I get some weird stuff in the mail. Zincate is used as a preparation step for electroplating aluminum. It uses sodium Hydroxide to etch the aluminum oxide layer off the aluminum while depositing a layer of zinc to prevent the oxide layer from reforming. Then an acid copper is used to etch away the zinc which is then replaced with copper. Then a layer of nickel followed by whatever you want. A nickel plated aluminum brush is in my future. I wonder how many attempts it will take to see success. Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk
Something quite different for me this week. I turned a razor handle for my RR Aluminum V2 Hawk. Started out with a pen blank in true Rosewood. Pressure fit it between a live and dead centre. Drilled out the hole in the end first: I had a few problems holding something that small, so ended up doing a fair amount of sanding off of the lathe. Hacksawed off the threaded part of the original handle and Countersunk it in the pre drilled hole. Pre drilled it as I didn’t want it to shatter drilling it after with such thin walls. Meant it to be thicker, as I wanted some weight and beefiness. I’m happy with how it looks: I turned a few brush handles for some friends as well. I was happy to get back in the lathe room, it had been far too long.
I haven't had a platting failure in so long I arrogantly walked into the shop at 8 AM this morning planning to have this brush plated before my kids got up. Well this brush has been tumbled in stainless steel beeds, twice, zincated and plated in copper twice, stripped, plated in nickel, and stripped both in chemical baths and electrostripped in sulfuric acid, then beed blasted, before finally being anodyzed, then stripped and anodized again. It actually turned out pretty nice after taking hours. I'll figure out plating aluminum, but I'd read that zincate processing was temperamental, and now I've confirmed that it is. Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk
I have a couple 70/30 hybrid knots from Maggards. I won't say I like them better than my SilverTip Badger brushes, but on firmer triple milled soaps, the load and lather a lot faster than badger. Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk
Made a Walnut handle to match a lidded Walnut shave soap bowl I’d made earlier. I have a friend who really likes his Omega ‘98 dupes... The bowl is done with the same techniques I have outlined earlier in the thread. Finish on both is marine grade Urethane, sanded between 3 coats.
That looks absolutely beautiful. Love that color. It looks burgundy with burnt orange undertones.. Looks great. Look forward to seeing it with a knot.
Just out of curioosity. Why not just use some empty toilet paper dowels, or paper towel dowels to pour your resin into?? You are just going to whittle away the outside area anyway, it's inexpensive, readily available, and should be the right.size. .
I could. They're not quite big enough to make a 2 inch blank. This is very easy and I don't have to remove the resin from the mold. I just put the whole thing in the lathe and start turning. Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk