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20th June 2011, 11:47 PM #1Senior Member
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Some of my first casts
After a lot of reading and contemplating i deceded to have a go at casting PR. I have made a few pen blanks with limited success. Recently i met up with Neil for a few tips and some inspiration, now every time i find a piece of timber that previously would have ended up in the fire pile, i think to myself i bet i could cast that
I cast a couple Cholla cactus blanks and turned them down to make perfume atomizers. I can see how this casting could become addictive, it will be a long time till im up to the standards of others on the forums.
Thanks for looking
Stevo
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21st June 2011, 12:14 AM #2
very nice well done and you are already pass my standard
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21st June 2011, 08:22 PM #3
So cooool
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21st June 2011, 09:46 PM #4
Nice selection of colors , I find the ladies do go for pinks and purples (in the main) hehe !
nothing wrong with those ,and the cholla adds another dimension again ,in it's raw state its quite fragile but once cast and supported works rather well .Well done
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21st June 2011, 10:08 PM #6
I turned a couple at Q-Turn, a swamp banksia and a smaller WW, to a slightly different shape. The kit I used was for a lipstick form, so the top was too long, because I forgot to shorten the tube . I also had a problem with the elcheapo super-fast home-made Dynabolt closed end mandrel not running the blank true. The bottom were only just Ok, but the caps ended up 0.2mm on one side and 2mm on the other and were binned .
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21st June 2011, 10:27 PM #7Senior Member
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thanks everyone, much appreciated. Neil....dynabolt mandrel ay, sux it didnt run true. i have a couple banksia pods at home i want to cast, you beat me too it . the color on the WW is reallly nice. look forward to seeing more.
stevo
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22nd June 2011, 12:31 AM #8
I love what you did with the Cholla my friend !!!!!! I love to see the material turned to beauty !!!!!!! I bet that the Arizona Staghorn Cholla Cactus never thought it would look that good !!!!!!!!!!!
Joe in Arizona USA
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23rd June 2011, 06:53 PM #9SENIOR MEMBER
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Wow, wish my first casts came out that well! Actually, I wish my casts now came out that well
Nice job.
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24th June 2011, 12:11 AM #10
Love the red & white number, on the LH side in the first pic. That is classy!
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24th June 2011, 08:57 AM #11Skwair2rownd
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Nice work - both of you!
Not exactly smitten by some of the colours but the effects are interesting.
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25th June 2011, 03:45 PM #12
Very nice work both of you, love the colour combinations
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