Does this show it better?Very nice.
I'd seen the item before but missed the point of it. Never saw it with a brush I think.
Question: Can you take a photo which shows the lip?
Thanks and happy shaves,
Jim
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Does this show it better?Very nice.
I'd seen the item before but missed the point of it. Never saw it with a brush I think.
Question: Can you take a photo which shows the lip?
Thanks and happy shaves,
Jim
this is really cool, nice work @CalI’ve always liked the look of the Thäter stand,
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but it appears that the gap between the front and rear edges is ~52mm.
This is fine for brushes with handles taller than ~52mm,
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but not so clever for smaller handles. The tallest brush in my collection has a 50mm high handle, so it would just slip through the gap.
Executive Shaving have the similar style Alpha stand… I had to laugh when I saw their pic:
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^ That brush is obviously way too small for the stand
(not to mention how stupid it looks).
So I thought, OK let’s make one that will fit any brush. If I make it with wire all I need to do is leave the rear vertical for large brushes, and bend it forward for smaller brushes.
Having made a rough prototype previously; I got my toolkit out (and a laundry hanger which I cut my piece of wire from):
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Voilà! Cal’s FAB® (fits any brush) Stand:
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On the left is my Wee Scot (13/39 knot) with a 31mm high handle, and on the right my current favorite Shavemac (20/46 knot) with a 46mm high handle.
Here’s the Wee Scot on the stand:
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and the Shavemac on the stand:
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The single laundry hanger cost me ~75¢ (and I still have plenty wire left over to play with).
I’m pleased with today’s little experiment.
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Are you sure you aren't dipping crap? I've dipped that stuff, and it is not an easy medium for working with! True story doggone!ill try to make one but im so crap at dip im sure i'll mess it up hahaha
I meant DIY not DIP, sorry typo loolAre you sure you aren't dipping crap? I've dipped that stuff, and it is not an easy medium for working with! True story doggone!
To quote Roseanne Rosanna Danna...."nevermind."I meant DIY not DIP, sorry typo lool
i was a kid when roseanna was on tv lol but i have to ask @FarmerTan are you an actual farmer? lolTo quote Roseanne Rosanna Danna...."nevermind."
......but, it was funnier my way.
Oh no, I detest honest werk. I'm much too lazy to be a Farmer!i was a kid when roseanna was on tv lol but i have to ask @FarmerTan are you an actual farmer? lol
Growing up in the Bronx ny I had to pick vegetables & fruit & and every other thing you eat, the only difference was I did all that at the A&P. It was rough.Oh no, I detest honest werk. I'm much too lazy to be a Farmer!
I've gardened LITERALLY my entire life. Even in the womb, lol. And growing up, I was like every kid that lived out in the country: we had to do chores. Weeding the garden, etc.
Weeding the garden, bending over picking green beans in a row that was two miles long, and then going back up the next row, and do it again, and again.... THAT cured me from wanting to be a Farmer, lol!
But I still have a too big garden for just my wife and I. We give a lot away.
I've done it so long my son was born with a farmer tan! True story doggone!
We've had kids from the city out here from time to time. I do not believe that I have ever been more blessed than to see little eyes light up looking at food GROWING, lol.Growing up in the Bronx ny I had to pick vegetables & fruit & and every other thing you eat, the only difference was I did all that at the A&P. It was rough.
Had to Google the word doggone lolOh no, I detest honest werk. I'm much too lazy to be a Farmer!
I've gardened LITERALLY my entire life. Even in the womb, lol. And growing up, I was like every kid that lived out in the country: we had to do chores. Weeding the garden, etc.
Weeding the garden, bending over picking green beans in a row that was two miles long, and then going back up the next row, and do it again, and again.... THAT cured me from wanting to be a Farmer, lol!
But I still have a too big garden for just my wife and I. We give a lot away.
I've done it so long my son was born with a farmer tan! True story doggone!
I sometimes have to Google stuff I wrote when I try to read it back to myself! True story again doggone!Had to Google the word doggone lol
It was only a bit of fun experiment, Rudy.Get some stainless steel wire and start making them!!
Hey. I need a cut of this.It was only a bit of fun experiment, Rudy.
On saying that, it's now my favorite brush stand! I live in a small apartment and simply don't have the space to manufacture things... but as you DO have your own workshop I say YOU should make them! You have my complete permission to manufacture and sell as many FAB® Stands as you please.
dont worry @FarmerTan fell for the typo DIP, i indirectly trolled him loolBrilliant design & execution @Cal! And the comments in this thread are great!!! That's why I enjoy this site so much, the banter! I'll pass on the crap dip, BTW. And if you google coat hanger, the authoritative source Wikipedia says it was invented by none other than @FarmerTan. And to quote a highly respected member here - "true story doggone!"