Silver Birch Brushes

Steven_Jagger

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View attachment 30712 I bought a lathe and started turning and found that I enjoyed it, from candle holders to ring holders and then started practicing with pine and some wood that i had cut down from a few years ago. I wasn't really getting anywhere until i put more money into better chisels and a chuck. Took a trip to a local shop that specializes in imported wood and found that was nicer to turn than what I had been using so these are the results so farView attachment 30712
 
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Yeah its surprising how toxic some of the wood dust can be, I have 3M filtration mask and when sanding make sure the dust extraction is on, I have Cocobolo that i haven't turned yet, I want some Bocote and Chamfuta to turn next, would love to get some blue Mahoe wood but its costly and hard to get.
 

Good to hear you are using a 3M mask! On a guitar forum I frequent, one of the users who's a luthier was hospitalised after using Pau Ferro and my repair chap had to stop making guitars all together after continued exposure to ebony and rosewoods!

Blue Mahoe is something I've not come across before, a very beautiful wood for sure.

Lovely brushes though. I really like the look of the Zebrawood ones the most (I presume the ones under the pictures of the wood blanks are Zebrawood?)
 
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You are quite correct that is the Zebra wood brush that I use, luckily I got the mask from work along with a face shield, the wood blank on the far left in the box is spalted beech from Dark Hedges which is used in Game of Thrones it is very toxic due to the spores in the wood.
 
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