Thread: A couple of questions for the brush makers

Well I wont be able to help much here. I make all my own tooling and use a metal lathe.
Maybe Pixel will chime in. Sorry!!
You may try the Woodworkers Guild website for some of your info.

Ray

Originally Posted by walleyeman

Well I wont be able to help much here. I make all my own tooling and use a metal lathe.
Maybe Pixel will chime in. Sorry!!
You may try the Woodworkers Guild website for some of your info.

Ray

Thanks for the response. I'll check out the Woodworkers Guild. It sounds like I can use acrylic/micarta just like wood, but I'll need sharper tools.

I've got some scrap cedar I can practice on, so I'll probably pick up a cheap set of chisels at harbor freight, sharpen them up and see how it goes.

Your main concerns at this point is your work holding capibiltys ( how to chuck materials).
In Charlies excellant vids he is turning between centers as I do most of the time.
Some handles I use a 3 jaw Chuck.
Practice on your cedar,be carefull.

I turn between centers mount of the time as well, but I learned a trick that is quite helpful. If you go to a shoe repair shop you can buy heel material that is quite tough and can be glued with leather or rubber cement to the base of your stock. This is where you tap in your center on the base of your brush and it will come off easily when you are through and leave no marks on the bottom of your handle to have to work out.

I have found this safe and have never had one come loose while working any material. You can get any type of chisel / gouge / tool that you would ever want from Highland Hardware. They are in Atlanta and have acquired a ton of my money over the years, and I highly recommend them.

Never rush your work or try to hog out too much material too fast, that is where bad things happen. Stabilized wood for example is very hard and cannot be rushed, and watch some video to get the angle of your gouge just right for your work.

Will N.

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Your main concerns at this point is your work holding capibiltys ( how to chuck materials).
In Charlies excellant vids he is turning between centers as I do most of the time.
Some handles I use a 3 jaw Chuck.
Practice on your cedar,be carefull.

Originally Posted by WillN

I turn between centers mount of the time as well, but I learned a trick that is quite helpful. If you go to a shoe repair shop you can buy heel material that is quite tough and can be glued with leather or rubber cement to the base of your stock. This is where you tap in your center on the base of your brush and it will come off easily when you are through and leave no marks on the bottom of your handle to have to work out.

I have found this safe and have never had one come loose while working any material. You can get any type of chisel / gouge / tool that you would ever want from Highland Hardware. They are in Atlanta and have acquired a ton of my money over the years, and I highly recommend them.

Never rush your work or try to hog out too much material too fast, that is where bad things happen. Stabilized wood for example is very hard and cannot be rushed, and watch some video to get the angle of your gouge just right for your work.

Will N.

Thanks for the replies. Here's where I'm at so far. Time for the family trip to Costco, so I'll have to pick up later.

Thats a pce of cedar that could possibly come apart,also move the tool post a bit farthur away from the wood.JMO

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Thats a pce of cedar that could possibly come apart,also move the tool post a bit farthur away from the wood.JMO

Yes! What he said, good advice

Will N.

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Thats a pce of cedar that could possibly come apart,also move the tool post a bit farthur away from the wood.JMO

Originally Posted by WillN

Yes! What he said, good advice

Will N.

Will do.

What do ya'll think about the safety of that chuck. It felt like it was in there pretty good to me and I'm not overly concerned, but what do I know? How deep should I set it?



I wasn't thinking of actually using this cedar, but I made a bench out of it and it'd be kind of neat to use the same material. Is there any way for me to use this since it's not stabilized?

Originally Posted by RADisorder

Will do.

What do ya'll think about the safety of that chuck. It felt like it was in there pretty good to me and I'm not overly concerned, but what do I know? How deep should I set it?



I wasn't thinking of actually using this cedar, but I made a bench out of it and it'd be kind of neat to use the same material. Is there any way for me to use this since it's not stabilized?

Not quite understang your question, if what you are showing is for the spur, is plenty deep enough.
My concern is the the workpiece is cracked and when turning anything alot of torque is applied,it could come apart.
WhenI use a spur I drill nothing except a 60deg guide hole for the very point