Thread: Just finished in to time send for Christmas: soapstone handle, 24mm high mtn badger

Originally Posted by HARRYWALLY

I need to revisit turning soap stone. I have a talon chuck now, which will clamp onto the piece. I love that new chuck, makes turning way easier. Regular tools should do the job just fine. I've turned tru stone with HSS tools with no problems.

You can turn it.I just did.BUT be very carefull,Is a very friable material,I think the possibilty of it exploading is great.
Not going to make a brush handle with it as I think it will be to heavy.
Will slice it up for spacers.

if you guys plan to make brushhandles out of the soapstone try not to make the hole for the knot to narrow. when the epoxy get hardned it expands abit and the soapstone is very hard and brittle and it will crack if wall is to thin. happen to both my soapbrush handles from Neep, i didnt even use them. He stop doing this model cuz it happen to others aswell. Rod is a good guy and fix it thou.

I'm Def going to try turning it again. I have a few hunks of it flying around here somewhere. I think a basic shape would be best. The less I need to have a tool on it the better.

See Kris, your master piece is inspiring everyone!!
How many hours did you put into the whole thing?

Putting some bits and pces together,no clue as to what it will be.
Thx for the inspiration Kris

Originally Posted by HARRYWALLY

I'm Def going to try turning it again. I have a few hunks of it flying around here somewhere. I think a basic shape would be best. The less I need to have a tool on it the better.

See Kris, your master piece is inspiring everyone!!
How many hours did you put into the whole thing?

I honestly don't know. I had cut the rough shape months ago, and had already drilled a starter hole, so it was just a matter of laying out the design, carving it, and then deepening the hole a bit to get the loft I wanted. So part of the work was done in advance, but I'd guess there were a good few hours put in on it the other day.

It's nice to think it might be inspiring others, as I've received more than my fair share of inspiration from you all.

I like your Freudian typo about having hunks of it "flying" around. Hopefully that's not too prophetic!

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

You can turn it.I just did.BUT be very carefull,Is a very friable material,I think the possibilty of it exploading is great.
Not going to make a brush handle with it as I think it will be to heavy.
Will slice it up for spacers.

It definitely has some weight to it! That's why this one went to my bro-in-law, and not to my Dad. I think his hands will appreciate the lighter wood handle.

I like your Freudian typo about having hunks of it "flying" around. Hopefully that's not too prophetic!

Ya, I guess its pretty hard for soap stone to fly!
Obviously I had to do some googling after this statement Kris.

When I read this on Wikipedia, (Slips of the tongue and the pen are the classical parapraxes, but psychoanalytic theory also embraces misreadings, mishearings, temporary forgettings, and the mislaying and losing of objects.)

That pretty much sums me up in a nut shell!

Well I dinked around with some soapstone,easy to work with.a little messy (lots of dust) was fun.

That is just beautifull Bill well done!

Thx Martin, a little Lignum, soapstone lapis recon,ebony.
I wish I knew how to carve stuff,I would carve a dragon around the stone