Ran across an old chair spindle in the shop today. Recently someone was wondering about making socket chisel handles without a lathe. Here is the chair spindle and two socket chisels with handles made out of the other spindle from the same old broken chair:
Chair Spindle Socket Chisel Handles.jpg
These were made before my lathe was bought. If the handle on the 2" chisel was made a bit shorter it is likely 3 socket chisel handles could have been made from one spindle.
jtk