Thread: My first polyester resin brush

After looking at HarryWally's brushes with awe i thought to myself i could try to do that. To bad for me that the acrylic blanks Harry uses are quite expensive to ship from america to the netherlands. So i figured i could try pouring my own blanks and turn those.

Well here is my first try, not to bad if i say so myself (yea i am quite proud ). my Camera focuses really bad on shiny objects so they look better in person

Originally Posted by KugelFanger

After looking at HarryWally's brushes with awe i thought to myself i could try to do that. To bad for me that the acrylic blanks Harry uses are quite expensive to ship from america to the netherlands. So i figured i could try pouring my own blanks and turn those.

Well here is my first try, not to bad if i say so myself (yea i am quite proud ). my Camera focuses really bad on shiny objects so they look better in peson

Wonderful help to those who don't have readily available finished materials!
The job of work was done well and looks great.
Congratulations!
~Richard

Very cool!! You did very well.

There's gotta be some acrylic blanks close to you that you can order????

Originally Posted by HARRYWALLY

Very cool!! You did very well.

There's gotta be some acrylic blanks close to you that you can order????

i tried searching for everything (still looking cause those paterns on the kirinite are really cool) the blanks are not that expensive, but the shipping is round about 40-60 dollars depending on what i order so... all the acrylic blanks i can buy in europe are either to small (pen blanks) or they are really expensive (the ones i found anyway)

Great job. I would like to think that blanks are available somewhere in the EU. There are quite a few companies making brushes.

Another option would be to look at horn blanks, which you can order from India. They probably wouldn't call them blanks. The pointed end of horn a solid for some distance, thus you can turn it.

The only thing I'll say is to be prepared. Horn is beautiful, though quite stinky when electric tools are working on it.

Originally Posted by Pete123

Great job. I would like to think that blanks are available somewhere in the EU. There are quite a few companies making brushes.

Another option would be to look at horn blanks, which you can order from India. They probably wouldn't call them blanks. The pointed end of horn a solid for some distance, thus you can turn it.

The only thing I'll say is to be prepared. Horn is beautiful, though quite stinky when electric tools are working on it.

It's also a different bread on the lathe as well. Very brittle and tends to chip, and break. Some experience is needed for turning horn, that's for sure.

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Originally Posted by KugelFanger

After looking at HarryWally's brushes with awe i thought to myself i could try to do that. To bad for me that the acrylic blanks Harry uses are quite expensive to ship from america to the netherlands. So i figured i could try pouring my own blanks and turn those.

Well here is my first try, not to bad if i say so myself (yea i am quite proud ). my Camera focuses really bad on shiny objects so they look better in person

Cool! Nice work - I have no idea how to make my own acrylic! Very nice.

Adam


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Originally Posted by Pete123

Great job. I would like to think that blanks are available somewhere in the EU. There are quite a few companies making brushes.

Another option would be to look at horn blanks, which you can order from India. They probably wouldn't call them blanks. The pointed end of horn a solid for some distance, thus you can turn it.

The only thing I'll say is to be prepared. Horn is beautiful, though quite stinky when electric tools are working on it.

hmm i can look at that also. and i have changed some scales out on an old straight, wich also were horn. The whole workshop smelled like burnt hair, so yea it stinks quite a bit :P

Originally Posted by HARRYWALLY

It's also a different bread on the lathe as well. Very brittle and tends to chip, and break. Some experience is needed for turning horn, that's for sure.

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Polyester is not the easiest as well, gouges leave a very rough surface (almost to the point of unsandable) and with scrapers you can only do light passes otherwise you get chips. i don't know how this compares to Horn though.