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Thanks for following along and for the encouragement!Beautiful work my friend. Just gorgeous.
Thanks for following along and for the encouragement!Beautiful work my friend. Just gorgeous.
Same here......but hopefully you are like me, in that we got all the looks, charm, and humility!Amazing! Most of the woodworking, mechanical genes bypassed me and landed in my brother. Great job, Nick!
And as Zaphod Beeblebrox said in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy radio program said, "I'm so hip I can barely see over my pelvis"!!!Same here......but hopefully you are like me, in that we got all the looks, charm, and humility!
I only read the first book, Probably a lifetime ago... But yes, I used to drive my poor only begotten son crazy with statements like that.And as Zaphod Beeblebrox said in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy radio program said, "I'm so hip I can barely see over my pelvis"!!!
A while back, Nick sent some borrowed razors back to me. He also included a tub of unscented Captain's Choice soap. And, very generously, one of his brush handles made in this ingenious way! I finally set a knot in it, one of my favorites, an @apshaveco SynBad bulb, 24mm. First use will be tomorrow!
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Thanks again, Nick! I think it looks great.
X2Big time stunners. Thanks for sharing this passion project.
I'm still trying to wrap my head around the fact that these aren't produced on a lathe...I'm back, making more brush handles the hard way
I found a way to get around the difficulty of sawing a perfectly 90 degree cut on a dowel by purchasing some 1.5" pieces of 1" diameter dowel online. Since the lengths are a little short, I added a couple 1" wooden coins to either end, sanded the resulting "blank" smooth, and began adding veneer strips.
New supplies:
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Latest brush, loaded with my favorite knot, the @apshaveco 26mm SynBad bulb: (Pre-War Tech for scale )
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Last change: I am now using Minwax Poly-Crylic finish, brushed on. This is easier than applying Tru-Oil by hand, and unlike the Tru-Oil, the Poly-Crylic doesn't yellow...
Which is going to be a cool feature in the handle I'm making next... which features a white outer wrap... stay tuned!