splinter99
Member
OK first of all I would like to say thank you to all of you who have answered my questions..I startrd putting this time machine/pressure pot together last night at 9.00 pm..by 10.00 pm I realized I was still missing 2 fittings. (2)3/8 to 1/4 bushings that I still swear I bought (quite a bit of swearing actually)..Ready to give up and just make trip three to the hardware store in the morning, I took one last look around the shop then remembered I had a box of broken air tools that I had acquired and there they where..one was on an old air ratchet and one on an air hammer. Back in buisness..put everything together and by 11.00 pm I was hooking up the A/C to test for leaks..Incrediblely..no leaks..was able to pull a vacume and hold it and able to pressurize and hold the pressure..
Got up early and gathered all neccessary mixing equipment, plastic containers etc(all pillfered from the kitchen before the wife gets home) open the can of casting resin from Micheals and it wont pour out of the can..Its like jello..is it supposed to be that stiff?
It took me 15 minutes with a plastic fork handle to get 10 oz out of the can to have enough to fill the mold
I managed to get some color mixed in and put into the pot, pulled a vac on it for 10 min to degass..mixed in the catalyst poured into molds and pulled a vac again for 6 min to degass some more.. Then switched to 30 psi pressure..It's still in the pot so I dont know if it will turn out or not.
Could this be old or is that how its supposed to look??
here is a pic of the set up
Greg..thanks for putting together the tutorial
Got up early and gathered all neccessary mixing equipment, plastic containers etc(all pillfered from the kitchen before the wife gets home) open the can of casting resin from Micheals and it wont pour out of the can..Its like jello..is it supposed to be that stiff?
It took me 15 minutes with a plastic fork handle to get 10 oz out of the can to have enough to fill the mold
I managed to get some color mixed in and put into the pot, pulled a vac on it for 10 min to degass..mixed in the catalyst poured into molds and pulled a vac again for 6 min to degass some more.. Then switched to 30 psi pressure..It's still in the pot so I dont know if it will turn out or not.
Could this be old or is that how its supposed to look??
here is a pic of the set up
Greg..thanks for putting together the tutorial