Thread: Custom Brush making 101

What will it be (no Clue) this we know,It will be a long handeled bowl lathering brush.
It will be made from African Blackwood,Timboti and pre-ban Ivory.
It will get a real 24mm High Mountain white Knot.
8 hrs of fitting,machining,gluing, doweling to this point,Time will tell

10 hrs in,than chit happens(( tomorrow is another day.

Damn. I feel your pain. When I turn home-made polyester, I blow up about one half of them.

Ouch! Sorry about the blowup. : (

Thx guys,was my fault,tweekt the the tailstock center a tad to much.

Bummer, happen to me as well, stock not turning correctly, little more tweeking and bam. But in this case you can probably reglue a new piece and start that end from scratch or did you sent it flying!

Originally Posted by Martin103

Bummer, happen to me as well, stock not turning correctly, little more tweeking and bam. But in this case you can probably reglue a new piece and start that end from scratch or did you sent it flying!

Cannot re-chuck it to glue another pce,would be a hack job at best,the entire project is history

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Cannot re-chuck it to glue another pce,would be a hack job at best,the entire project is history

I cannot see why you could not cut it in half and save the top... did you crack the ivory also?

Ivory is fine,will not go to waste,mechanically, trying to resurect the project is not feasable,IMO.
I have a sows ear,will not try to make a silk purse.

I'd be Sooo ticked! I guess when you do enough of them, things like this will happen. I had a learning experience when I was younger, working on the lathe. Don't ever sand the edge of a bowl to a sharp edge. Bad things happen.