Gearing up to try casting PR - Page 3

Dana Fish · 03-05-2011, 04:16 PM

So Lenny how those forms turn out?

Lenny · 03-05-2011, 05:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Dana Fish

So Lenny how those forms turn out?

It took awhile, as Dan had said, but it is nice and firm now.

Lenny · 03-05-2011, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by ZanderPommo

Don't cast in your basement! DAMHIKT
haha dad almost banned me from casting on that one, now I cast in my unheated sunroom with ALL the windows open, and I dont open the door 2 the house for 24 hrs,((or 6-8 if its above 65 degrees)) I actually go out the back sunroom door and around the house into my front door to avoid exposing my family to the fumes

Best to do what your Dad says! I've seen the video of his work on the range!

ZanderPommo · 03-05-2011, 11:27 PM

haha I beat him in every one of those matches! I aint scared!
..............just dont tell him i said that...

MartinPens · 03-06-2011, 10:48 AM

Great info here. I just read the article on how to make a casting mold. So many things to try, so little time and money!!

Martin

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witz1976 · 03-06-2011, 10:54 AM

Heck Lenny nice mold! I see you were more patient than I was, my first mold had a couple of tears and gouges when I tried to free the mold too soon.

Bet you cannot wait for summer now huh!

Lenny · 03-06-2011, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by witz1976

Heck Lenny nice mold! I see you were more patient than I was, my first mold had a couple of tears and gouges when I tried to free the mold too soon.

Bet you cannot wait for summer now huh!

Yeah! When is that again? Is it July 4th again this year?

PenMan1 · 03-06-2011, 01:50 PM

Lenny:
Be sure to get yourself a "spit cup". I use a 24 oz "take out" BBQ container.

If you mold holds say 9 oz, mix 10 oz. Trying to "add" to a too shallow mold is almost impossible to get great results. If you have left over catylized resin, just pour it in the spit cup. Next time, just add the left overs to what is already in the spit cup.

Some of my best selling stuff is made from "spit cup" blanks. As one customer put it, "it reminded him of his LSD days" :)

witz1976 · 03-06-2011, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by PenMan1

Lenny:
Be sure to get yourself a "spit cup". I use a 24 oz "take out" BBQ container.

If you mold holds say 9 oz, mix 10 oz. Trying to "add" to a too shallow mold is almost impossible to get great results. If you have left over catylized resin, just pour it in the spit cup. Next time, just add the left overs to what is already in the spit cup.

Some of my best selling stuff is made from "spit cup" blanks. As one customer put it, "it reminded him of his LSD days" :)

Another thing that could work too, is get a pack of silicone baking cups and you will have enough resin for a pendant blank....if you make & sell them that is.

Lenny · 03-07-2011, 08:18 AM

Thanks, Andy and Dan!

I'm having a little trouble visualizing what a 24 oz. bbq container is though?

I think you have confirmed for me one question though, and that is ... You can make additional pours over an already hardened pour...??? Correct?

I may have to give up pen turning and start working on a Ark the way the rain is coming down today!!

03-05-2011, 11:27 PM	#24 (permalink)
ZanderPommo Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Frankfort, Illinois--USA Posts: 1,143 Photos: 0	haha I beat him in every one of those matches! I aint scared! ..............just dont tell him i said that... __________________ Zander I keep six honest serving men (They taught me all I knew); Their names are What and Why and When,and How and Where and Who --- Rudyard Kipling

03-06-2011, 10:48 AM	#25 (permalink)
MartinPens Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Loma Linda, CA 92354-6755 Posts: 1,179 Photos: 34	Great info here. I just read the article on how to make a casting mold. So many things to try, so little time and money!! Martin Sent from my iPad using Forum Runner __________________ A man who works with his hands is a laborer; a man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman; but a man who works with his hands and his brain and his heart is an artist. ~ Louis Nizer [Martin Osborn - So. CA - Online at www.MartinPens.com / www.CigarIllusion.com or FB at MartinPens ]

03-06-2011, 10:54 AM	#26 (permalink)
witz1976 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Bucksport, Maine, USA Posts: 2,146 Photos: 25	Heck Lenny nice mold! I see you were more patient than I was, my first mold had a couple of tears and gouges when I tried to free the mold too soon. Bet you cannot wait for summer now huh! __________________ -Dan Horowitz

03-06-2011, 01:50 PM	#28 (permalink)
PenMan1 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Eatonton, Georgia Posts: 4,914 Photos: 57	Lenny: Be sure to get yourself a "spit cup". I use a 24 oz "take out" BBQ container. If you mold holds say 9 oz, mix 10 oz. Trying to "add" to a too shallow mold is almost impossible to get great results. If you have left over catylized resin, just pour it in the spit cup. Next time, just add the left overs to what is already in the spit cup. Some of my best selling stuff is made from "spit cup" blanks. As one customer put it, "it reminded him of his LSD days" :) __________________ Andy Little entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem. The popular interpretation of this principle is that the simplest explanation is usually the correct one. -Occam's Razor Common sense isn't always such a common thing. If it ain't broke.......then a little duct tape won't hurt it!

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03-05-2011, 04:16 PM	#21 (permalink)
Dana Fish Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Portland, ME Posts: 171 Photos: 8	So Lenny how those forms turn out?

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Lenny Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Searsport, Maine Posts: 2,498 Photos: 47	Thanks, Andy and Dan! I'm having a little trouble visualizing what a 24 oz. bbq container is though? I think you have confirmed for me one question though, and that is ... You can make additional pours over an already hardened pour...??? Correct? I may have to give up pen turning and start working on a Ark the way the rain is coming down today!!