Leather wood burnisher | Australian wood similar to cocobolo

**Wonderboy_** · 13th August 2018, 11:05 PM

Hi. This is my first post on this forum. I’m wanting to make a wood leather burnisher from an Australian wood with similar properties to cocobolo. The burnisher attaches to a bench grinder and spins at at around 2000rpm. It has various channels in it that you use to “burnish” leather. I plan to make it on my father inlaw’s lathe so I have access to tools.

I don’t know a lot about wood so am after suggestions on what wood to use please.

**NCArcher** · 14th August 2018, 12:12 AM

Pretty much any hard wood will do. I have one made from jarrah, I think, and it works great.

**China** · 14th August 2018, 01:39 AM

As said above Jarrah, I have made four and they have been going for years, one is in a pro leather workshop, it is used every day (4Years)

**Wonderboy_** · 14th August 2018, 09:07 PM

Thanks China and NCArcher for your replies.

My father inlaw who owns the lathe told me he has a lot of iron bark which is a hardwood too. Do you think it would be ok or should I try and source the jarrah?

**NCArcher** · 14th August 2018, 10:15 PM

Ironbark should be fine. Sand up to a high grit once you form the grooves. It's the heat from the friction that burnishes the leather so the smoother the better.

**Wonderboy_** · 16th August 2018, 09:40 AM

Thanks again NCArcher!

**dai sensei** · 16th August 2018, 10:23 AM

Agree with NCArcher, Red Ironbark is easier to find around Bris

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