A few in Fordite

[duncsuss]

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.

 

[leehljp]

Love them! beautiful !

 

[duncsuss]

Love them! beautiful !

thanks!

 

[Alan Morrison]

Really good looking pens.
Enjoy your retirement ( re-fire-ment )

 

[Jim15]

Those are awesome!

 

[Dalecamino]

Some cool casting! Well done!

 

[duncsuss]

Really good looking pens.
Enjoy your retirement ( re-fire-ment )

Thanks! Now the hassle of insurance is behind me it'll be a lot easier to relax and enjoy

 

[duncsuss]

Those are awesome!

Some cool casting! Well done!

Thanks!

 

[henry1164]

Very Nice!

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

 

[duncsuss]

Very Nice!

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

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.

 

[d_bondi]

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

+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!

 

[mark james]

Congrats on the retirement and Insurance issues. I did that last year.

Even with all the turmoil in our Gov't, that process of enrolling in Medicare/Supplemental/D went reasonably smooth (I'm 66+). This week I applied for a renewal for TSA/Global. On-line said it may take 6-12 months... I got a renewal confirmation within 48 hrs!!! I have to verify that some functions of our Gov't is doing well.

PLEASE NO POLITICAL COMMENTS... I'm just glad I got my TSA PreCheck card renewed.