Jumat, 17 September 2021

How to make a DIY palette painting knife

 




















Tools and materials I propose:

Silver solder

Flux

Propane torch

Copper pipe cutter

Tormek honing compound

Foredom Woodcarving Kit

Lathe

Buffing kit

Wood turning tools set

Chuck kit

Tormek T8 Sharpening System

Tormek Woodturner’s Kit


In this video I make a palette knife out of a nail, a spatula, copper pipe and wood. This a pretty interesting tool used in a very impressionistic painting technique. 


First of all I made a small paper template of the knife’s spatula part. I used the metal from a spatula I bought from the hardware store. The spatula needs to be flexible in order for the palette knife to work. 


I then cut the shape of my spatula using a rotary tool and a metal cutting disc. 


The spatula needs to be polished. You can do that using sand paper, sharpening stones or a sharpening system like my Tormek. The final polishing you can do on a leather strop. You can also use a buffing wheel with honing compound on your rotary tool. 


Next I cut a nail and bended it with heat. To connect the spatula with the nail I used silver solder. Heat and flux pull the solder towards them. 


I then cleaned and polished the metal parts again. 


As a handle you can use a handle from another tool. But I turned one out of beech. 


I epoxied a piece of coper pipe in front. Once I finished the handle I epoxied the metal parts in the handle.


This is a really interesting technique. It works better with oil paints because thy are pretty thick and dry really slow. But that was it. See you soon with a new project video.



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