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    Default Mallee Root Ball casting

    I score a pallet ,lad of mallee roots off Big Stan a while back. There were some solid pieces, but most were hollow with burls, perfect for casting.
    mallee roots1.jpg

    I heard I had beaten Dinkidi to them, so agreed to sell some of them to him, but started cutting the rest up into manageable pieces. Last weekend I took one of those pieces down to my bandsaw and cut them up into casting blanks and started casting them into pepper grinder blanks, with the leftovers cast into knife scale/pen blank blocks.

    Flouro green pepper grinder blank
    big flouro green red mallee pepper grinder blank.jpg

    and some knife scale/pen blanks

    flouro green red mallee block2.jpg flouro green red mallee block.jpg

    Some small salt & pepper matching blanks, pale pink Pearlex for salt and some antique silver Pearlex for pepper
    pink rock salt and antique silver red mallee pepper grinder blanks.jpg

    Some more small salt & pepper blanks, blue Pearlex and purple Pearlex
    purple and blue red mallee pepper grinder blanks.jpg

    Left over red and white Pearlex for "strawberries and cream" knife scale/pen blank block
    strawberries and cream red mallee block.jpg


    and of course with left over strawberries and cream resins, some peach stone pen blanks
    strawberries and cream peach stone pen blanks.jpg
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    Neil, I might be interested in the pen blanks . . .
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    Dai Sensei, Would you be partial to selling any blanks (notably the green) either in Pen blank size or Bottle stopper size (50x50x75)?

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    I've added the purple and blue small pepper grinder blanks that I forgot to add

    Quote Originally Posted by Fumbler View Post
    Dai Sensei, Would you be partial to selling any blanks (notably the green) either in Pen blank size or Bottle stopper size (50x50x75)?
    Some are for my own use to fill orders, but yes I sell them, I'll PM you
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    They look good. Interesting to see some of these PM blanks finished Neil

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    Quote Originally Posted by bench1holio View Post
    Interesting to see some of these PM blanks finished Neil
    I have a heap to do getting ready for Maleny Wood Show. Cast another 2.4 litres of resin this afternoon, now in the pressure pot
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    As a complete novice may I ask what resin you use for the casting?

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    Quote Originally Posted by wasson View Post
    As a complete novice may I ask what resin you use for the casting?
    These are done with Megapoxy HX Clear Casting Epoxy. Check out my FB site, the pinned post at the top has details on what I use and where to get them.
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    OK and thanks,it all looks amazing to me. I saw some other stuff you did in another thread and immediately thought of the mini she oak cones.

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    Pat
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    You certainly get into those different colours.

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    Yummy looking stuphph old son!!

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    What kind of resin do you use down in australia. Up here in canada we cant get the european resins.

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