What material makes the best burnisher?

[kgg]

4 hours ago, Hardrada said:

Posting as reference, since the OP mentioned he wants to turn his own.

There is no question the Proedge are nice looking burnishers. They are on the pricey side for someone who can turn their own with either a wood lathe or metal lathe. I am planning on turning one using a metal lathe that is also another reason for the question about using metal as a burnisher.

kgg

[dikman]

 

This is the guy, you can see his burnisher at 13m 29secs. He has other videos too.

[kgg]

7 hours ago, dikman said:

This is the guy, you can see his burnisher at 13m 29secs. He has other videos too.

Thank you. That is a nice burnisher as it stays close to the body of the machine so you can apply a lot of pressure.

kgg

[JLSleather]

7 hours ago, dikman said:

This is the guy, you can see his burnisher at 13m 29secs. He has other videos too.

Sam is pretty good most of the time. Hank appears to REALLY be packin' on the pounds

12 hours ago, kgg said:

e Proedge are nice looking burnishers. They are on the pricey side for someone who can turn their own with either a wood lathe or metal lathe.

Yup.  Never did understand why somebody would pay 50, 60, 80 $ for something you could do yourself - with whatever size grooves you want - with a piece of oak dowel stuck in a drill press and a file applied

 

[kgg]

3 minutes ago, JLSleather said:

Never did understand why somebody would pay 50, 60, 80 $ for something you could do yourself

Maybe I'm just cheap but I love to tinker and for the most part I have the time. I approach things where if I need / want something simple I'll usually give it a go first. Sort of jack of all trades, master of none approach. If I fail well then I'll buy a tailor made.

kgg

[JLSleather]

4 hours ago, kgg said:

need / want something simple

exactly.  and since buying theirs means you STILL need a drill press, might as well buy the drill press and spend 20 minutes making YOUR OWN burnisher.

I dont think that's "cheap", I think that's SMART

[kgg]

1 hour ago, JLSleather said:

I dont think that's "cheap", I think that's SMART

Thank you, I haven't been accused of that before. HaHa

kgg

[kgg]

14 hours ago, dikman said:

This is the guy, you can see his burnisher at 13m 29secs. He has other videos too.

I couldn't find a email address or whether the burnisher was aluminum or steel. So me being me I called him, a really nice guy. He confirmed he made it out of aluminum as steel will turn the leather blue. 

kgg

[chuck123wapati]

2 hours ago, JLSleather said:

 

I dont think that's "cheap", I think that's SMART

That's why you buy tools so you can make your stuff. IT is smart! Here in Wyo. its also a necessity sometimes. I built one on my wood lathe and as i was testing it realized i could also use the lathe to power it. Used local scrub oak. 

[PastorBob]

I bought one of those cheap cocobolo tips for my dremel.  I still prefer the hand slicker from Tandy and a bit of canvas.  Seems to go just as fast, except for on belts.