Thread: Bullwinkle

Thanks again for the kind words folks.
Im glad people enjoy the pics.

Heres a good trick for anyone who wants to work with antler or odd shaped stock, also works like a charm for doing stacked blanks where cutting thin stock comes up. If you have seen my maple/walnut brushes I do the same with square stock to be cut on the chop saw.

Hot glue gun will save your fingers here. Sometimes the band saw wants to grab irregular shapes, so a piece of scrap to run along the fence really helps. Run a thick bead of glue on the scrap, lay both on a flat surface and press them together.








I just cut up a couple more blanks to turn today so figured I share this here.

When I was 16 I worked in a cabinet shop after school and out of the five of us I was the only one with 10 complete fingers. I learned a lot from those guys but I don't do any stunt cutting. The one thing I remember from the foreman was your fingers should never be within 3" of any blade or cutter.
I did get a chip of formica in my eye the first week, so self taught lesson on eye protection as well lol

* sorry for the sideways pics. Im better in the shop than on the computer

Such a nice brush, love the look of that material, fine work there! Thanks for the pictures and making me want a lathe even more than I already do.

DO IT!!
Hahaa!

Get one man, lots of fun turning. The problem I am having is I have a knife shop full of tools, and 40 something blades on the bench...but Im obsessed right now with the lathe.

Love the brush and moose material.
Thanks for the band saw tip.

Great tip re: using hot glue to help hold irregular objects on the band saw. I bleed enough already with the SRs. I have been on the lookout for some old sun-bleached cow bones laying about the countryside with which to shape up a brush handle. So, the hot glue tip will come in handy. Thanks!

Spot on Mik!
Stopped just about where you should to save some of the natural edge and yet gave it a great overall symmetry.
Superb looking brush sir..

Got to make use of the new chuck today. I ended up turning a second brush off that hunk of antler, this piece was closer to the crown and very solid.