Thread: A dowel rod, a drill press and a file...

that might be how he chucked it into the drill press. Maybe with some threaded rod or hacked one of those bolt heads off.

That is awesome. I love doing things outside of the norm. That came out really nice too.

I was wondering the same thing.

Very nice work!

The screw is there to hold on to when the sealer is applied.

I do cut the ends off.

Erick,

Great job!

I just purchased a drill press and came across TGN site a couple of nights ago. Have been tossing around the idea of make a brush in this manner. Thank you for posting, my decision has been made. TGN has a mandrel that from the description seems that it would work in place of the screw. I can not access the site at the moment to link the item, but it was inexpensive.

Thanks again.

Here is the link to the mandrel http://www.thegoldennib.com/index.ph...roducts_id=216

Lu

Lovely job! It looks great..!

Originally Posted by AnarchoPhil

What is the purpose of the screw in the handle?

Its so the woos can be held in the chuck of the drill. and also i imagine comes in handy when varnishing.


Speaking of varnishing/oiling do you do that after you have drilled out for the knot? or after?

and what do you use to fix the knot in place?

Originally Posted by BigIan

Its so the woos can be held in the chuck of the drill. and also i imagine comes in handy when varnishing.


Speaking of varnishing/oiling do you do that after you have drilled out for the knot? or after?

and what do you use to fix the knot in place?

I do it after I drill the hole for the knot and use 5min epoxy to hold it in.