CaseyMartin707
Member
Hi everyone! I've been a part of this community for awhile now and love everyone's input and advice they give. I was so amazed when I first found out about this site. Over the last couple months I've been getting into the world of casting with alumilite, and I've been having so much fun. I've gotten into pinecones, and worthless wood style castings with pieces of grapewood that I have.
Anyway, to cut to the chase, I've realized that a lot of the worthless wood style blanks that are sold online are very expensive. From $12-$15+ for the most part. Maybe there are some cheaper ones out there, but I haven't been able to find any easily.
So I was thinking of adding another side to my pen business and start selling cheap and affordable worthless wood blanks. I was thinking around $8-$10 per blank depending on the figure and wood used. I like making the worthless wood blanks with grapewood because I've never seen it done, and the grapewood can vary in lightness and darkness a lot.
Sorry to make this long post, and I'm not sure if this type of post is appropriate or in the right section, so please let me know if I shouldn't be posting this because I am new to the community in terms of posting. I just wanted to see if you all would be interested, because I personally love worthless wood blanks, they're just so expensive to buy.
I will attach some pictures of finished products I've made from my blanks. Let me know if you have any questions or if I should redirect this post somewhere else. I plan on making a lot more colors, and doing things with burl caps as well, these are just some pictures I took with my phone of what I have already turned.
PS: I'm a college student trying to make some extra money and share my hobby.
Thanks!
Casey
Anyway, to cut to the chase, I've realized that a lot of the worthless wood style blanks that are sold online are very expensive. From $12-$15+ for the most part. Maybe there are some cheaper ones out there, but I haven't been able to find any easily.
So I was thinking of adding another side to my pen business and start selling cheap and affordable worthless wood blanks. I was thinking around $8-$10 per blank depending on the figure and wood used. I like making the worthless wood blanks with grapewood because I've never seen it done, and the grapewood can vary in lightness and darkness a lot.
Sorry to make this long post, and I'm not sure if this type of post is appropriate or in the right section, so please let me know if I shouldn't be posting this because I am new to the community in terms of posting. I just wanted to see if you all would be interested, because I personally love worthless wood blanks, they're just so expensive to buy.
I will attach some pictures of finished products I've made from my blanks. Let me know if you have any questions or if I should redirect this post somewhere else. I plan on making a lot more colors, and doing things with burl caps as well, these are just some pictures I took with my phone of what I have already turned.
PS: I'm a college student trying to make some extra money and share my hobby.
Thanks!
Casey