Printing a Brush

Discussion in 'The Brush' started by twhite, Oct 12, 2015.

  1. Surlyduck

    Surlyduck Member

    great job, brushes look really good, the bowls though, I'm sure you would find plenty of people here that wouldn't mind getting one from you
     
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  2. rxshave

    rxshave Member

    You are a god among men. Great idea and ingenuity!
     
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  3. Dzia Dzia

    Dzia Dzia Entitled to whine

    I have been above fortune in receiving the 3D shaving bowl from Tom @twhite When I opened the box I was surprised at how thick it was and the texture and swirls inside. I used it for this morning's shave. I put a dollop of Proraso green and used my EJ Best Badger brush. Almost immediately it began whipping up a nice rich lather. I normally face lather but when using a cream I had been loading the brush in a bowl. My brush filled up so quickly in this bowl that I really enjoyed bowl lathering. The lather was rich and creamy and made for an amazing shave with my first time use of a Schick Golden 500 that was gifted to me by @Rufus T. Again I was really surprised by the smoothness of this shaver and a 2 pass shave left me BBS.
    I normally shave about every other day but I'm going for Proraso Red tomorrow with the same set up.
    Thank you Tom on a real fine bowl and thank you RT for a great razor.
     
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  4. twhite

    twhite Peeping Tom

    Glad you like it. It is nice to know that you got the same results as I did. I am very happy with my bowl and brush.

    Tom
     
    Last edited: Nov 28, 2015
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  5. Dzia Dzia

    Dzia Dzia Entitled to whine

    As well you should be. They are quality items.
     
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  6. youngunn

    youngunn Where's my TSD aftershave balm???

    Very cool
     
  7. Paul6506

    Paul6506 Well-Known Member

    Looks great! Do you have a digital file for this design? Would you be willing to share it? I have axcess to a 3D printer at my work. They just need to load the file into it.
     
  8. twhite

    twhite Peeping Tom

    Yes i do. PM your email and i will send over the stl. file. I used SLS to print my stuff. What were you planning on using. Keep us posted on how it goes.
    Tom
     
  9. Epimetheus

    Epimetheus Well-Known Member

    The printing looks wonderful!

    Yo-yo enthusiasts color the white plastic with a soak in RIT dye and warm water. It is really nifty you could get it printed in nylon.

    There are many people with home-sized printing kits. They give a finish good enough for tiny model trains, not quite the fine finish you achieve with your company's high-end equipment. A person could print any cartoon character head.
     
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  10. twhite

    twhite Peeping Tom

    Yes i printed mine in nylon. I too was thinking about using RIT dye. I may try that at a later date.

    Tom
     
  11. twhite

    twhite Peeping Tom

    I just received 2 more knots from WD to mount in my 3D brushes. I now have synthetic, boar and pure black badger all 3 are 24 mm knots. I will get to try them out in December.
    I had a little issue keeping my handles straight up while glueing and curing. I came up with this solution. ImageUploadedByTapatalk1448662030.433826.jpg ImageUploadedByTapatalk1448662045.855108.jpg
     
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  12. Epimetheus

    Epimetheus Well-Known Member

    Great solution to hold the handles. The foam pipe insulation is inexpensive and disposable if it gets messy.
     
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  13. pvtbanks

    pvtbanks Corners First

    I love this thread.. The ingenuity on the forum is incredible.
     
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  14. RyX

    RyX DoH!

    George Jetson would be proud. Mr. Spacely might be upset, unless he got one, too.
    Misters Jetson & Spacely.gif
     
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  15. twhite

    twhite Peeping Tom

    I love that. Only if mr. Spacely is good. He might get one for Christmas.
     
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  16. Alejandro S

    Alejandro S Active Member

    Really incredible! Thanks for sharing
     
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  17. twhite

    twhite Peeping Tom

    Thanks. I can't wait to try the new knots.
     
  18. pvtbanks

    pvtbanks Corners First

    I can't wait to read about the new knots!
     
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  19. Alejandro S

    Alejandro S Active Member

    I can't wait to read about you trying the new knots...
     
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  20. twhite

    twhite Peeping Tom

    Come December i will be trying my new brushes and my new injectors. The boar brush will take some break-in . Looking forward to it
     
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