Thread: 28mm ST, Translucent Acrylic

Thanks and I look forward to watching them, especially the buffing/polishing part.

Waiting for the "how To s " Not that I am crazy about acrylics but I can see were a matching set ( brush/razor ) would look pretty cool :<0)

NIce works as always !

All the different handle materials, which is pretty much every material known to man, could or would make a great handle! Any metal, any wood, any type of hard rubber/plastic/acrylic, faux stone, etc. looks good. I'm going to try some genuine boxwood and ebony for different handles. You can combine materials, too, so there is a pretty much unlimited amount of handles to be made out there. How exciting is that!?

Originally Posted by WILDMAN1

All the different handle materials, which is pretty much every material known to man, could or would make a great handle! Any metal, any wood, any type of hard rubber/plastic/acrylic, faux stone, etc. looks good. I'm going to try some genuine boxwood and ebony for different handles. You can combine materials, too, so there is a pretty much unlimited amount of handles to be made out there. How exciting is that!?

That's the exact reason I make brushes!

I,m really liking that combo of having a clear top section ,, great job Andrew. Tc

I would also welcome your videos, especially one on how to turn the brushes on basic equipment.
Also would you mind sharing the brand of acrylics you like to use?
I have heard that some of them turn better than others with less chipping and such.

Extruded rod can be unstable, and have heard it can explode when turning. I use cast acrylic rod from here. Delvie's Plastics - your source for acrylic sheets, rods, tubes, cements, fabricating supplies, resins, welders, engravers & more

One thing I have learned from turning acrylic is, the faster the speed the better. I have my lathe set on 2650RPM when i turn acrylic, and 1800 with wood. I do all my sanding at low speed, 800 RPM, because high speed will just burn through sand paper and your fingers. I also do all my drilling at 800. I sand starting at 180 and work my way up to 2500 wet. When I polish I use high speed as well at 2650RPM. I use head light polish/scratch remover to give it that high polish.

Thanks for the brush turning 101, part 1.
I'm very much looking forward to viewing your videos.
I have a Sears Craftsman lathe that came to me without any extras.

Andrew, I am a fan of your acrylic brushes. And I am a fan of your wood turning.
I am also a fan of the tree and of all wood, some much more than others.
But, I am not a fan of wood brush handles and even less a fan of wood razor scales.
Here is why: the tactile feel of wood is for me one of the components of its appeal. In a wet environment like the shaving environment, wood must be covered with, in effect, plastic, so you lose an important component, the feel and warmth of wood. Unquestionably, wood can still look cool. Of course this is just one view...and probably this will be the last time I post it. Ignore this post, please.

I'll reply with a longer post when I get home and am not on a cell, but I tend to agree with you.