Thread: Let's have another party in Canberra

Is it for turners only?

Just kidding. I'd like to come, but I'll have to seek a leave pass. Let me get back to you.

Trav

Everyone's welcome... I've got all sorts of crap in my shed

I just put it in the turning section as that's where Nathan's thread was

I'm in.

Ev.

I'll try come along to it also. See what I can organize

Same here - will try to come, will PM you tomorrow or on Sat. Thanks for hosting!

Originally Posted by Ilya

Same here - will try to come, will PM you tomorrow or on Sat. Thanks for hosting!

Would be great to see you there again Ilya. Hopefully both of us can make it.

But in the event I can't I propose I host another session at mine one night and corbs (and whoever else) teaches us the craft they learn from dai sensei

Any more takers?

Sorry, leave pass was not possible. Next time I promise!

Trav

Looks like it will be an intimate affair

Im unable to move my plans either really sorry couldnt organise grandmother baby sitter how long are you in town for neil ?

Well I had a great day, thanks Corbs for holding the day

Only Ilya was able to attend and even he was late . What a shame, we had to eat all those muffins I cooked last night ourselves for morning tea

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Next we cast some Liquid Amber seed pods I picked up at Cowra in some Bright Copper Pearlex powder, just enough to coat them, then let the resin go off almost. We then cast them in some Bright Yellow Pearlex resin, along with various worthless wood pieces Corbs had, in two 150x150 mold boxes we knocked up from scraps and hot-melt glue and into my pressure pot. Unfortunately some of the hot melt glue let go on the WW cast and some of the resin emptied into the pot , so after a few repairs we topped up the coast with more resin. I'd used a fair bit of catalyst to ensure it went off fast so I could get my pot back .

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While we were waiting for the resin to cure we drilled and glued up some blanks of some Cypress Pine Bark I scored at the Hall Mens Shed the other day. Corbs then turned them up and used his "bead CA technique" to finish them which I was very impressed with. Unfortunately the bushes got stuck and the finish chipped, plus some tissue fibres in the CA, so it will be back to the start for these. Typical, when ever someone is watching nothing goes right

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Sorry photos are crap but my phone didn't like being out in the sun . Have to wait for Corbs to turn them up and post some decent photos when he get back next week, but better to have crappy ones than none

We also took the Bungendore Galleries tour after lunch

Originally Posted by delbs

Im unable to move my plans either really sorry couldnt organise grandmother baby sitter how long are you in town for neil ?

I've decided to stay another night, so i can do some washing tomorrow and a bit more shopping before heading bush again. We could meet up for lunch or something, just let me know if you are available, I'll PM ph no.

Cheers

Thanks to Neil and Ilya for making the trek out to Bungendore. I had a great day with Neil and it's confirmed that I'm interested in doing some casting

As Neil has said above, we cast some Liquid Amber seed pods which I'm looking forward to having a play with and there was a few worthless wood blanks cast up as well. There was also a 'this resin isn't going to be any good for much longer so let's throw some colour in it and see what happens' blank made up. This little bad boy heated up and cracked a little so got sin binned to the fridge . I pulled it out this evening and cut it up, there were a fair few cracks through it so I've hit them pretty hard with thin CA to see what happens. At the very least, there's eight or so Sierra sized blanks but I should be able to save a bit more than that

Looks like I'm on the hunt for a pressure pot now

Thanks Corbs and Neil, was great relaxed day in the shed. The castings of the pods turned out to be quite good looking - keen to see it in a finished pen!

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