wire wheel

[bregolad]

i recently bought some new toys, and among them, a wire wheel. This piece was a botched drill job turned guinea pig. the wire wheel is pretty course, and it made sandblast-looking rustication. i loved it



and heres the wire wheel itself, mounted on my laid down drill press.

[loosvelt]

looks good to me.

[kbadkar]

You could call it nut-sack rustication.

[Philthy]

Somebody had to say it

[tritrek]

I love it!

[LexKY_Pipe]

Hmmm. OK.

[bregolad]

now its ruined, dammit. i can't do it that way anymore

[caskwith]

i tried that once never lookd like that though, what technique did you use? what speed was the drill set at?

[bregolad]

500 rpm. its just a run 'o the mill wire brush from lowe's. course wires.

[KurtHuhn]

now its ruined, dammit. i can't do it that way anymore

Pfft. Do it whatever way you like. One thing is for certain, it leaves a very deep and craggy surface that's sure to please a lot of folks when they see it in person. Looks like bark, almost - or extremely weathered rock.

See Devil's Tower:


Or El Capitan:


Your rustication looks like a cross between the two, with the linear structure of the igneous plug of Devil's Tower, and the organic weathering of El Capitan.

[tritrek]

Could you please show some more pics? I'd be intersted how does the rest of the pipe look...

[Abi Natur]

Such a interesting approach to rustication but not my cup of tea ,thou the result looks very natural .

[kola]

You could call it nut-sack rustication.

That made my day,LOL

but seriously(still laughing at his comment) I really like that craggy look.

Kola

[MrChurchwarden]

I do sse the nut-sack in the pipe, But my first thought was peach pit