No pressure pot

[denniszoomy]

Is there a way to get good results in casting and stabilizing without having to have a pressure pot?

 

[SerenityWoodWorks]

Yes....make good friends with a guy that has a pressure pot.

 

[seamus7227]

there are! you can use the molds that PtownSubbie makes. I used those for well over a year before i made the switch over to the PP. Which ever way you decide to go, there WILL be failures, you just have to perfect them and learn what technique works the best in your environment.

......and have fun doing it!!!

 

[Mike8850]

There is an tutorial in the library by Don Ward (its_virgil) that shows how to get bubble free castings with out a preasure pot.
Hope this helps.
Mike

 

[Brooks803]

Yes....make good friends with a guy that has a pressure pot.

or 4 :biggrin:

 

[jbswearingen]

I make PR blanks with zero bubbles and no pressure pot or vacuum chamber. All I do are swirled colors, though. I just ordered a pressure pot and have set up a vacuum chamber recently; I'll be trying both soon.

 

[its_virgil]

Why, if you are getting good results without them? Just wondering.
Do a good turn daily!
Don

I make PR blanks with zero bubbles and no pressure pot or vacuum chamber. I just ordered a pressure pot and have set up a vacuum chamber recently; I'll be trying both soon.

 

[jbswearingen]

Oh, not for casting "plain" blanks--I'm gonna start casting objects, like pine cones and coffee beans. I also want to start using Curtis' Cactus Juice to stabilize some really punky mango and the like, such as corn cobs. Sure, you can turn them "naked", but stabilized is SO much easier.

 

[PenMan1]

"To err is human..... To REALLY screw up requires a pressure pot".

I think someone famous said that once..... Right after "hold my beer and watch this!"

In all seriousness, Don Ward's "bubble free casting" tutorial in our library is an EXCELLENT resource for casting without pressure.