Burnisher

[Kepis]

Wanted/needed a burnisher for use in the workshop, looked around at what i had and saw an old drill mounted in a bit of Antler that i made years ago and then never used because it really didn't work that well.

I warmed the drill bit up to break the bond with the epoxy, pulled the bit out, turned it around and put it back in, hey voila, a half decent little burnisher, works really well too.

20171006_164700 by Mark D Emery, on Flickr

 

[crosslandkelly]

That looks good.

 

[Muddypaws]

Nice bit of lateral thinking! Although I believe the shank end of a drill is quite soft (well softer than the business end), and I would have thought a burnisher needed to be quite hard.

 

[Kepis]

Sorry, i should have mentioned it is for burnishing wood, antler, leather and similar, not for scrapers and the like.

 

[Muddypaws]

Sorry, i should have mentioned it is for burnishing wood, antler, leather and similar, not for scrapers and the like.

Makes more sense now! Good job anyway.

 

[g4ghb]

Looks good and a good re recycle

I have found that steel can 'tarnish' leather a little so you may find smoothing off the antler end may be also useful

 

[g4ghb]

In fact file a grove or two of different thicknesses in the antler then sand till silky and you will have a great edge slicker to round things nicely