dai sensei 7th August 2010, 08:41 PM I've been busy slicing and dicing timber from tree clearing for the local woodturning club (3 ton :oo:), I'll post separately on that, but needed to make a few pens to relax.
The first is a cast Loofah on a black tube. I rapped the brass sleeve in some loofah, holding it in place with electrical tape, then cast it in the resin saver mold. The tape was turned off as I turned the pen.
The second is a coffee in solid white resin. I had heaps of every other coloured coffee bean cast, but ran out of the white ones. Typical, I had someone ask me for a white one :-
Cheers
cornucopia 7th August 2010, 08:48 PM Brillant pens- the lufa is stunning :2tsup:
gawdelpus 7th August 2010, 09:13 PM Damn! more things for my to do list ! hehe, The black looks good I might have to try other colors :) ah well always next week lol. cheers ~ John :2tsup::2tsup::2tsup:
Sawdust Maker 7th August 2010, 09:42 PM The luffa is absobloominfantastic :2tsup::2tsup::D
artme 8th August 2010, 08:48 AM LOve the Lufa in particular!!!!:2tsup::2tsup::2tsup:
Reminds me of the cacus casts.
YYou coul dye the lufa different colours,. Also use different colured resins.
dai sensei 8th August 2010, 03:42 PM YYou coul dye the lufa different colours...
That's the plan, for on white tubes :wink:. I bought a few loofahs from here (http://www.qetesh.com.au/Natural_Raw_Loofah_p/nrl.htm), they were huge, so should get heaps of blanks from them :2tsup:.
munruben 8th August 2010, 04:47 PM Nice work as usual Neil. Great looking pens.:2tsup::2tsup:
MBUMIK 8th August 2010, 10:42 PM looooooffffaaaaaah, looks great, very much like cactus as someone else stated
great job
MIK
dai sensei 9th August 2010, 07:13 PM looooooffffaaaaaah, looks great, very much like cactus as someone else stated
Yep. Just coloured some for more casting, see the casting & stabilisation forum here (http://www.woodworkforums.com/f204/coloured-loofah-122160/) :U
MBUMIK 10th August 2010, 11:43 AM i saw this stuff in the wifes shop the other day and thought "i wonder" but no resin at home at the moment to play with
i don't wonder anymore, great minds think alike, or you beat me to the punch, or you read my mind
i had a look at the colors and i like them as well
good luck and great effort
MIK
Rum Pig 10th August 2010, 01:49 PM Very nice well done:2tsup::2tsup:
I like the coffee pens:2tsup:
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