Nice couple little projects! I'm going to see if I can possibly make a new brush handle over the holidays too. Maybe some polished stainless or aluminum?
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Nice couple little projects! I'm going to see if I can possibly make a new brush handle over the holidays too. Maybe some polished stainless or aluminum?
Once I retire and get a chance to put down roots - meaning at least 3 truck-sized bays and a lift in my garage, I intend to get back into some machine work. I wish I knew enough to do the big engine head milling, line-boring and such things, but I've only ever done hobby work. That said, I've turned hot and cold-roll steel, 316 and A20 stainless, magnesium, monel and some hastelloy B and C variants. Magnesium can be a lot of fun...
It occurs to me that with a wood lathe and a metal lathe, I could do metal caps and trim rings as well as the wood handles. Then I'd probably end up with 3 truck-sized bays full of shaving brushes and bowls/mugs... But really, I just miss having access to a lathe. Of course it wouldn't take me long to want a milling machine, too. Tooling definitely gets expensive, and I have no idea at this point where all the money is going to come from!
With a little imagination you can do soft metal trim rings all on a wood lathe.
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Lignum and copper.
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Not really,If you do your reaserch you can find a nice (untooled SB, 9 in.for maybe 350 bucks) The key word is tooling.
I went to a tool auction in placerville a few hrs ago,They had a SB heavy ten on the block,mint, 10x52,this is a gunsmiths dream lathe, you can turn full barrels with this lathe,it sold for $450.00 (no tooling) all the money is in the tooling,chucks,collets,tool bit holders,all the measuring devices,the list is never ending.do you need all this stuff??? absolutly:)
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Well I finally turned and finished a brush and just seated the knot two days ago.
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This one was black palm, if I was more experienced I would have known to tell a novice like myself to avoid this as it was very difficult to get the large fibers to cooperate and it took a lot of sanding. Even after a ton of sanding there were still small dimples and such in the wood due to the very large fibers that compose the wood. So while it didn't get a "mirror" finish it still looks good IMHO.
Now im going to go use it RIGHT NOW
That looks fantastic:)