Gary Whitt
05-20-2004, 9:24 AM
Rather than spending good lumber money on a burnisher, I decided to make one. :D
A friend helped me (he also got a burnisher out of the work). Plus, he had a lathe. :rolleyes:
The handle is an old cue stick (maple and walnut), turned down on the lathe.
The rod is a new push rod from a small-block Chevy!!! (yankee engineering)
I had a package of 16 new-in-th-box push rods that I never used on a rebuild. Talk about HARD metal!!! :eek:
I figured if a pushrod could survive the rpms of a Chevey small block, it had to be hard enough for a burnisher! ;)
The ferule is a piece cut from an old 20 guage shotgun barrel.
The finish is two coats of Tru Oil.
A friend helped me (he also got a burnisher out of the work). Plus, he had a lathe. :rolleyes:
The handle is an old cue stick (maple and walnut), turned down on the lathe.
The rod is a new push rod from a small-block Chevy!!! (yankee engineering)
I had a package of 16 new-in-th-box push rods that I never used on a rebuild. Talk about HARD metal!!! :eek:
I figured if a pushrod could survive the rpms of a Chevey small block, it had to be hard enough for a burnisher! ;)
The ferule is a piece cut from an old 20 guage shotgun barrel.
The finish is two coats of Tru Oil.