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First attempt..with long story!
I got my Dad's wood lathe and had NO IDEA what I was doing.
I did know that when I tightened the stock in between the points that the pulley system should NOT move.
So the FIRST problem I had was to fix that issue.
LONG story short the bearings and snap rings were in the wrong place....:thinking:
So now the turning could begin!
So what do these tools do?
Took a couple scrap pieces and just started playing around:
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Watched a couple vids to get an idea of what I actually should be doing.
Got some lignum vitae and went to town.
Man is this stuff HARD!!!!!!!!!
So I got my basic shape and started sanding to smooth it all out.
Well my 4 jaw chuck is in the mail so I had to find a way to drill the knot hole.
Bought a set of forstner bits and figured I will just drill it out in the wood vice.
That worked out pretty well except I needed a 15/16" and I didn't have one in the set I bought! :gaah:
Off to the bay to order one!
Out comes the dremel and the drum sander.
This also turned out pretty well to my surprise.
Bought a 24mm Silvertip Premium from TGN.
NICE knot!
So how deep do I drill the hole to set the knot in?
Off to the advanced search feature because I KNOW that someone has asked this before....
After MUCH searching and reading I saw the post that said to try it at 52mm.
Out come the calipers and the forstner bit and the drum sander again....
Once again this went pretty darn well.
My cousin raises bees and I saw him today and I got some wax from him.
Took it home and put the brush blank back in the lathe and polished it up with that.
I think it turned out pretty well, what do you guys think?
YES it is a L O N G handle on it... I wanted to try that out as I have pretty big hands and long fingers so I wanted some more room.
Here it is:
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ps... I still have not glued the knot in yet in case I wanted to or need to shorten it up.