KDM
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My own cast blank. Coffee Beans in a sort of milky coffee polyester resin. Turned up on a Jr Gents' Fountain pen.
Coffee Bean Fountain
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InvisibleMan
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Awesome color. Good job.
toyotaman
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Great color scheme. The 2 tone look is very nice.
McBryde
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You gotta love the smell in the garage after turning these as well! Great looking pens. Good job on the castings.
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mrcook4570
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Great work! The coffee/resin is definitely an 'interesting' odor when turning.
SDB777
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Was wondering if you used any pressure during the curing of the acrylic?
Great 'creamy' color ya got too!!!
Scott
Great 'creamy' color ya got too!!!
Scott
watch_art
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Did you ever have bits of coffee bean explode away from the blank, or ruin any blanks?
Did you have to make multiple passes with CA to fill voids and cracks as you turned?
Did you have to make multiple passes with CA to fill voids and cracks as you turned?
KDM
Member
This one's polyester. Can stuff be cast in acrylic?
Anyway, I'm too tight to splash out for a pressure pot. Instead, I soak the beans for a couple of weeks in polyester resin thinned down with acetone before I cast them.
I honestly don't know if this porcess makes any difference whatsoever; it's just the way I've always done it!
KDM
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Yes. each time i do this, I lose maybe 4 partial beans. I never call the blank "ruined" though.
Nope. Once I have the shape I want, I fill the voids (they're usually quite tiny - smaller than a half bean) with a paste of coffee grounds and CA. It works quite well.