Thread: What are you working on?

Congrats EJ,, Brush Come Out Very Nice MiHai, Ty

Congrats and all the best to you and your family! That's just terrific news!

mihai, the brush looks great! What height is the loft at now?

Originally Posted by mihai

Congratulations @ejmolitor37



Now do you tell me?... I rushed, I did the big break only after the first three layers. Then ... why leave the beautiful shine when I can break it and ... I sanded it with 2000 and 2500 (with water) and... the cherry on the cake, a car polish that contains I do not know what wax that left white traces for which I rubbed a lot (even with 1000 sandpaper) and well and still did not get out. Disappointed I gave him an flax oil and surprise, the white disappeared and I left it like that, I never tried to make it more glossy.
With the height reduced by 2 mm, now looks like this.

I see you got the grain to show. The finish is much nicer. Because the knot will bloom and become mush more floppy when it is wet it is hard to judge how deep it need to be set for your liking. It will be nice to shave with a beautiful brush you made.

Last time i set a knot in a handle, i made the hole a tight fit. Shoved knot in and then used it a few times to get the feel. Lowered the knot and tested 2 more times. When i thought it was right i dropped it a touch more and glued it in. Now that its broke in completely i think i should have dropped it a wee bit more but its still a nice brush.

Good looking handle BTW.

Congrats Eric.!!
Boy I'm sure glad the diaper days are gone, and cleaning poo paintings from the kid and walls.[emoji38] [emoji15]

Originally Posted by outback

Congrats Eric.!!
Boy I'm sure glad the diaper days are gone, and cleaning poo paintings from the kid and walls.[emoji38] [emoji15]

No ah!t....
~Richard

The loft now has a little over 5 cm (sorry I can not even express in inch), I made the hole deep enough to reach 5 cm but I found that if the base is 27mm, about 1 cm in height has more and the hole It should be extended a little.
Now the handle has 6 cm, and if it widens a bit, it can drop by another 1 mm.

I just have this knot and I can not stick it, I'm trying to make another handle and choose the right one.

Originally Posted by ejmolitor37

So today's work mostly consisted of finding out that after a long IVF process my wife and I are pregnant. We got to see heart beat, arm and leg buds. Blew my mind. I'm beaming proud. If you look to the sky you may see my "bat signal"
Secondly after that I cleaned up what I believe is a 1940's super speed. I'm not big on De stuff but for $1 the other day I wasn't gonna leave it.
So the blue line is an arm and the black dot in the red circle is brain developing in the other pic. Since we are only 7 weeks along we don't know anything aside from all is well and where it needs to be. [emoji13] Happy fella here in Iowa friends.

Congratulations good sir.

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Doing a bit of sanding on the Curley tonight and thought I'd share a little tip.
After sanding both sides of a blade to a desired finish, I like to cover them with scotch tape and cut away the excess with a SE blade. This protects the blade face's from unwanted scratches while sanding the spine,toe, and tang areas.


Remove the tape once all has been sanded, and is ready for buffing or polishing.
Or if your going for a brushed or satin look with polished spine and tang, leave the tape on till all else has been polished.

Originally Posted by mihai

The loft now has a little over 5 cm (sorry I can not even express in inch), I made the hole deep enough to reach 5 cm but I found that if the base is 27mm, about 1 cm in height has more and the hole It should be extended a little.
Now the handle has 6 cm, and if it widens a bit, it can drop by another 1 mm.

I just have this knot and I can not stick it, I'm trying to make another handle and choose the right one.

Definitely make sure you like the handle before you stick it in.

If the base is 27mm, and your loft is just over 50mm, I'd say your in the right spot.

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