Create Wrapped Hemp Handles – FineWoodworking

Generally the smallest element can rework the appear and feel of a mission. On this video, Positive Woodworking’s inventive director, Mike Pekovich, shares certainly one of his favourite particulars—a easy wrapped hemp deal with that provides texture, heat, and a contact of the sudden to any field or cupboard.

Mike lately used this deal with design for a small jewellery chest featured in FWW #319. As an alternative of a conventional brass pull or metallic deal with, he turned to pure supplies—hemp wire and hemp twine—to create one thing each understated and tactile. The result’s a deal with that feels handmade and completely suited to wonderful containers, drawers, or doorways the place a metallic becoming would possibly really feel too formal or misplaced.

On this step-by-step video, Mike goes by each stage of the method, from deciding on the precise wire to putting in the completed deal with. You’ll discover ways to:

• Select the proper measurement of hemp wire and wire for the dimensions of your mission
• Wrap the deal with evenly and neatly for a clear, skilled look
• Use a easy loop method to safe the ends of the wrap invisibly
• Mount the deal with to the case aspect with clear, wedged joinery as an alternative of cumbersome knots

Alongside the way in which Mike shares refined ideas—like the way to orient the deal with’s pure arch upward and alter the highest and backside tails for a extra swish line. The wedges he makes use of contained in the case create a surprisingly sturdy mechanical lock, making these handles as purposeful as they’re lovely.

Whether or not you’re constructing a small jewellery chest or a journey device chest, or whether or not you merely wish to discover mixed-media particulars, this system opens up new design prospects. It’s a fast, satisfying method so as to add a quiet, handmade signature to your work—one that appears proper at residence on any wonderful piece.

Watch now and discover ways to wrap, wedge, and refine this versatile deal with element with Mike Pekovich.

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