Setting tool bars in handles

Take a V shaped corner chisel and make a groove in one or more of the flat sides of the mortise to provide a relief path for the excess epoxy to come out when you press the bar into the hole.

Or, rotate the handle 45 degrees and make another mortise in the same hole. Will now be an 8 sided star shaped mortise. The grooves will all fill up with epoxy anyway and hold the bar in place.

-- Michael :-{| Diapers and politicians both need to be changed often; and for the same reason.

A tight fit will cause problems. The air in the hole needs to get out for the tool to go in. I make the holes slightly deeper than I need to give excess glue a place to go. Squeezeout is a good thing.

I like how you did the square hole. Thanks for showing it.

-- It must be jelly baby, cause jam don't shake like that...

Thanks for the suggestions. I have chosen to drill a small relief hole in the side. Have mounted one bar and that worked great.

-- socrbent Ohio