Good data point. As I'd noted, I didn't know how well my resin experience jived with casting wood. Far better to learn from those with real experience.
Casting Jumping Cholla
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I've done some casting using Alumilite. One time I had some resin left over, so I set in in my vacuum table to remove any air. I left it under vacuum for about 3 hours. It left bubbles about 1/4" and larger.
Another time I did another casting and had enough to try another experiment. This time I had the tiny frothy bubbles. I turned both pieces, took pictures, and have them on my computer, but for some reason I cannot upload pictures to WB, so I guess I'm lying about my small resin turnings. No pics, didn't happen. ........... Nubs
Another time I did another casting and had enough to try another experiment. This time I had the tiny frothy bubbles. I turned both pieces, took pictures, and have them on my computer, but for some reason I cannot upload pictures to WB, so I guess I'm lying about my small resin turnings. No pics, didn't happen. ........... Nubs
I'd received the resin cast Cholla from Eric a couple weeks back but my shop was WAY too cold to work on this turning. Thankfully, the last couple days have been warmer. So, with no further ado, here it hollow form that I ended up making with it.
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Resin cast Cholla (by Eric) with ebony spacers, cherry lower and upper and an ebony top.
Ignore the hair on the ebony top ...
Ignore the hair on the ebony top ...
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Beautiful piece! Great choices extending the size of the blank. The way you framed the cast cholla is fantastic.
Simply gorgeous! Love the cholla sandwich! Chuck
Finally, someone making something out of Cholla other than calls and pens. Very nice form.
What did you use to attach the Ebony to the Cholla? ............ Nubs
What did you use to attach the Ebony to the Cholla? ............ Nubs
Strangely
, many of my adhesives were "unresponsive" due to how cold my shop gets. I finally found a 5-minute JB Weld clear epoxy that would flow (barely), so that's what I used. I do my normal clean/abrade/blow-off cycle on all wood surfaces. All clamped together with moderate pressure. I let it sit for two days, in the shop, to try to ensure a well cured joint, but probably should have popped it into my toaster oven for an hour or so. Hindsight ...It held up during my turning, but I was uncertain enough that I went a bit thicker on the walls during hollow forming. The Cholla section did chatter a bit while turning the inside even though I was using carbide. Last thing I wanted was to have it blow up on me by being a bit too aggressive. I bored the assembly with a 1" Forstner drill and then turned the inside through that hole. After that, I added the ebony top and turned that to blend in with the cherry.
It ended up with a "Southwest-ish" look to it. Fun project
Thanks much, Eric!!!
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Great job on that piece
That is really sweet, great job!
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Hey! That looks great!! I also like how you extended the cholla and made it into something larger. I have been on the go and this is the first time checking in over the last few weeks.
Way Cool!
Way Cool!
Electrifying calls!
The Cholla calls look awesome
Along the way, I got the other elements to make a few calls ... and now I have Cholla and resin ... I think we can all see where this is going
Along the way, I got the other elements to make a few calls ... and now I have Cholla and resin ... I think we can all see where this is going
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I don't know how I missed over 3/4's of this thread. I can see that I replied several times, but apparently missed more. Anyway, very good and informative thread. Thanks, @BangleGuy for posting it, and @Steelart99 for the turning. You both did a wonderful job stabilizing and turning. ................ Nubs