Thread: Project for your offcuts

Cool! How much resin is in that? (Would love to see an in focus pick! )

Where do you get your resin from by the way! Do you have a bowl shaped mould?

Originally Posted by tea lady

Cool! How much resin is in that? (Would love to see an in focus pick! )

Where do you get your resin from by the way! Do you have a bowl shaped mould?

I think you were too quick off the mark. The initial pics I posted were enlargements of pics I had reduced in size so they became pixelated. I have now fixed the problem. I think that's why you have suggested pics are not in focus.

Originally Posted by brendan stemp

I think you were too quick off the mark. The initial pics I posted were enlargements of pics I had reduced in size so they became pixelated. I have now fixed the problem. I think that's why you have suggested pics are not in focus.

That would be it! Looking good!

I like that a lot.

I guess you're only limited by imagination when it comes to different things in the resin (and the ability to turn it of course).

I have no experience with resin but am impressed by the clarity of it.

Really like what you are doing with resin, especially the gumnut bowls on your website. I'm curious though, how much resin did you use in the bowl above? From my quick perusal of the web, clear epoxy resin is quite expensive.

For example: Clear Casting Epoxy Resin.

Thanks, Scott.

I buy my resin in large quantities; 20kg and this makes it far cheaper. 20 kg costs me $511 which converts to about $25/kg or litre. Otherwise, yes it's expensive. I get my supplies from
https://secure.solidsolutions.com.au...%2520jewellery (can someone let me know how to change these links to shorter phrases the way I see some do it).

In this bowl below I used close to a litre of resin but there are ways to fill voids so not so much resin is needed. For example, when doing the bowl below I filled the void in the middle of the bowl with a pine plug so I didn't need to fill it entirely with resin.

Once the resin has set it is treated just like a piece of timber.

Originally Posted by brendan stemp

(can someone let me know how to change these links to shorter phrases the way I see some do it).

You type your word like "LINK" then highlight it with your mouse, then click on the link thingy up there and bobs your uncle!

Now they are some of the coolest turnings I have ever seen Brendan!

Nathan.

Good stuphph BrendAn!!

Saw photos of similar turnings where the fellow had used Walnut shells. It was very effective.

Nice one, very effective.

Those are a work of art, simply fantastic

HI brendan
absolutely beautiful bowl turning and creative thinking.

john.

certainly different Brendan

Hey Brendan,

Absolutely awesome, consider the Idea stolen, and it will be replicated, probably not a special as yours, I have been thinking about doing a similar thing with some pen blank offcuts, but thats another story.
I get my resin from Fibreglass and Resin sales in Welshpool, in Perth at about the same price that you do.


HazzaB