Brush in stacked leather and brass

**tintin** · 09-23-2020, 10:23 AM

Been wanting to try this idea for a while and thought that it would be a good first project on my new metal lathe. Turning the brass ends on the lathe was the easy part. Preparing the stacked leather took some trial and error. I ended up soaking the leather disks in hot hide glue to harden and stick them together. the hole for the knot cup was bored on the metal lathe as a forstner bit wouldn't work. The rest was turned on the wood lathe (hardened leather turns just like wood.)
Here's a before and after shot.
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**coachschaller** · 09-23-2020, 11:51 AM

I think it came out great.

**outback** · 09-23-2020, 12:32 PM

That's totally awesome, Vern. Really, nice looking brush !

**petercp4e** · 09-23-2020, 01:12 PM

What a great idea to use the stacked leather.
Fantastic results Vern.
Congratulations!

Pete <:-}

**sharptonn** · 09-23-2020, 01:38 PM

Great idea and execution!

**RezDog** · 09-23-2020, 02:17 PM

I think that is an incredible brush. Well done!

**Johntoad57** · 09-23-2020, 06:29 PM

Outstanding! It reminds me of a Ka-Bar... That really turned out nice!

**tintin** · 09-23-2020, 08:25 PM

Thanks for the compliments guys! I hope to install a nice extra dense fan knot from Maggards to really complete the project!

**Kavik79** · 09-23-2020, 09:10 PM

Awesome idea, and well executed

**Gasman** · 09-23-2020, 11:05 PM

Great job Vern. Looks good.

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