Cast Jacaranda Root Nodules

**dai sensei** · 26th July 2013, 04:56 PM

Found these nodules attached to the roots of a Jacaranda tree I removed from the front yard (see https://www.woodworkforums.com/f14/cl...-block-173551/). As I didn't want to slice them before casting, after drying them in the dehydrator, I basically put them in a small slab mold and cast the them in a translucent emerald green. When set I sliced off the protruding nodules and cast them again in a translucent blue. When set I again cut off the remaining nodules in a smaller mold with translucent red.

Managed to get 3 good 22mm square blanks from the each of the normal molds. I should be able to get a full Slimline/Streamline out of each of the red slices, provided I drill the 2 no. 7mm holes first, then cut with the scroll saw.

Very hard to photograph and show the resin properly, but you can clearly see the nodules, yellowish jacaranda with a then brown bark layer. Can't wait to turn them, but there is a huge line of my "can't wait to turn them"

. I will need to backpaint cast or paint blanks with white to show off the translucent resin best.

Cheers

**Dorno** · 26th July 2013, 07:16 PM

nice work mate

what next ?

Cheers Ian

**tdrumnut** · 26th July 2013, 08:11 PM

Nicely done. Interesting to see what they will look like on a pen.

**artme** · 26th July 2013, 08:37 PM

Can imagine they will make great looking pens!! Nice work!!

**dai sensei** · 26th July 2013, 10:01 PM

Originally Posted by Dorno

nice work mate

what next ?

Cheers Ian

There are some little beetles having a gang bang

on top of my split air con unit outside (off but warm in the morning sun) I thought were some sort of borers (now not sure, perhaps just some sort of stink beetle) that are on my hit list - woodies revenge blanks

**artme** · 31st July 2013, 08:27 AM

Originally Posted by dai sensei

There are some little beetles having a gang bang

on top of my split air con unit outside (off but warm in the morning sun) I thought were some sort of borers (now not sure, perhaps just some sort of stink beetle) that are on my hit list - woodies revenge blanks

Are they the shield bugs or the ones with very colourful wing shells??

I've thought about casting those for years but don't have the gear to do so.

**dai sensei** · 31st July 2013, 10:10 AM

Here's a photo of the bugs
bugs.jpg

**artme** · 31st July 2013, 12:35 PM

Looks like several nymph stages of the same bug.

Not familiar with that one.

**dai sensei** · 31st July 2013, 02:48 PM

Yes agreed all same species. Looked up the 5 types of borer bugs and it doesn't appear to be one.

Any bug experts out there?

**dai sensei** · 27th August 2013, 08:18 PM

Over at Gawdelpus's place to help me slice up some pine into stickers for the slabs I am milling at the moment on his tablesaw. I have a good one, but it is a bit buried in the workshop at the moment, so it was easier to go to his place

and he needed a chain I had sharpened for his chainsaw.

Anyway, as a break when we had finished, I gave him one of my emerald green nodule pen blanks to turn into a few Sierra pens (I haven't had time to turn a pen for a while

). Used white tubes to help bring out the best of the translucent emerald green resin, but I think we should have painted the inside of the blank too, as the glue lines are visible in some parts. Great 3D effect though

He turned them, I sanded and gave them a few coast of CA, before he finished them off while I did a few tree trimming chores around his house with the chainsaw.

Cheers

**Dorno** · 27th August 2013, 08:35 PM

Nice work Guys Well Done

Cheers ian

**artme** · 29th August 2013, 09:59 AM

**Christos** · 30th August 2013, 08:08 PM

They have come up quite well.

**salty72** · 30th August 2013, 11:52 PM

just wondering if you jhave got a chance to turn any f these up yet ... I would be interested to find out if the thin layer of bark will hold together when you start turning them

Mark

**dai sensei** · 31st August 2013, 03:03 PM

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