Burnishing Wheel

[DeuceTrinal]

Went to Rocklers today too meet a wood turner who also leads a turning club here in town, and he refused to make one of these for me because he wants to do wood work for "fun" and if he took this on it would be for "work" which he won't do... I guess I understand to a degree but whatever...

Is anyone making one of these already for sale?

Dunno what he's smoking, what's the point of turning if you can't use what you make?

I'm a woodturner in Los Angeles CA, and a friend asked me to make one of these for him. It should be straightforward and quick and easy, if the cold I'm coming down with doesn't catch up with me then I may get one or two made today. If they work out I'll put a few more together. I'm using a hardened steel 3/16" lag (timberlok) as the drive shaft, so it can be chucked up in a jacobs chuck, but I can make them with almost any thread/shaft you need.

If anyone has any design ideas (cove widths, shapes, depths, points, flats etc) let me know and I'll see what I can do. Here are some pics of what I intend to do, courtesy of gtwister09

The top one in the photo with 2 is a commercially available Weaver edge slicker. I intend to make one similar to the single pic. I have some blackwood on hand, I'll try that first, and pick up some cocobolo or something if I feel it's nessecary.

[JAM]

Antipaladin, I'm very interested in a hardwood burnisher like the one in your picture. Please let us know when and how we can purchase them from you when you get them made.

Julia

[tashabear]

Dunno what he's smoking, what's the point of turning if you can't use what you make?

He probably doesn't want to have to meet someone else's standards.

[esantoro]

He probably doesn't want to have to meet someone else's standards.

I was thinking that he was more interested in making something aesthetic than making a practical widget, even though the practical device would have been simple to do for someone who knows basic turning.

ed

[Peterk]

The guy from Rocklers said Rocklers is his job, and once he gets outta there the "job" part of his day is done and falls by the waist side, and anything he does after that will be for fun only. If he took on this project for me it would be like work during his off hours and he can't have any of that... Again, I can see where he is coming from, I was just hoping he would help a fellow hobbiest out, albeit not in the same hobby as he.

Deuce Trinal, I am very interested as well. I would like to request for myself that since I work mostly with double thickness of 8oz leather, that one of the grooves be slightly larger than 1/4" width to accomodate that width of leather plus the edges to burnish the rounded edges. So far beside the tool at the very top of this page, I have not seen another wood burnish wheel that has that wide a groove, not to mention larger, but then I guess you could use the othersurfaces to burnish anything larger. The point is needed and would be great in burnishing belt slots and inside. I will send PM with my contact info.

[ryano]

I just use canvas and glycerin saddle soap. The easiest way that I have found.

[DeuceTrinal]

The guy from Rocklers said Rocklers is his job, and once he gets outta there the "job" part of his day is done and falls by the waist side, and anything he does after that will be for fun only. If he took on this project for me it would be like work during his off hours and he can't have any of that... Again, I can see where he is coming from, I was just hoping he would help a fellow hobbiest out, albeit not in the same hobby as he.

Deuce Trinal, I am very interested as well. I would like to request for myself that since I work mostly with double thickness of 8oz leather, that one of the grooves be slightly larger than 1/4" width to accomodate that width of leather plus the edges to burnish the rounded edges. So far beside the tool at the very top of this page, I have not seen another wood burnish wheel that has that wide a groove, not to mention larger, but then I guess you could use the othersurfaces to burnish anything larger. The point is needed and would be great in burnishing belt slots and inside. I will send PM with my contact info.

Ahh, that makes a bit more sense, I can understand where that comes from, I hadn't realized he was an employee as well.

I made a first draft of a burnisher today, I'll be having Schno give it a test drive to see how it works. I used some 1" rosewood, and somewhat copied gtwister09's burnisher, because he was on generation 3 of his design, which should make a good starting point. I made a few coves of varying widths, ranging from about 1/16" to just under 1/4." I have a vague feeling the long point might be just a bit thick at the base, but we'll have to test. It is just over 7/8" in diameter at the largest, and has a 3/8" shaft (machine bolt). It is sanded and buffed, and the only finish is a little bit of hard carnuba wax in the pores from the final stage of buffing. I think it'll work pretty well, I just want to test and look for refinements. I'll be able to make these pretty much any size/shape you want, and I can make different shafts or attachments if needed. Here's a pic:

[esantoro]

Deuce,

That looks great.

ed

[JAM]

I just use canvas and glycerin saddle soap. The easiest way that I have found.

Ryano, that's what I always go back to, but it's tiring and slow if I have lots of straps to edge - so I'm always looking for the magic perfect way to burnish faster.

Has anyone ever found a good way to make a powered rotary burnisher with a canvas cover, charged with saddle soap?

Julia

[hidepounder]

Ryano, that's what I always go back to, but it's tiring and slow if I have lots of straps to edge - so I'm always looking for the magic perfect way to burnish faster.

Has anyone ever found a good way to make a powered rotary burnisher with a canvas cover, charged with saddle soap?

Julia

Sure Julia....just wrap a wood burnisher with the canvas. I've been doing that for some time!