scturner
Member
Hello all!
Well, I've been busy the last 2- 3 weeks playing around making and cutting up molds into blanks. This is about one complete gallon of resin here that made all these blanks. Each one is roughly 34" x 3/4" x 2 7/8" long. I decided then best way to cut these was not length wise but width-wise, this yields about 7 blanks per mold.
I haven't counted all the blanks I got from that gallon but its a lot! plenty to last quite a while (maybe 50- 70 blanks?). My wife has gotten into this as well making her own funky designs trying to layer different colors in one mold. I'm including a pic of the pen I made using her layered blanks, purple-gold fusion. Over all, making these are a lot of fun, turning pens (roughing down) however kinda feels like sandblasting yourself.
.
I've about finished a Classic American using white pearl laminated with black/white pearl together. I hope it turns out pretty sharp.
One thing I'd like to mentioned about drilling these blanks out. I use my lathe, putting the blank in a 4 jaw chuck and drill slowly thru the blank. I've found I really like the precision of the lathe for boring, drilling etc, but these blanks seem to have a tendency to blow-out the end if I don't go "real slow" at the end and keep the flutes cleared often.
I've had this happen twice but I'm more careful now that I know better.
Well, I've been busy the last 2- 3 weeks playing around making and cutting up molds into blanks. This is about one complete gallon of resin here that made all these blanks. Each one is roughly 34" x 3/4" x 2 7/8" long. I decided then best way to cut these was not length wise but width-wise, this yields about 7 blanks per mold.
I haven't counted all the blanks I got from that gallon but its a lot! plenty to last quite a while (maybe 50- 70 blanks?). My wife has gotten into this as well making her own funky designs trying to layer different colors in one mold. I'm including a pic of the pen I made using her layered blanks, purple-gold fusion. Over all, making these are a lot of fun, turning pens (roughing down) however kinda feels like sandblasting yourself.
.
I've about finished a Classic American using white pearl laminated with black/white pearl together. I hope it turns out pretty sharp.
One thing I'd like to mentioned about drilling these blanks out. I use my lathe, putting the blank in a 4 jaw chuck and drill slowly thru the blank. I've found I really like the precision of the lathe for boring, drilling etc, but these blanks seem to have a tendency to blow-out the end if I don't go "real slow" at the end and keep the flutes cleared often.
I've had this happen twice but I'm more careful now that I know better.