Alf
Established Member
Folks,
Our milkman took pity on us, and has donated a "pre-owned" milk bottle holder to use instead of a bucket. Sort of an early Xmas pressie, because presumably he reckons we couldn't afford to buy one ourselves. At least, not with the price he's charging for the milk... Anyway, it's one of those wire jobbies, and the handle hurts like hell. So I thought I'd turn a handle to go over the wire, but it'll have to be split as I can't pull the thing apart in order to fit it.
So the question (at last) is do I split the blank, glue it back together with paper at the join and then turn it? And one piece of paper? Or one on each half of the blank? Or turn it and try and spilt it afterwards? I assume the former, but how do I make sure drilling the central hole doesn't cause the blank to split while I'm still turning it? Or am I worrying too much? Any thoughts, tips or I-did-it-this-ways will be gratefully received because the blood supply getting cut off one's fingers every morning just ain't fun...
Cheers, Alf
Our milkman took pity on us, and has donated a "pre-owned" milk bottle holder to use instead of a bucket. Sort of an early Xmas pressie, because presumably he reckons we couldn't afford to buy one ourselves. At least, not with the price he's charging for the milk... Anyway, it's one of those wire jobbies, and the handle hurts like hell. So I thought I'd turn a handle to go over the wire, but it'll have to be split as I can't pull the thing apart in order to fit it.
So the question (at last) is do I split the blank, glue it back together with paper at the join and then turn it? And one piece of paper? Or one on each half of the blank? Or turn it and try and spilt it afterwards? I assume the former, but how do I make sure drilling the central hole doesn't cause the blank to split while I'm still turning it? Or am I worrying too much? Any thoughts, tips or I-did-it-this-ways will be gratefully received because the blood supply getting cut off one's fingers every morning just ain't fun...
Cheers, Alf