{"id":7006,"date":"2021-05-04T20:24:03","date_gmt":"2021-05-05T00:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/?p=7006"},"modified":"2021-05-04T20:24:03","modified_gmt":"2021-05-05T00:24:03","slug":"designing-and-making-wooden-handles-for-furniture-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/04\/designing-and-making-wooden-handles-for-furniture-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Designing and making wooden handles for furniture, part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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When sculpting the handle, keep the workpiece large<\/strong> for as long as possible. Of course, at some point you will have to cut loose the handle itself but the work becomes more difficult on the smaller piece, which may be impossible to clamp.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Decide early on if you want a knife-cut finish or a smooth, sanded finish<\/strong>. Work for a good appearance but also keep testing the feel<\/strong> of the handle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The finished handle in wenge is shown above<\/strong> mocked up on a piece of white oak scrap. (The scrap was used to test an edge profile; it is not a door). Note <\/strong>the hollowed left side and that the curved right side is also sloped toward the door. These features make for a pleasant grab by the thumb and first two fingers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A hand-friendly handle does not necessarily mean that all the edges must be softened as they are here. Sometimes a distinct edge or corner feels right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Create shoulders on the end of the tenon<\/strong>. The mortise, created with a shopmade slot jig for the router, is 1 1\/4″ long and 3\/8″ deep.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here is the pair<\/strong> of handles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Next:<\/strong> designing handles for your woodwork<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When sculpting the handle, keep the workpiece large for as long as possible. Of course, at some point you will have to cut loose the handle itself but the work becomes more difficult on the smaller piece, which may be impossible to clamp.\u00a0 Decide early on if you want a knife-cut finish or a smooth, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[50],"class_list":["post-7006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-techniques","tag-handles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7006"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7018,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7006\/revisions\/7018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}