A few in Fordite

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I retired a couple of months ago but it's taken until this week to finally get the health insurance sorted out. Anyway - at last I got to spend some quality time at the lathe and made these four pens and two pencils. I cast the Fordite chunks in Thermoset Solutions polyurethane resin, with three mixes (red, white and blue). Pens are LeRoi v2 Long Barrel (SPW from Exotic Blanks), I think the pencils are PennState.

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Very Nice!

Regarding turning Thermoset Solutions - whats the action on the lathe regarding soft (i.e. alumilite) vs. hard (inlace acrylester - chippy)?
 
henry1164 said:
Very Nice!

Regarding turning Thermoset Solutions - whats the action on the lathe regarding soft (i.e. alumilite) vs. hard (inlace acrylester - chippy)?
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Thanks! I was turning this batch very carefully because the embedded Fordite is inclined to split (delaminate) but I had some left over resin which I cast without Fordite. When I turned that I found it just a little harder than Alumilite Clear/Slow - might be softer than standard acrylic acetate, but nowhere near inlace acrylester (which I won't buy after the first experience with it) or polyester resin.

IMO, it threads as well as Alumilite.
 
henry1164 said:
Regarding turning Thermoset Solutions - whats the action on the lathe regarding soft (i.e. alumilite) vs. hard (inlace acrylester - chippy)?
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+1 on Duncan's comments here. I find the Thermoset to be a bit harder than the Alumilite. I like it. It is a little chippier but only if you are too aggressive, just dial back your normal Alumilite habits a little and you will be fine.

The fact that it is harder means that it polishes up a little more nicely!
 
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