First attempt at brush making.
First attempt may turn out to be a disaster but I'm trying to save it.
I bought about 2 feet of poplar wood on which to practice and I had some good success.
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Thought I was ready to work on this cocobolo turning stock I bought just for this purpose.
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So it's important to note that I'm working on a metal lathe. I made this jam chuck to make this work on this lathe.
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I can see now that there is too much of a taper in it - gets slightly bigger toward the back.
That - coupled with too deep a cut around the bottom curve resulted in a broken piece.
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Currently trying to save it by mating it
To a piece of imitation bone.
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Pretty frustrating but learning is a process.
Adam
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