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03-28-2018, 04:33 PM #1Senior Member
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Son made an aluminum Badger hair brush
My youngest son was bored on a snow day from work a few weeks ago so he decided to melt down some aluminum scrap in his forge, and turn it down to a nice shave brush handle on his Southbend lathe. Took a boring bar to the knot cavity on his Bridgeport mill. Turned out pretty nice and much more fitting for him, a metal worker, than the wood ones I turn. Here's some shots of the scrap sitting on top of the forge, the finished handle and the finished brush.
Adam
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03-28-2018, 04:38 PM #2Razor Vulture
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Very nice!
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03-28-2018, 05:10 PM #3Senior Member
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Great work! Is he a straight shaver or did he make it thinking of you?
Wish I had a shop and power tools to be "bored" with like that! I doubt the results would be as nice though.
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03-28-2018, 07:38 PM #4Senior Member
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Awesome! Don't know how many times i've wished i had a metal lathe. Very nice job.
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03-29-2018, 02:03 PM #5Senior Member
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Your son does extremely nice work, Adam. The brush has a lot of style, and it looks like a quality 2-band knot.
Richard
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03-29-2018, 02:38 PM #6Senior Member
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Wow you son did a great job, that is beautiful
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03-29-2018, 03:59 PM #7Senior Member
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Thanks everyone - I'll pass your comments on to him.
Adam
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03-29-2018, 10:48 PM #8I love Burls....... and Acrylic
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very cool handle!! I'm with Tin Tin, wish I had a metal lathe.
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04-09-2018, 12:45 AM #9Senior Member
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Sorry for the late reply - yes, he is a straight razor shaver for a number of years. I do all the honing but two of my three sons are straight razor shavers and the oldest swears by a DE.
Adam
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04-14-2018, 11:53 PM #10Senior Member
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Very nice work.
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