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Step 2Shaping up...
You should now have a short piece with a diagonal cut and a longer piece with a diagonal cut.
On the shorter piece on the side opposite the beveled cut, trace the outline of the scrub brush when it it placed starting at the flat square end. This will be your guide when you glue the pieces together. Glue the pieces so that the longer piece's beveled cut "flows" up to the outline of the edge of the brush. Clamp together and wait for the glue to dry.
When dry, draw lines where the "neck" of the toothbrush is. The toothbrush gets narrower from the bottom of the scrub brush outline and flows to the full width of the brush about 1 and 1/2 brush lengths down. Eyeball this to find the right look.
At the other end of the toothbrush find the center and the point where you will drill a hole. Place a can on the end to help with the semicircular end so you can trace around it. Use a 1/2 inch spade bit. Clamp the toothbrush to some scrap stock when you drill so the hole comes out neat and clean.
Use a jigaw or bandsaw to rough out the toothbrush shape. Use various wood files, scrapers, planes, sanders to fine tune the shape. Use a wood plane to thin out the bump where the bevel cut flows into the bottom or brush piece.
On the shorter piece on the side opposite the beveled cut, trace the outline of the scrub brush when it it placed starting at the flat square end. This will be your guide when you glue the pieces together. Glue the pieces so that the longer piece's beveled cut "flows" up to the outline of the edge of the brush. Clamp together and wait for the glue to dry.
When dry, draw lines where the "neck" of the toothbrush is. The toothbrush gets narrower from the bottom of the scrub brush outline and flows to the full width of the brush about 1 and 1/2 brush lengths down. Eyeball this to find the right look.
At the other end of the toothbrush find the center and the point where you will drill a hole. Place a can on the end to help with the semicircular end so you can trace around it. Use a 1/2 inch spade bit. Clamp the toothbrush to some scrap stock when you drill so the hole comes out neat and clean.
Use a jigaw or bandsaw to rough out the toothbrush shape. Use various wood files, scrapers, planes, sanders to fine tune the shape. Use a wood plane to thin out the bump where the bevel cut flows into the bottom or brush piece.
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