So why would a shop teacher who rides a bicycle need spurs, you ask? Why not?
A few years back I had some students who were doing some bull riding and we made some spurs. As long as I was involved I figured I'd make myself a pair as well. We do a dress up thing at the school every year and cowboy attire seems to be a recurring theme. Sometimes I wear the spurs and sometimes I loan them out. The original rowels that were on them were both a little rough looking and a little rough on the floor and furniture. I made these round ones the other day from a piece of 1/8" sheet brass. I have another job in the works that I'm going to be needing the spacer head for on the mill, so I used that to drill the holes in the rowels to get a nice layout. I drilled them with a lathe centering bit so I could get a nice countersink on the holes. I still need to put a chain or another leather strap on the spurs to prevent them from sliding up your boot. So technically the job isn't done but they look nice hanging on the wall.
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