Thread: A couple older projects

Just wanted to share a couple brushes i made a few years back




Specs-
Handle Material: Polyester Resin
Knot: TheGoldenNib 22mm Finest Badger Fan
Knot at base: 22.5mm
Loft: 47mm
Handle Height: 55mm
Knot wasn't glued in in all pics, but it was straight when it was finished

This brush was amazing, loved it.... Unfortunately it wasn't mine was made for a friend, in exchange for him donating the price of the the brush to his no shave November charity


And below is the first one I fully completed
Also made from Polyester Acrylic, with a TGN knot, but don't have the specs on hand


This one was slightly crooked after the glue up lol But, like I said, it was the first one, and I was dumb, and I drilled the hole after taking it off the lathe.
Still works a treat though, and gets used regularly 5 years later


And a crappy shot of a couple more design ideas that didn't make it to the final stages for various reasons

Left to right for the three without knots
-maple chair leg turned for practice and design testing
-same acrylic as the other one, but left unpolished. Poorly planned, the knot base area was too short and I couldn't drill deeper without busting through
-Claro walnut, with gold rub n buff in the band. Nice stubby handle, but got a bad catch near the base, so that end is unfinished

nice looking handles! did you poor the resin yourself?

Originally Posted by tintin

nice looking handles! did you poor the resin yourself?

Thanks!
No, i wish! I think these particular blanks came from either Rockler or Penn State Industries

I am currently working on working out the kinks in a cheap HF pressure pot so I can play at that in the future though

I really like the purple luminescence of the first one.
Good job

Yeah, that purple and metallic copper blend was just incredible. Unfortunately, after making that brush, then shattering another piece on the lathe, i didn't have enough left to make myself one
Definitely going to have to see if that pattern is still available to get some more of it one of these days

The walnut one looked very nice. I bet it would have held a seriously nice big knot.

Thanks!
I held on to the busted piece, so that I can redo the design later
Stubby, with a fat knot, was definitely the plan on that one!
Still have more of that same Claro Walnut on hand for "some day"