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I know that feeling all too well. I find Clickspring hugely inspiring, for example, but that guy uses aluminum glue arbors like paper plates. Aluminum is probably the cheapest metal, but the cost goes up exponentially with the diameter, and some of the stuff I've seen is over $100 for ONE INCH. This is probably why everybody seems to have an aluminum foundry and sand casting setup.Im excited to set up my shop i have tons of projects planned my biggest thing will be getting materials now to do this (sigh) i guess it will be a bit longer to realy get going.
It's just a shame this doesn't work on brass. I've done knives with steel furniture and knives with brass. Brass makes a big impact. Look at this thing:
It just wouldn't be the same with steel, but the brass was $$EXPENSIVE$$.
It's also really addictive to work on a lathe. Damn but brass shapes easy compared to steel. Especially compared to high carbon drill rod, which is the other thing I turn most of the time, to make fasteners and such.
Heh, I'm off the rails off topic hijacking my own thread. It doesn't really get the thread back on topic, but I turned the pommel on that knife on my lathe. You can barely tell after all the work I did with a grinder, and it wasn't at all an efficient use of material.