I got these for cheap from my local junk store. The brass one is nice.
What did you do in your shop today?
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I think that second one there is your best bet Marc, again however, exercise caution using it with paint removers. Zip Strip used to melt nylon bristle brushes, that was why I went to the soft brass brush. For that price, I'd order a half dozen of them regardless.
Harbor Freight brushes... The 6 piece set afforded brushes for upper and lower wheels on my bandsaw.
One down one to go. O and these are cypress. Paying job 
Very nice Tony. Good luck with the show.
You really need to practice, none of them are square....
It’s not woodworking but I hope to meld electronics and woodworking one day. I finally put together my bench top power supply that I have been putting off for a while. It gives me 3.3v, 5v, and 12 v made from a computer power supply.
What you gonna do with it Lou? I mean there's lots of possibilities obviously, but did you have a specific purpose in mind?
Checked my Harbor Freight brushes like that set, and as expected with the crimped wire, the brass bristle in that one is a little stiffer than the brass brush I use. It should still work for you Marc, just don't get to rambunctious with it. Between the Nylon and the Brass brushes in the set you should be good to go.
@rocky, right now just playing around with it...easier than using batteries when I am messing around with projects on the bench but nothing in mind at this moment. I have some vacuum tubes that I want to incorporate into somethings but haven't found the right inspiration yet.
It was the softest one out of the whole lot. I went to a couple of different places, my local wally world is remodeling themselves, so it was not to be found.
I looked at all sorts of brushes too. I'm happy with this set though.
Cant wait to use it soon too!
@Tony... Rather than convolute the Prickly Pear thread, since we were discussing my messy shop.
Actually it is a disaster right now, haven't been doing any wood work, been mechanicing out the front door of my wood shop. First the mower, then the skid steer 2-3 times, then the harrows, more than once. (Plowing fields full of stumps is like flying a helicopter, you ride it for an hour, work on it for 4.) Finally got fed up and replaced the tie rod end on the tractor that's been laying on the bench since last fall. King pin bushing too while I had it apart. Just made me grumpy as hell... $186 for the tie rod end, and the cheap bastards don't include the nuts. Give me a friggin break!!! But yeah, pallet of fertilizer and seed in the middle of the floor, broadcast spreader for seed and fertilizer drug out until I wrap all the projects up. (Not the little hand type whirlymajigger, it holds 350 lbs. of seed/fertilizer kinda thing! Actually there is a little hand type whirlymajigger in there too, come to think of it.)
Little over 2 acres at Dad's he wanted seeded. Little over 2 acres here at the house that I plant for wildlife. Had some leftover Sunn Hemp, Sesame Seed, Buckwheat, Sunflower mix that the old man planted for the bees on 5 acres just north of me, picked up 50 lbs. of Canola seed (or so he thought), someone loaded the wrong bag, and he had 50 lbs. of Turnip seed. Then he hands me a pound or so of Broad Leaf Mustard seed, told me, "Throw it in there and plant it all, the turnips and mustard will go to seed, and the bees can work them too." And, there was half a 55 gallon drum of Yellow Sweet Clover Seed sitting out back that I decided to put in
Y'all got any idea how tiny turnip seeds are? That is a LOT OF TURNIPS in 50 lbs. of seed, eh!!! I just sort of refused to put the whole 50 lbs. of turnip seed on his 2 acres. Have 2 beeyards that can reach my field, one on them in my field, so I saved about half the turnip seed to go in the mix in my feed plot.
But knowing the old man, he's gonna want a turnip or two, he absolutely loves watching produce grow, and since he can't dust the whole 2 acres the bees are 'sposed to work, and he had a stretch along the drive he wanted planted, I planted his turnip and mustard without any of the other goodies, so he could play "garden" with them. And, him and mom could monitor their progress daily driving up and down the drive.
Somethin tells me he's gonna have a turnip or two!! That little stretch of Turnips just on the other side of the fence there below is about 50 yards long, and it all looks like that!!
And, then there is about 20 yards of mustard greens that looks like that! 
And, hey... that was only about 3 - 4 lbs. of turnip seeds!! So you can kinda imagine what the 2 acres looks like with 20+lbs. seeded on it! 
Here at the house I put about 500 lbs. of seed in the ground on a little over 2 acres for the bees, and the wildlife. Damn deer keep eating it off faster than it can sprout, so I figured I'd put enough seed in the ground that maybe they can't do that!
300+lbs. of Soybeans, Iron Clay Peas, a mix of 5 strains of Oats, Winter Rye, 50 lbs. of Canola, Yellow Berseam Clover, White Ladino Clover, Crimson Clover, 20+ lbs. of Turnip, Daikon Radish, 5 pt. Chicory, 6 pt. Chicory, Buckwheat, Sunflower, Sunn Hemp, and a few other goodies! Got about 3/4 of it in last weekend, one little piece I've been fighting grass in, trying to get it killed out, not having a lot of luck. But it did go in today!!
Stuff I planted last week, kinda looks like the turnip patch above! It's just a week behind, and I have one stretch of really fertile soil, that got dedicated to Turnips and Daikon Radish, so the mother-in-law can play "garden" too!!
Co-Worker/buddy/almost brother-in-law, decided to replant his feed plot 1/4 acre or so, half mile north of the house, so we broke that up and planted it this morning too.
And, we're supposed to get a pretty good rain on it all tomorrow! I am finally however done planting for the year! Leftover fertilizer can get stacked out of the way, broadcast spreader can get cleaned up and put away. Started picking up and putting away tools last night.
SO... hopefully Tony, it won't look like your shop much longer!
