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5th September 2014, 08:28 PM #1
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Cactus Casting
I few of you would remember the craze of casting cactus blanks a while back in the USA. I tried getting some cactus and letting it dry out, only to find after 6 months the dam thing had started to grow
. I later then went to casting luffa instead.
Anyway, on my travels (see https://www.woodworkforums.com/showth...30#post1803930) I have found some huge cactus (some over 20' tall
), under which were some old leaves in their skeletal form 
cactus.jpg cactus skeletons.jpg
Are more for future casting
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5th September 2014, 10:03 PM #2
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I got a bit of that for casting a well, just waiting to finish setting up
the new shedRegards Rumnut.
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12th September 2014, 01:34 PM #3
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interesting , there are plenty of them growing around here . there are a few on my place , must have a look when i get chance see if there are any bits i can use.
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12th September 2014, 06:39 PM #4
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Whilst at Gawdelpus's (John) place yesterday I wrapped some of the outer skeleton around a white tube and then cast in some green translucent dyed resin. Today he apparently took it out of the pot and turned it so we shall hopefully soon see what it looks like
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12th September 2014, 08:05 PM #5
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And the finished Item , sorry about the quality of the pic
Originally Posted by dai sensei
Whilst at Gawdelpus's (John) place yesterday I wrapped some of the outer skeleton around a white tube and then cast in some green translucent dyed resin. Today he apparently took it out of the pot and turned it so we shall hopefully soon see what it looks like
but this looks like veins hehe, cheers ~ John
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12th September 2014, 08:24 PM #6
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Looks good Guys.
Is the dried cactus flexible enough to wrap around the tube ?
I imagined it would be too brittle, but I have never handled any, so what would I know.Brad.
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12th September 2014, 09:28 PM #7
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Geez I was expecting a lighter green, must have used too much dye, looking forward to seeing it in the flesh tomorrow
. Originally Posted by Ironwood
It is brittle but has some flex being so flimsy I guess. I just wrapped it around with rubber bandsNeil____________________________________________Every day presents an opportunity to learn something new
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