make the holder too massive.
After two wooden parts are connected into one structure, the holder and base are coated with varnish or epoxy compound and, after curing, they are attached to the entrance door of the bathhouse.
Since the entrance to the bathhouse is not much different from the front door of an ordinary house, the design of the wooden handle can be supplemented with decorative elements made of metal and plastic.
Conclusion
Making a wooden door handle for a bathhouse remains a creative process in its own way, requiring certain skills of an artist and cabinetmaker. The most difficult stage in the work is considered to be the selection of a successful shape and the creation of the final image of the product, the style of which matches the facade and design of the bathhouse door.
Summer will begin very soon and parents will need to come up with different activities for their children every day. One evening you can organize a real master class on how to make a writing pen yourself from materials available at home.
For any person, a pen is a necessary thing almost throughout his life. Therefore, after looking at a photo of a homemade pen, it is not at all surprising that there is a desire to try to carry out all the steps and make a pen yourself.
Paper pen: how to make
Take one simple sheet of paper in a classic format - A4. It is necessary to measure 14 cm from its longest side. This is slightly more than the length of any plastic rod used.
On the other side, approximately 10-12 cm is measured, which is less than the rod. This is an important point that must be observed so that the lower part of the handle can be made in the usual shape of the well-known cone. Next, the marks are connected by drawing a line. Subsequently, it is necessary to cut the sheet along it.
On the side of the sheet where 14 cm was previously marked, it is necessary to apply glue and carefully wrap the prepared rod.
It is important to follow the instructions on how to make a handle, without deviating from it in any way. After the glue has dried, the paper is wound as tightly as possible around the entire rod, and its edge must be additionally coated with glue so that in the future your craft will not unwind during work.
While doing the work, make sure that the cone is formed only in the lower part of the stationery, since the other part must be as even as possible. If for some reason this cannot be done, you can correct the situation with the help of a knife.
The created handle can be painted with absolutely any acrylic paint for beauty. It is advisable to choose acrylic, because after it dries, it will not dissolve with water.
If you decide to use watercolor/simple gouache when decorating the pen, then be sure to additionally coat the part of the pen that you cover with it with varnish. Otherwise, you may get your hands dirty later while using the pen.
Ready-made stationery can be covered with beautiful paper, which today is often used in scrap paper / for gift wrapping.
An interesting idea is to use glossy magazine pages or recently popular foil tape that shines for pasting.
After prolonged use, it happens that the paper begins to wear out. To avoid repeating this situation with the paper used for the pen, it is best to additionally cover it with transparent tape or varnish it.
Of course, today you can buy a simple pen in any store, but if you are looking for something you can use to make a pen at home, then you are a fan of the exclusive, and in combination with a large number of different master classes where you can learn how various crafts are created and stationery including, you can create a pen that no one else will ever have. At the same time, you can even give such a pen to a friend as an author’s gift.
Wood handle
While looking through various original ideas for homemade handles, you have probably already come across a variant of a wooden handle, and so now it’s time to look at it in more detail.
What materials may be needed?
Several metal tubes, a simple rod, a mechanism that will later be used for a pen, several wooden forms, sandpaper and glue.
All actions will need to be performed using a lathe. Therefore, when thinking about how to make a frame for a pen yourself, take care of finding it in advance.
Keep in mind that any finishing materials used will affect the color of the wood. Therefore, before you start applying them to the finished product, it is best to test on some waste material. This will avoid unexpected results.
A band saw, as well as a cutting machine, are potentially dangerous if used incorrectly, so it is important to use them as carefully as possible and comply with all safety requirements.
Do not let the vapors of various varnishes and adhesives have a negative impact on your health. It is better if they are used exclusively in a ventilated room, and as far as possible from materials that are easily flammable.
As you work, after stripping the metal tubes, be sure to lubricate them with good quality glue.
If you don’t have wooden forms, you can create them yourself using the online tutorial.
In conclusion, it is worth noting that today more and more people are asking how to make a pen with their own hands every day, which is explained by a number of different factors. Once you learn how to make it yourself, you can give the pen as a gift to a business partner or one of your friends
Creating even ten such pens will cost several times less than ordering them from any enterprise.
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