Actually it is a disaster right now, haven't been doing any wood work, been mechanicing out the front door of my wood shop. First the mower, then the skid steer 2-3 times, then the harrows, more than once. (Plowing fields full of stumps is like flying a helicopter, you ride it for an hour, work on it for 4.) Finally got fed up and replaced the tie rod end on the tractor that's been laying on the bench since last fall. King pin bushing too while I had it apart. Just made me grumpy as hell... $186 for the tie rod end, and the cheap bastards don't include the nuts. Give me a friggin break!!! But yeah, pallet of fertilizer and seed in the middle of the floor, broadcast spreader for seed and fertilizer drug out until I wrap all the projects up. (Not the little hand type whirlymajigger, it holds 350 lbs. of seed/fertilizer kinda thing! Actually there is a little hand type whirlymajigger in there too, come to think of it.)
Little over 2 acres at Dad's he wanted seeded. Little over 2 acres here at the house that I plant for wildlife. Had some leftover Sunn Hemp, Sesame Seed, Buckwheat, Sunflower mix that the old man planted for the bees on 5 acres just north of me, picked up 50 lbs. of Canola seed (or so he thought), someone loaded the wrong bag, and he had 50 lbs. of Turnip seed. Then he hands me a pound or so of Broad Leaf Mustard seed, told me, "Throw it in there and plant it all, the turnips and mustard will go to seed, and the bees can work them too." And, there was half a 55 gallon drum of Yellow Sweet Clover Seed sitting out back that I decided to put in
Y'all got any idea how tiny turnip seeds are? That is a LOT OF TURNIPS in 50 lbs. of seed, eh!!! I just sort of refused to put the whole 50 lbs. of turnip seed on his 2 acres. Have 2 beeyards that can reach my field, one on them in my field, so I saved about half the turnip seed to go in the mix in my feed plot.
But knowing the old man, he's gonna want a turnip or two, he absolutely loves watching produce grow, and since he can't dust the whole 2 acres the bees are 'sposed to work, and he had a stretch along the drive he wanted planted, I planted his turnip and mustard without any of the other goodies, so he could play "garden" with them. And, him and mom could monitor their progress daily driving up and down the drive.
Somethin tells me he's gonna have a turnip or two!! That little stretch of Turnips just on the other side of the fence there below is about 50 yards long, and it all looks like that!!
And, then there is about 20 yards of mustard greens that looks like that! And, hey... that was only about 3 - 4 lbs. of turnip seeds!! So you can kinda imagine what the 2 acres looks like with 20+lbs. seeded on it! 
Here at the house I put about 500 lbs. of seed in the ground on a little over 2 acres for the bees, and the wildlife. Damn deer keep eating it off faster than it can sprout, so I figured I'd put enough seed in the ground that maybe they can't do that!
300+lbs. of Soybeans, Iron Clay Peas, a mix of 5 strains of Oats, Winter Rye, 50 lbs. of Canola, Yellow Berseam Clover, White Ladino Clover, Crimson Clover, 20+ lbs. of Turnip, Daikon Radish, 5 pt. Chicory, 6 pt. Chicory, Buckwheat, Sunflower, Sunn Hemp, and a few other goodies! Got about 3/4 of it in last weekend, one little piece I've been fighting grass in, trying to get it killed out, not having a lot of luck. But it did go in today!!
Stuff I planted last week, kinda looks like the turnip patch above! It's just a week behind, and I have one stretch of really fertile soil, that got dedicated to Turnips and Daikon Radish, so the mother-in-law can play "garden" too!!
Co-Worker/buddy/almost brother-in-law, decided to replant his feed plot 1/4 acre or so, half mile north of the house, so we broke that up and planted it this morning too.
And, we're supposed to get a pretty good rain on it all tomorrow! I am finally however done planting for the year! Leftover fertilizer can get stacked out of the way, broadcast spreader can get cleaned up and put away. Started picking up and putting away tools last night.
SO... hopefully Tony, it won't look like your shop much longer!
Ran a bunch of boards through the planer last night. Giving them smooth side for glue up. Finally going to build a cutting board or two.
I can tell you that I have a new winner for hardest wood through the planer. Repurposing some acacia floor - that stuff is tough.
Also my wife decided that some of my older work wasn't shiny enough and I don't have a buffer. So I went to Lowes and picked up a DeWalt buffing wheel and a 5/8 bolt. Figured I could use it like a worm screw in the lathe. It worked - right after I cut the head off the bolt. Put some micro wax on a couple of the older things and worked on them. Aside from the small fibers that went everywhere it worked pretty well.
I can tell you that I have a new winner for hardest wood through the planer. Repurposing some acacia floor - that stuff is tough.
Also my wife decided that some of my older work wasn't shiny enough and I don't have a buffer. So I went to Lowes and picked up a DeWalt buffing wheel and a 5/8 bolt. Figured I could use it like a worm screw in the lathe. It worked - right after I cut the head off the bolt. Put some micro wax on a couple of the older things and worked on them. Aside from the small fibers that went everywhere it worked pretty well.
If you ever get a chance, the Beall buffer system is great. I picked up an old 1/2 hp motor and bolted it to the end of a workbench.
I've been clearing out bins and shelves, working on getting a very large portion of my stash of material listed for sale. 
It's hard to see your stash all laid out like that! 
But, circumstances dictate it - I need wheels.
It's hard to see your stash all laid out like that! But, circumstances dictate it - I need wheels.
Small fivers going everywhere are a part of buffing Ken. Just have to learn to accept that part of it.