Making light pulls

[Barnaby]

Does anyone use one of these light pull drives for making light pulls?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kExkxI1D95k

[bodrighywood]

Not seen these before. If you intend to make a lot of pulls I suppose it could be handy but for the few I have made I just use an ordinary drill and a wooden jamb chuck make out of scrap. To get the larger section for the knot I use a smaller spindle gouge.

Pete

[Paul Hannaby]

I have one which I think is a far better design for light pulls - it was made by Multistar (part of their Marlin range) but I don't think they are around any more.

[Twisted Trees]

I use one, I used to make a lot of quick and simple light pulls for mass sale so found it very handy.

Also find it makes a great friction drive for 10mm tenon type parts e.g. for pocket watch stands ear ring holders and the like. Generally a quick and easy drive for small parts as long as assembly will hide the 4mm hole used in the end.

[Sandy]

Hi Barnaby

I was given an Axminster one as a present, as Twisted Trees says, they're useful as a drive if you do a lot of small items.

Price comparison
Planet Rotur (includes stepped drill) £22.79
Axminster £12.88
Yandles (includes stepped drill) £15.99

[Bill21]

I use ER32 collets a lot in my workshop so I can Chuck up any old piece of round stock hanging about. It’s well worth having a collet Chuck for a woodturning lathe.

[Derek]

I have an Axminster one brought second hand with some other bits and pieces.

I use it when I have a few odd bits of small wood to make pull knobs which go into a basket for quick buys. I do like the stepped drill which would save changing drill bits

[Barnaby]

I suppose they are a good way to make use of off-cuts and waste timber 

Thanks for your replies

[Twisted Trees]

I suppose they are a good way to make use of off-cuts and waste timber 

Thanks for your replies

@ £1.50 a pop, simple light pulls bought me a new Lathe and 2.5hp chip extractor powered extraction system in one year. Not to be dismissed out of hand :-)

[bodrighywood]

I suppose they are a good way to make use of off-cuts and waste timber 

Thanks for your replies

@ £1.50 a pop, simple light pulls bought me a new Lathe and 2.5hp chip extractor powered extraction system in one year. Not to be dismissed out of hand :-)

We do high end shows and the little things such as light pulls, tops, basic keyrings etc, all made from the tail end of other jobs provide a nice little earner. Sometimes easy to ignore the bottom line bread and butter things if you are trying to earn money from the craft.

Pete