I can't, for the life of me, imagine who wouldn't be tripping over themselves to see the progress of this astoundingly interesting topic.
A lovely little handle courtesy of you know who which I had knocking about with a silvertip knot that shed profusely. It was, I believe, a 2213.
I sought advice, and received plenty, and, amongst other views, Big Boar recommended The Turners Workshop "Best" so I have a 22mm "Best" knot arriving soon. £15.69 delivered thank you very much.
Pulled out the hair with pliers (should have just cut it of with scissors) and drilled the plug out with a flat bit and tidied it up with an odd rotary raspy type thing I had in the toolbox.
I sought further opinion about the glue and decided upon the Devcon 2 ton waterproof in separate tubes. Ebay had a particular model maker who was selling the twin pack for £4.80 inc. delivery and it arrived today...albeit with sticky deposits all over the (distinctly grubby) packaging and they have kindly offered to send another. All credit to them.
As per further advice I'll trim the socket as reqired and rough up the inside and start with small amounts of glue so as not to get it overspilling the top. It's not the 5 minute set glue so should have time to adjust the amount of glue . I'll tape up the knot to indicate the required depth and tape up the top of the handle too.
Any suggestions as to how deep to set the (22mm) knot?
This also serves as a practice session to load the photos...something which has taken me ages to get the hang of.
A lovely little handle courtesy of you know who which I had knocking about with a silvertip knot that shed profusely. It was, I believe, a 2213.
I sought advice, and received plenty, and, amongst other views, Big Boar recommended The Turners Workshop "Best" so I have a 22mm "Best" knot arriving soon. £15.69 delivered thank you very much.
Pulled out the hair with pliers (should have just cut it of with scissors) and drilled the plug out with a flat bit and tidied it up with an odd rotary raspy type thing I had in the toolbox.
I sought further opinion about the glue and decided upon the Devcon 2 ton waterproof in separate tubes. Ebay had a particular model maker who was selling the twin pack for £4.80 inc. delivery and it arrived today...albeit with sticky deposits all over the (distinctly grubby) packaging and they have kindly offered to send another. All credit to them.
As per further advice I'll trim the socket as reqired and rough up the inside and start with small amounts of glue so as not to get it overspilling the top. It's not the 5 minute set glue so should have time to adjust the amount of glue . I'll tape up the knot to indicate the required depth and tape up the top of the handle too.
Any suggestions as to how deep to set the (22mm) knot?
This also serves as a practice session to load the photos...something which has taken me ages to get the hang of.
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