Thread: Been making some brushes...

amazing work vferdman! Other than making it a little easier for you, I'm not sure how you will be able to do any better with your new lathe. I look forward to seeing your future pieces!

Well, I've been practicing on the lathe. I have been riding the bevel, but still, the skew is a challenge on the resin. I should have done more wood practice, but I really need to replenish my store inventory as I have been selling out (a good problem to have). So I have created this handle. I chipped it a lot and therefore took a lot of girth off the original blank to fix all the chipouts, but in the end it came out pretty good. This is "Black Pearl" poly resin and is gorgeous. It is not up to its full shine in the picture yet as I still have to drill the knot hole and take care of the bottom. I have ordered a mandrel that will hold the blank on one side instead of between centers and when it comes I will try to get a small production run. This one I will still finish my old way. On the drill press. I wet sanded this to 400 now, but will get it to shine like glass in the end, I hope. It's beautiful material, but I think I will stick with wood on the lathe until I get better at it.







Oh, and besides making it easier for me (so far it's not) the lathe will allow me to create shapes I can never achieve on the drill press/file setup. Just look at the above handle. Those tight cove lines are just not possible with my old setup because my files are round and it's really hard to get anything but round to work well in vertical plane with no tool rest.

Looks fantastic. I like very much!!!!!!

I have completed the brush yesterday and will post pictures of it shortly. It came out real nice and it has the honor of being my very first lathe-made brush. Things can only improve from here...

You haven't met Murphy yet have you?

I have created a new brush in black pearl resin. I have not used this color before and I must say, I should have. It is very, very beautiful. Pictures just do not do it justice.

Here are the pictures:









This is my first brush made on a lathe instead of my original drill press method. I think it came out very well. I really like the longer handle.

Enjoy!

Originally Posted by guitstik

You haven't met Murphy yet have you?

I've been alive since 1965. Believe me, I've met Murphy....

And killed him! (Evil laugh).

Seriously, I hear you. But I have so much to learn about turning that the results can only improve from here. The process may involve Murphy coming back from the dead to haunt me, but I will keep coming back and the end result will always be good, even if I had to ruin material getting there.

[new brush in black pearl resin. I have not used this color before and I must say, I should have. It is very, very beautiful. Pictures just do not do it justice.

Here are the pictures:














This is my first brush made on a lathe instead of my original drill press method. I think it came out very well. I really like the longer handle.

Enjoy![/QUOTE]

Did you use a wood lathe or a metal cutting lathe?

Originally Posted by engine46

Did you use a wood lathe or a metal cutting lathe?

I used a wood lathe.

Originally Posted by vferdman

I used a wood lathe.

The reason I asked is I have a metal cutting lathe I need to get over here from my mothers house that my dad left to me. I have thought of maybe trying it unless I can pick up a wood lathe cheap.