New handle coming soon.

[GAW9576]

Here is a preview of what is going into the next handle I make.

The Omega Boar is for me from a friend the shd badger is for a brush I am making him.

 

[ajkel64]

Nice looking knot. Will look forward to seeing the finished brush.

 

[CigarSmoka]

You big tease! Hoping to see something nice with that knot set in it soon.

 

[GAW9576]

So here is a little more teasing. This is the blank I made a while back when my friend said he wanted the brush. I made him a knife handle out of this black linen and fiberglass resin.
I added brass shavings to the mix for the brush handle. If it works out I will be making a simular razor handle also. Any voids I find when I get the final shape will be filled with two-part epoxy and brass shavings. This is all experimental. If it doesn't work out I will make a new blank with flat layers of linen with the fiberglass resin..

 

[Big Jim]

WOW! That shows some real potential.

 

[GAW9576]

WOW! That shows some real potential.

Thanks. Its a crazy pattern to the linen. I just soaked it in the resin, sprinkled the brass shavings on and stuffed it into an old plastic spice jar. I figured the randomness of it all would ad some interesting "grain" pattern to it.

Here is the next little teaser. I had a little time this morning to drill the knot hole and do a test fit, and turn the bulk of the blank closer to final diameter.

 

[GAW9576]

Final shape and I was trying to partially part off so I could sand and fill voids and apply the Finish and it came off my sacrificial block. Now I have no good way of re-centering it and mounting it, so it will be all hand-finished from here on out.

And here it is with the 2 part epoxy and brass shavings to fill voids.

 

[GAW9576]

Had some time to work on the brush handle today. I figured out a good way to re-center it and do some powered sanding.
I think it would be called a Cup Chuck.

I know my 4 jaw Chuck is a bit Rusty that's the problem with having all my equipment in a basement that gets wet sometimes.
Anyways the Cup Chuck worked quite well and the live center fit in the divot left from the Foster bit I used to drill the knot hole.
Once I did a bit of smoothing out I used the Cup Chuck to stabilize the handle and drilled a hole for a little bottle stopper mandrel I have. I carefully turned everything by hand, which worked out quite well. There is a little bit of run out but from now on everything will likely be done without turning the lathe on. This is just a convenient way of holding the the peace while I work on it. If I do need to do anything under power I can put it back in the Cup Chuck.

And here it is with the first coat of CA.

 

[Big Jim]

Looking good!

 

[GAW9576]

Looking good!

Thank you. It's a very strange material to work with.

 

[Graydog]

I like that you found a way .
I sometimes use my spur center inside the cup and a padded circle of wood on the tail stock.
Looking good Greg.

 

[GAW9576]

I like that you found a way .
I sometimes use my spur center inside the cup and a padded circle of wood on the tail stock.
Looking good Greg.

Thank you. I need to dig around a bit and find my spur drive. Luckily I was all done with the shaping and this only needs enough hold pressure for sanding and finishing.

 

[Graydog]

looking forward to seeing the finished product

 

[GAW9576]

I guess I should have titled this thread, New handle coming EVENTUALLY!

 

[Clay S]

I guess I should have titled this thread, New handle coming EVENTUALLY!

LOL!

 

[Fat Larry]

Interesting. Looking forward to seeing the finished brush. How does it turn? I haven't worked with resin yet but have ambitions to start soon.

 

[GAW9576]

Interesting. Looking forward to seeing the finished brush. How does it turn? I haven't worked with resin yet but have ambitions to start soon.

This material was kind of a pain to work with. It's the second project I've used it on but the first where I added the brass shavings into the Micarta. I have one more project to do with it, then I think I will take a break from linen Micarta for a while.

 

[GAW9576]

FINALLY FINISHED.

 

[Suhrim21]

Very nice looking brush

 

[Clay S]

Very nice!