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Select a good piece of firewood…
A piece of oak firewood that has little checkering, knots or flaws.
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Chop out the blank using the bandsaw…
There is enough wood here for two plain Jane billy clubs.
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On the lathe…
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Rough shape…
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Cut in the general shape of the handle…
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Burn in the grips…
I (carefully) use a piece of aluminum wire to burn the hand grips.
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Fresh off the lathe…
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Finished product…
The ends were sanded with a 12″ circular sander. I use cotton wood polishing wheels on the slow-speed grinder to polish most of my finished wood projects.
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