Well good news bad news. Good news I got my lathe out of storage and decided to try making a new brush. So I had a apple tree that fell in my yard years ago and I had a piece left over so I cut a workable piece (it was a little punky and I prob shouldn’t have wasted time) but I was anxious to use my old lathe. So anyway this is my first try and brush making, and I was so happy with it and just was thinking how cool this brush will be and as I’m undoing the crank the brush just falls into 2 so while I’m disappointed I’m excited to get some better wood and turn some beauties