If you have a power wrapper and haven't tried it before, use your wrapper to glue up your next cork handle.

Chuck your cork mandrel into your power wrapper. Place all of the cork rings on the mandrel. Mix up a batch of glue and in a few seconds, you will have all of the glue applied to the rings, the rings clamped tight and you will be on to the next job.

I have been using this method for a long time, but for those who have a power wrapper, glue up cork handles and have never used the wrapper for that job - give it a try. It sames lots of time.

Be safe
Roger

Great tip. Thanks.

That is a great idea. Thanks Roger.

Bill

Ohio Rod Builders

Canton, Ohio

On the same subject of cork handles, it had been a while since I built up a handle. I had a lot of handles on hand and didn't need any for a long time.
But I had a different need come in the other day, so I glued up a handle. When I put the handle on the lathe, I decided to go for it, so I put the lathe on the top speed, which is about 4000 rpm.

My, my, a wonderful way to do a great job on a handle in a very short amount of time. Finer paper with a light touch made the handle come out very nice.

I had not turned a handle on this new lathe. This one turns nearly twice as fast as my old one. I had to chuckle a bit. It was cold in the shop and I did not want to turn on the heater for the short time that I would be there, so I turned on the cold lathe. I had to loosen the belt to get the motor up to speed, and then gradually get the head stock up to speed. Rather like a turbine spooling up.

At any rate, high speed on the turning makes the job go quick and the results nice, as long as you use a light touch and finer paper.

Be safe
Roger

I can picture chucking up a mandrel with rings on it, but have yet to figure out how this is saving you time gluing up the rings.

Mandrel turns rings, you just hold brush/spatula against turning ring to spread the adhesive.

X10 John,
I normally spin the rings at about 100-200 rpm, so it coats the rings in a second, then moves on to the next ring. This allows me to glue up a 14 inch long grip with 28 rings with one mix of quick cure glue.

Roger