JD Combs Sr
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...Casting? Someone may have tried this before but I don't recall seeing it, using Cactus Juice to stabilize a roll of cloth creating a Micarta roll/pen blank. I gave it a try and here is the process I used.
This is the results, two views of the same pen.
This one shows the "cross grain" and the next one the "end grain" view. (My definitions)
A couple of comments on the process:
1. The roll or bundle still had some porosity to it so took a little thin CA during the final cuts to keep from having "tear-out" and "de-lamination". Which problem the CA took care of depended on the lamination orientations, "end-grain"(edges of the fabric) tore-out slightly and cross-grain de-laminated "sometimes". I think that a second processing with C-Juice would solve most of these problems and I will be trying that on the next go around.
2. When I pull the blank out of the oven and it had cooled I looked at it and it was very wide compared to thickness and I instantly thought, "Oh good, it will make 2 blanks", well it did but I think if I had taken a single blank out of the center section it would have been better looking. I will also be trying that on the next go around.
Comments and suggestions appreciated.
This is the results, two views of the same pen.
This one shows the "cross grain" and the next one the "end grain" view. (My definitions)
A couple of comments on the process:
1. The roll or bundle still had some porosity to it so took a little thin CA during the final cuts to keep from having "tear-out" and "de-lamination". Which problem the CA took care of depended on the lamination orientations, "end-grain"(edges of the fabric) tore-out slightly and cross-grain de-laminated "sometimes". I think that a second processing with C-Juice would solve most of these problems and I will be trying that on the next go around.
2. When I pull the blank out of the oven and it had cooled I looked at it and it was very wide compared to thickness and I instantly thought, "Oh good, it will make 2 blanks", well it did but I think if I had taken a single blank out of the center section it would have been better looking. I will also be trying that on the next go around.
Comments and suggestions appreciated.
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