My go at Brushmaking

I love spending free time in the lathe at work. have made maybe 7 brushes total in the lathe and this is the latest i made. i ended up giving it away on a giveaway lottery in a forum. when i make brushes i just freestyle the design while i lathe, its more fun that way :) maybe not everyone's taste in a brush but its unique and what i think looks good.

High polish solid Aluminum with Solid copper inlay endcap. mounted Extra Stuffed silver tip at 50mm loft, 26mm knot

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It is unique - very cool. Nice work! I like the "metal" look...contemporary.

Definitely a cool looking brush and nicely done. Congrats to whomever received it :)

That's a great looking brush, the copper cap/insert looks great with it.

Nice work! Looks awesome!

Awesome! I bet it is a very heavy brush!

Very Striking Appearance. Well Done.
Adam

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Originally Posted by parkerskouson

Awesome! I bet it is a very heavy brush!

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not that heavy. 120g

Absolutly stunning:)

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Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Absolutly stunning:)

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ohh stop it you :)

Awesome. Reminds me of a light saber

awesome work Magnus! love it.

Very cool. The copper inlay is a nice touch

Great job! Love the spiraling detail work on the copper inlay.

Have looked at that copper sprialing 20 times as I found it interesting.That was carefully done by hand with a blunt point burnisher I believe.
The OP I believe carefully used the crosslide while feeding in the tailstock to get that effect,great job:)

Gorgeous brush and amazing lathe work!! Lucky individual that received it.

Awesome work! I like to freestyle my brushes also (unless it is a special order design from someone).
That is truly a one of a kinder way to kick butt!

Thanks guys. your positive feedbacks means alot :)

Great job.
Old school with a new sign: an evergreen!!
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This is beautiful, your work is unique good job and i hope we will see more of your work! :chapeau

Sweeeeeeet.

Luis

Looks great! The one brush I made was also on a lathe and out of aluminum. Hefty weight and probably my favorite of my two brushes. Use it 90% of the time!

Can it be hollowed out more I mean my road bike stem weights in @110 grams and measures about 120mm long and about 30mm in circumference.

That brush is amazing! I like a brush with some heft.

Any chance you could hide/recess a neonidium earth magnet in the base? That way you could hang it upside down say from the bottom of a vanity?

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Originally Posted by ZeroCool

That brush is amazing! I like a brush with some heft.

Any chance you could hide/recess a neonidium earth magnet in the base? That way you could hang it upside down say from the bottom of a vanity?

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Thank you :) yes im sure that would work if the magnet was pretty big/stong. pretty cool idea!

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Originally Posted by rocarule

Can it be hollowed out more I mean my road bike stem weights in @110 grams and measures about 120mm long and about 30mm in circumference.

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the one i made here was 120g. i thought i liked the waight in it. but yes it could have been hollowed out more and that would most likely save about 40% of the waight

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Originally Posted by MrMagnus

Thank you :) yes im sure that would work if the magnet was pretty big/stong. pretty cool idea!

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I think I've got some laying around, let me look.

They're about the size of a smartee (the little candy). And super strong! I had to screw a golf ball to one just so I had something to grab onto to remove it from my refrigerator lol

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Originally Posted by ZeroCool

I think I've got some laying around, let me look.

They're about the size of a smartee (the little candy). And super strong! I had to screw a golf ball to one just so I had something to grab onto to remove it from my refrigerator lol

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How did you screw a golfball onto the magnet??

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Originally Posted by pixelfixed

How did you screw a golfball onto the magnet??

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The ones I was getting has a small countersunk hole in the middle. I use them for security alarm recessed window contacts. 3/8 diameter.

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Originally Posted by ZeroCool

I think I've got some laying around, let me look.

They're about the size of a smartee (the little candy). And super strong! I had to screw a golf ball to one just so I had something to grab onto to remove it from my refrigerator lol

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Lol that sounds like a strong magnet! :D

Ok this is my latest project that is stil in the making, waiting for some material. this is the first time i lathe a piece of wood in a metal lathe witch is abit tricky :P. I first lathe it to a straight & round form and then used the cutting tools (witch are attatched to the lathe, as in not hand held cutters witch you would normaly use for wood lathing) to remove some wood at the places where i neded it, and did the last bits with sandpaper and a rasp. what im trying to make is a barber brush (tall bursh) i have the handle done now and im waiting for material for the base that will hold the knot itself. the wood i used is a dark curly koa and here is some pics. hopfully ill keep posting pics on this project beeing done if everything works out the way i hope for :)

here is the type of metal lathe im using
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here is the handle part in koa.
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Nice handle,nice lathe:)
80% of the work I do making handles is on a metal lathe (southbend) all the rounding,boring and laminating,only the final shaping is done on the woodlathe (rockwell 45-450).
If your going to make a precison Quality Brush handle,nothing wrong with using precision machines.

Yeah nice looking lathe. I always tell myself I'll find an old Hardinge that some wants to just get rid of if I'll pick it up. I should stop kidding myself :)

This is some of what I do making Brush handles on my metal lathe.
I do alot of composits,the glue joints have to be precision machined,all the componants are faced off exact,Than Line bored and doweled glued in place.Than all is turned to exact roundness.Next I will put it in the 3 jaw and bore the knot hole.
Than off to the wood lathe.
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...hebrush001.jpg

Those are some gorgeous brushes. Awesome work.

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Originally Posted by pixelfixed

This is some of what I do making Brush handles on my metal lathe.
I do alot of composits,the glue joints have to be precision machined,all the componants are faced off exact,Than Line bored and doweled glued in place.Than all is turned to exact roundness.Next I will put it in the 3 jaw and bore the knot hole.
Than off to the wood lathe.

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yeah well i had to mount the woodblock straight into the 3 jaw, and as you know its not so easy since the pressure of the 3 jaw against the wood needs to be very smal in order not to crack the wood. so this was abit of a risk when i turned the round shape (i had to take off very little material so the woodblock didnt fly out from the chuck) :) , but after that it was easy to remount and then finish the details.

Magnus, I have seen curly birch used on Scandinavian knives. Have you ever worked with it?I think it would make a striking brush handle.

No i have not used it but i also seen it. its a great looking wood! i also like a nice curly maple. this koa handle is the first piece of wood i turned.

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Originally Posted by Leatherstockiings

Magnus, I have seen curly birch used on Scandinavian knives. Have you ever worked with it?I think it would make a striking brush handle.

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