Made some brushes

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12-24-2011, 02:25 AM
Trimmy72

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Made some brushes

(Left) blood wood, w/ copper top, (Right) Spalted maple etc.

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12-24-2011, 02:31 AM
Lynn

Very nice!

Love the long handles.
12-24-2011, 02:33 AM
Hirlau

Beautiful work, enjoy them.
12-24-2011, 03:05 AM
lz6

Good job. Enjoy!
12-24-2011, 03:55 AM
BenjamanBarker

Those look awesome!! And I'm with Lynn I love the long handles!!
12-24-2011, 06:57 AM
Destutt

Did you buy both the badger and the handle at golden nib?
12-24-2011, 11:36 AM
Maxi

Those brushes are lovely. I really enjoy the look of the spalted maple handle. Nice work!
12-24-2011, 07:08 PM
Trimmy72

Thank you!

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Originally Posted by Lynn

Very nice!

Love the long handles.
12-24-2011, 07:10 PM
Trimmy72

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Originally Posted by Maxi

Those brushes are lovely. I really enjoy the look of the spalted maple handle. Nice work!

Thanks! The spalted maple is really light weight, but I'm happy with the look of it.
12-24-2011, 07:21 PM
Trimmy72

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Originally Posted by Destutt

Did you buy both the badger and the handle at golden nib?

I turned both handles myself, the copper I cut down and polished it, and finished them with a type of super glue, and the badger came from golden nib.
12-24-2011, 07:23 PM
Mvcrash

very nice!!! Love the long handles as well.
12-31-2011, 02:30 PM
Trimmy72

So I started using the Bloodwood w/ copper brush this week. It's length is perfect with my Georgetown G5 scuttle (Wife got it for me for Christmas). No Lather on the hands which means no lather on the handles of my straight or DE, goal accomplished. Also, I scored a 1950's wood lathe over the holiday, from a local barber. I took my son into get his hair cut, and the Barber and I always start talking about our purchases and I showed him a pic of the brushes I made. I turned these on my father in-laws JET lathe you see, and I was telling the Barber that I was saving up to get my own lathe. He said I have one so for $50 I bought a nice vintage lathe that I can spin some more brush handles on, at my convenince. Merry Christmas to me :)

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Originally Posted by Trimmy72

(Left) blood wood, w/ copper top, (Right) Spalted maple etc.

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12-31-2011, 06:50 PM
nun2sharp

I have a spalted maple brush handle that Jason/jballs made for me, I put in a brush from the golden nib and that thing is fantastic! I thought the handle a bit long but it turns out that I actually prefer it.
01-01-2012, 01:47 AM
Trimmy72

Would love to see a pic...

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Originally Posted by nun2sharp

I have a spalted maple brush handle that Jason/jballs made for me, I put in a brush from the golden nib and that thing is fantastic! I thought the handle a bit long but it turns out that I actually prefer it.
01-01-2012, 09:51 PM
blitzt

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Originally Posted by Mvcrash

very nice!!! Love the long handles as well.

+1. Very nice.
01-29-2012, 08:43 PM
Trimmy72

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turned some handles this weekend. Just have to get some badger knotsAttachment 88674
01-29-2012, 08:45 PM
Tsunami

Very NICE indeed!
01-30-2012, 12:44 AM
Lynn

Nice. Is the wood stabilized? How are you treating the handles?

Have fun.
01-30-2012, 01:00 AM
TonyN

Wow! Very nice.
01-30-2012, 02:29 AM
Trimmy72

Thanks all!, it's encouraging.

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Originally Posted by Tsunami

Very NICE indeed!

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Originally Posted by Lynn

Nice. Is the wood stabilized? How are you treating the handles?

Lynn - the wood is stablized. As far as protecting the wood, I'm basically using a super glue or CA as I've heard it called. Not entirley happy with the results of the finish yet, but it should hold up to water well. The finish I'm putting on apparently is pretty common to use when turning hunting calls, so I'm guessing since I'm new to this my technique will improve as time goes on.

Have fun.

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Originally Posted by TonyN

Wow! Very nice.
01-30-2012, 03:42 AM
Str8Raz0r

Beautiful brushes. Well done

Just thinking about making one myself. How do you hold the piece for turning?

Stu
01-30-2012, 04:31 AM
Trimmy72

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Originally Posted by Str8Raz0r

Beautiful brushes. Well done

Just thinking about making one myself. How do you hold the piece for turning?

Stu

Thanks, Stu

This is another thread I started and Oscar1953 replied with a picture of his setup, I set mine up the same way.
I'm using a 1/2 Drill chuck with a morse taper #1 at the headstock and a 6mm mandrel, at the tailstock I'm using a live center MT#1, and it works great. I would check into which size taper your lathe uses, I believe most modren mini lathes use a MT #2
I purchased all this at woodcrafters. Hope this helps, I'll post a picture when I get a chance...
http://straightrazorpalace.com/brush...questions.html