Western Diamond Back Blow out

[avbill]

I started to turn a western diamondback snake skin The lower casting went very good and polished up just great. But then I started the upper blank And the acrylic just broke out. The snake skin is in tack.

Have any of you turners sent back a blank to have a 2nd casting?

or

Put a Antler top on the pen?

Any other ideas please speak up thanks

 

[wdcav1952]

Bill,

I cannot answer the second casting question.

How much of the acrylic broke away? Is it possible to make matching "oops" bands at both ends of the tube with something like mesquite?

Antler certainly is a possibility, as is a wood that is local to rattler territory. I would avoid a highly figured wood as you would not want the wood to battle the snakeskin for attention.

FWIW,

 

[mostangrypirate]

when this happened to me I put an antler on the other end. I called it a Hybrid and people loved it.

 

[NewLondon88]

Have any of you turners sent back a blank to have a 2nd casting?

or

Put a Antler top on the pen?

Antler wouldn't work.
Try a mongoose.

Wat type of pen is it? If I have the mold I can recast it for you

 

[mick]

When it happened with me I put wood on the cap and called it a..........




:biggrin::biggrin: Timber Rattler :biggrin::biggrin:

 

[wdcav1952]

Antler wouldn't work.
Try a mongoose.

Wat type of pen is it? If I have the mold I can recast it for you

OMG!!! I nearly spit orange juice on my monitor!!!!!!:worship::worship:

 

[ed4copies]

when it happened with me i put wood on the cap and called it a..........




:biggrin::biggrin: Timber rattler :biggrin::biggrin:

creative!!

jeff's new "improvement" won't let me make this caps, sorry!!
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[wolftat]

Before you send it to someone for recasting, you may want to talk with whoever made it originally and at the least, find out what the resin is so there are no compatibility issues.