) but I knew that old cranky piece of Jarrah lying under the bench would come in useful one day, even if after more than 30 years kickin it around the garage. Harder than the hammers of hell this piece. PITA!!!!!
Very nice solution. And even if you decide not to buy the small pucks again a lot of the artisan soaps are soft enough to press into the bowl as a refill. I've got a few small pucks I've been given and I pare/grate off a small amount and press to the bowl so I can bowl lather but I like your solution better.I wasn't happy with my first ever purchased soap puck (Muhle Sea Buckthorn a couple months ago) just spinning around and moving about in the bottom of a random bowl as I tried to load the brush.
So I fixed it!
Kinda seems a little pointless now that I have a nice selection of soaps to choose from daily (thanks so very much to the generosity of a gentleman named @Tony Forsyth for the gift of shave den
Turned it round, hollowed halfway, dug a puck sized hole in the bottom and pressed (seriously, with a press) the soap in to expand into the hole and hold it still.
Move now ya b@$t@&d.
The walls aren't as thick as they appear, the top of the bowl has an undercut downward lip. This is to stop any lather trying to escape out the top while loading the brush.
The idea is that lather can climb the sides but meets that lip to drop it back into the bowl. That was hard to cut!
I'll try it out in the morning.
Gotta love DIY!
Made exclusively for Troy by Troycraft Customs
Very nice solution. And even if you decide not to buy the small pucks again a lot of the artisan soaps are soft enough to press into the bowl as a refill. I've got a few small pucks I've been given and I pare/grate off a small amount and press to the bowl so I can bowl lather but I like your solution better.
Nice solution. I wish hard soap manufacturers would do the same thing. I really like the soaps, but loading with a bigger brush can be a bit of a struggle with those little pucks. Cutting old jarrah can be a real PITA, there's a good reason why lots of people call it West Australian concrete.I wasn't happy with my first ever purchased soap puck (Muhle Sea Buckthorn a couple months ago) just spinning around and moving about in the bottom of a random bowl as I tried to load the brush.
So I fixed it!
Kinda seems a little pointless now that I have a nice selection of soaps to choose from daily (thanks so very much to the generosity of a gentleman named @Tony Forsyth for the gift of shave den
Turned it round, hollowed halfway, dug a puck sized hole in the bottom and pressed (seriously, with a press) the soap in to expand into the hole and hold it still.
Move now ya b@$t@&d.
The walls aren't as thick as they appear, the top of the bowl has an undercut downward lip. This is to stop any lather trying to escape out the top while loading the brush.
The idea is that lather can climb the sides but meets that lip to drop it back into the bowl. That was hard to cut!
I'll try it out in the morning.
Gotta love DIY!
Made exclusively for Troy by Troycraft Customs
Anything is possible
Don't worry about that, 3 out of my 4 lathes are Australian made. Hercus metal lathe from ADL in 1947, 2 Vicmarc wood lathes (made here in Brisbane) from the mid nineties, and one POS metal hobby lathe from, you know.........
)I heard Jarrah has a high silica content, which is why it's so hard on the sharp tools, so have to re-sharpen often. Got plenty more of it too.
Make sure those fantastic wooden soap loading bowl ideas are bigger enough for either a 28 or 30mm knot size options.My big brushes were front of mind when deciding on diameter of this bowl, so made it,........... big enough.........
WonderfulI wasn't happy with my first ever purchased soap puck (Muhle Sea Buckthorn a couple months ago) just spinning around and moving about in the bottom of a random bowl as I tried to load the brush.
So I fixed it!
Kinda seems a little pointless now that I have a nice selection of soaps to choose from daily (thanks so very much to the generosity of a gentleman named @Tony Forsyth for the gift of shave den
Turned it round, hollowed halfway, dug a puck sized hole in the bottom and pressed (seriously, with a press) the soap in to expand into the hole and hold it still.
Move now ya b@$t@&d.
The walls aren't as thick as they appear, the top of the bowl has an undercut downward lip. This is to stop any lather trying to escape out the top while loading the brush.
The idea is that lather can climb the sides but meets that lip to drop it back into the bowl. That was hard to cut!
I'll try it out in the morning.
Gotta love DIY!
Made exclusively for Troy by Troycraft Customs
Nice score!
I like the icositetrahedral die. A must-have for those who like to push their blades...
Got back into work today to find these waiting for me. Minora from someone else, everything else from ArtisanArcade.
The Stirling G&T smells amazing. Gonna break out the four pillars tonight.
The Pearl Flexi is well machined. Very heavy relative to what I’m used to, everything turns and fits nicely from first inspection. Unfortunately the red dot indicator on mine is off centre within its space, but @Ozwhisker has kindly offered to exchange it. A small niggle on what is otherwise a quality build for the price.
Ozwhisker also included alum matchsticks and dice for indicating number of times blade is used. So I guess @Razor Burn and @rhodes96 use this? Lol.
