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[pinky]

Anyone interested in some Giant Pinecones? Three are 11" long x 4" across. The two painted ones are 6" x 6". I think these would make cool hollowforms. I will ship to you and add a sfrb of cherry burl pen blanks that I have for sale. In exchange I would like one of each of the pinecones sent back.

 

[manbuckwal]

It would take a lot of resin to fill those big cones .

 

[pinky]

I'm not familiar with costs of casting. Not feasible or do I need to add more to the equation?

 

[manbuckwal]

I'm not familiar with costs of casting. Not feasible or do I need to add more to the equation?

@Final Strut @kris stratton @TurnTex maybe these folks can chime in on the challenges of casting big pine cones and costs.

 

[Final Strut]

Just a quick guesstimate and a little number crunching and I am thinking it would take a minimum of 50 ounces of resin for the 11x4's and a minimum of 60 ounces of resin for the 6x6's. Not to be a buzz kill but that is a lot of resin. To put it in perspective, a typical 1 5/8" square by 6" game call waste wood blank takes around 6-8 ounces of resin. I don't know what other guys charge for casting but I can tell you that would be one very spendy very cool hollow form blank.

 

[pinky]

Wow!!! I guess they can be Christmas decorations the way they are.

 

[Final Strut]

Wow!!! I guess they can be Christmas decorations the way they are.

Haha, yeah my wife has some big pine cones and I have thought about casting one just to say I have done it but the amount of resin it would take stops me every time. Maybe one of the other casters on here will chime in and tell you different.

 

[Alan Sweet]

Although I have made many pens, I have never made a pine cone pen. I have seen an acquaintance make one though. He did not stabilize the cone. In fact, he stripped it down to the core. He commented that he likes pine cones that squirrels have cleaned for him. Cut the core into two parts, measured and cut for lengths, drilled out and turned TBC. Used a bit of CA on some soft spots, laquer sanding sealer and laquer finish.

I did not care for the appearance with the cone spots but it finished nicely and no problems just using the pine core.

 

[DKMD]

Haha, yeah my wife has some big pine cones...

My wife punches me in the arm when I say stuff like that...

 

[Final Strut]

My wife punches me in the arm when I say stuff like that...

I seriously just spit all over my phone when I read that. That was down right funny.

 

[Wilson's Woodworking]

My wife punches me in the arm when I say stuff like that...

My wife would cry her eyes out. She is very touchy about the size of her pine cones.