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1st January 2012, 04:06 PM #1Deceased
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Some more Corian pendants.
Further to the pendants I made from acrylics and corian for Christmas presents here are some more pendants I have made.
All are fom corian and the photos are in line with my pendant turning learning journey. All are approx 70mm diam.
Photo 1 shows the simple design made by glueing strips of black and white corian together in the Collingwood colours.
Photo 2 shows the colours of Melbourne Storm, being a layer of yellow glued onto a layer of purple, in the simple design.
Photo 3 is similar to photo 1 but with a much larger opening for the hanging cord. These three were a also Christmas presents but I could not show them earlier for Michelle reads the board.
Photo 4 is the second design but from a plain granite colour.
Photo 5, 6 & 7 are various views of the latest design. I cut some black and white corian to 5mm thick and laminated them together for offset turning a la an article in Woodturning.Photo 5 shows the front with its happy face, photo 6 shows the back and photo 7 shows the front edge. In this photo it is resting on a piece of untreated black corian.
Next one will be in black and orange and will I be trying to improve the layering and angle of the latest one.
Enjoy, and comments are of course welcome.
Peter.
BTW the background for the last few photos is purpleheart.
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2nd January 2012, 12:22 AM #2
Interesting substance although I've never tried to turn it.
Sure they will go down well with the ladyfolk.
Do you have any pic's or a link to the jug used to make these (the off centre hole).Dragonfly
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Off centre pendant jig
Hi Dr4g0nfly
Don't know if this is the one that Sturdee uses but it works for me, a big thanks to our Kiwi friends in South Auckland
http://www.sawg.org.nz/wordpress/wp-...ry-Chucks1.pdf
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2nd January 2012, 09:02 AM #4
Thanks for that APD.
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I use a real fancy pendant mandrell which I bought from Woodnworkshop as they are an Australian supplier but it's identical to the Joiner pendant plate available from the US.
I'm very satisfied with the jig and have only just begun to learn some of the ins and out of this jig. Hence my leaning journey.
BTW the link also links to some instructional videos.
Peter.
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Not very successful.
I made the black and orange layered on top of each other and turned them on an angle to see the various layers but it was not successful enough. At the edges there are not sharp lines, maybe if I had the right colour special Corian glue they may be better.
It also did not polish up very nicely so I won't be making more along that line.
Anyway here is the photo of it and this will not be a keeper.
Peter.
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14th January 2012, 04:29 PM #7Deceased
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Some more successful ones.
Since that one I have been making one of each of the different types of Corian samples and off cuts I collected and have been perfecting my techniques to turning them. They are getting much better and easier to turn especially after extending the mini lathe bed.
It is difficult to show the various patterns in the light coloured Corian but each is a different type.
Still have quite a few more to do but here are the ones so far.
Enjoy.
Peter.
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14th January 2012, 05:00 PM #8
Great work Peter, they look terrific.
Reality is no background music.
Cheers John
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14th January 2012, 07:28 PM #9
I guess that Corian is designed to look like stone. I do like the effect your getting.
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15th January 2012, 08:44 AM #11Skwair2rownd
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Good stuphph Peter!
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G`day peter I am not as fancy as you with the pendants i use a piece of two by one and double sided tape.
Mick
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corian glue
New to this forum, and decided to join after I seen the great pendents you made from corian. I just got the Joyner jig for xmas, but haven't used it yet, cold winter here in Ohio. What glue do you use to glue together the corian? Is there a process to glue them together? thanks, great work. Dennis
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Welcome to the forum Dennis and I feel humbled that you joined because of my work with Corian. I enjoy working with this material especially for making things like jewellery.
As to gluing pieces of Corian together ideally you use the special glue made by Dupont, but I believe they will only supply registered fabricators and in any case it is rather expensive. I was told that it was about A$80 a small cartridge.The special glue is actually Corian and makes a seamless bond.
However I found using Cyanoacrylate glue (CA glue, superglue or instant glue) works well. I rough sand both sides with 240 grit sandpaper to slightly roughen the smooth surfaces prior to gluing.
After applying the glue I clamp it for 24 hours to be on the safe side whilst it cures. Do not use the hardener as that makes the joints brittle.
In making the pendants I found that cutting strips and gluing them together (see photos 1 and 3 of post 1) works well as I glue the top and bottom surfaces against each other.
However cutting thin disks and gluing them together (see photos 5-7 of post 1 and post 6) did not work as successful.
This material lends itself also to making pens, bracelets and earrings.
Next I will start trying to make some bracelets to go with the pendants.
Peter.
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