Thread: Aluminium brush rebuild x 4

That was the bulb, not fan tip right Andrew. Made that one in 16, May I believe.
Looking at my shavemac account for past orders now..

Turned-up a treat, Mike!
I just love a 24mm with some scritch.

Time to get a box going for up-North!

Originally Posted by MikeB52

That was the bulb, not fan tip right Andrew. Made that one in 16, May I believe.
Looking at my shavemac account for past orders now..

Yup - prefer the bulb, get down to some good concentrated scrub action that way....

Mike you come up with some truly amazing ideas my friend.
Does your mind ever really rest? Or are these those A HA! moments

Thanks gents, you are all pretty inspiring idea guys as well. Feed off y'all like a lamprey eel.

The ice idea came to me as an ah hah. Crushable, temporary shape to work from the inside against.the thin aluminum. Was worried about it expanding if I froze to solid, and will do it a couple more times while I wait for the knot to arrive from 'GN'.
Been fixing stuff for near on 45 years now so I have a pretty diverse data base to draw from now.
While I wait for the knots, will try my hand at filling in those corroded bits on the duck.
Practice my use of that heat gun I just picked up before I try a blade.
Cheers gents.

Talking about ice, My old man once pulled a ding out of a Pontiac using a can of R12.
Several cans, more likely. 50 cent a can back then?

I've seen guys do that with hail dents using inverted air duster cans of gas as the quick cold.
Thermal shock can work wonders. Should see what it does to 'the boys' In cold lake water, hehehe.

I think he did it slowly, a bit at a time. Boy was he proud!

Got these two set @ 48-9 mm loft. (Happy birthday Andrew)

My fantip normal density two band on the left, phranks double packed bulb tip on the right.
I realized while handling them the reason the shavemac double densitys are transparent base, it's because the hairs go right to the bulb base outer edge, hence the double density. The epoxy base typical of these knots allow a bit of edge space between the hair and the glue, the doubles do not. Not sure if it equals twice as much hair as they claim, but certainly over 60% more hair easily is added around the outermost edges of the knot.
Just sharing some musings at the end o the day...

Yup, just awesome Mike. Thanks for sharing
Those came out amazing