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Interesting. I guess I'll chalk this up to a learning experience :p Hopefully all of this knowledge will help in any future attempts

I like the asymmetrical design idea...had never thought about doing that. As for the wood cracking, you - and I'm sure many others here on the forum - guessed it. I'm fairly new to woodworking so I...

Good to know, pixelfixed. I actually didn't turn this cedar handle and don't plan on turning the marble. I figured I'd just try to do it by hand - i.e. with a set of wood chisels, knives, sand paper,...

As I mentioned above, I have undertaken a cedar handle to figure out what I'm doing before working with marble. This block was sawn from a cedar I cut down in my yard a few weeks ago.

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Haha, I'm right there with you. As an unemployed (well, technically, non-gainfully employed at a minimum wage job) recent college graduate, I'm strapped for cash too!

When I get a chance to test...

You're a crafty one aren't you tiddle? I like that... Maybe I'll give that redneck lathe a whirl this weekend. My only concern would be directed toward the capability of the dowel to withstand that...

Sweet video, tiddle. Unfortunately, my friend won't be able to cut off that hunk of marble until next Monday so I'm playing around with a chunk of cedar...trying to do this "low-fi", though. Only...

Luckily my buddy has a 4'x3'x4" slab he is willing to let me use...got plenty of room for disasters :D

Exactly, tiddle. I had settled on weighting a hard wood handle with lead if this marble handle idea doesn't pan out.

As for shaping the marble, my friend suggested sanding it down using...

Thanks for the info. My friend works mostly with granite, so he is certainly not a marble expert; just more informed than I was... I will ask him what type of marble it is when I head back tomorrow....

After spending the last hour in my buddy's countertop shop, I am slightly more informed about marble working....

Turns out everyone who voiced concerns about the soft nature of marble were...

I agree with everyone's sentiments here. Whether turning it or carving it, there's a primary safety issue and a secondary issue of final integrity.

The idea was spawned looking at the abundance...

It very well may, but you could face lather with it, no?

The subject is rather self-explanatory, but has anyone tried making or using a marble brush handle?

I've poked around and a few members have cautioned about excessively heavy handles (e.g. metal);...