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14th April 2009, 10:19 PM #1SENIOR MEMBER
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Coffee Anyone?
OK, I had to do it. Here's my own, home made Coffee Bean blank.
Caused me a few more headaches than I imagined. I didn't stablize the beans (since I don;t have any wood hardener), and they didn't stick that well to the resin, and so they were literally flying out of the blank when I started turning.
Sharp, sharp, sharp tools ar ein order, and a softly, softly approach. The gouge just ate through the blank at a great rate of knots. Went through 3 tubes of CA turninging, then sealing as I went. Finally, the beans on the ends stuck to the bushes and I couldn't get one bush off without maiing a mess, so there was a bit of filling involved,
I'm surprised the end result seems have turned out OK. I have two more of this batch made up ready to try again from the start, with some of my new-found wisdom on turning Coffee Bean blanks.
You reckon soaking in stabiliser first would help the next lot?
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14th April 2009, 10:28 PM #2Senior Member
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Looks pretty good to me Russell
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15th April 2009, 09:01 AM #3Member
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They look great to me! I'd love to give it a try one day, and I've seen some resin at Bunnings, but how do you get it to turn that white "milky" colour?
Cheers,
John
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15th April 2009, 12:44 PM #5
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15th April 2009, 12:48 PM #6
Look good to me Boomer. Maybe a creamier white would look even better?
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16th April 2009, 07:48 AM #7SENIOR MEMBER
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16th April 2009, 01:50 PM #8
nice effort
regards
Nick
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