BoomerangInfo
14th April 2009, 10:19 PM
OK, I had to do it. Here's my own, home made Coffee Bean blank.
Caused me a few more headaches than I imagined. I didn't stablize the beans (since I don;t have any wood hardener), and they didn't stick that well to the resin, and so they were literally flying out of the blank when I started turning.
Sharp, sharp, sharp tools ar ein order, and a softly, softly approach. The gouge just ate through the blank at a great rate of knots. Went through 3 tubes of CA turninging, then sealing as I went. Finally, the beans on the ends stuck to the bushes and I couldn't get one bush off without maiing a mess, so there was a bit of filling involved,
I'm surprised the end result seems have turned out OK. I have two more of this batch made up ready to try again from the start, with some of my new-found wisdom on turning Coffee Bean blanks.
You reckon soaking in stabiliser first would help the next lot?
Russell.
Caused me a few more headaches than I imagined. I didn't stablize the beans (since I don;t have any wood hardener), and they didn't stick that well to the resin, and so they were literally flying out of the blank when I started turning.
Sharp, sharp, sharp tools ar ein order, and a softly, softly approach. The gouge just ate through the blank at a great rate of knots. Went through 3 tubes of CA turninging, then sealing as I went. Finally, the beans on the ends stuck to the bushes and I couldn't get one bush off without maiing a mess, so there was a bit of filling involved,
I'm surprised the end result seems have turned out OK. I have two more of this batch made up ready to try again from the start, with some of my new-found wisdom on turning Coffee Bean blanks.
You reckon soaking in stabiliser first would help the next lot?
Russell.