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    BRAVO Fred !! Can't wait to see what's next . These are all very nice . I believe you're on to something here . Good investment .
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    WELL.... "Show me the MONEY!!!" as Tom cruse would say ... You can't post photos and leave us hanging.... we need to see em turned.... Don't worry about drilling em... JUST TURN...

    Can you tell I'm excited for you ???

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    Patience is a virtue!

    Can't do it right with you guys, first it's "show me the photos, or it did'nt happen!), now it's
    "show me the money!".

    All will be revealed in due course, have been turning the black and white blank this morning, yet to finish it. Had to be careful to have sharp tools as with a bluntish tool you get smearing from the black in to the white. Cutting nice ribbons with a nice sharp gouge and skew, so seem to have the catalyst level about right.

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    OK, have just come in from the shed. Had a minor hiccup, gouge dug in, turned it in to a "design feature"!
    This is the first of the batch that I have turned, have to say it turns somewhat different from the other acrylics (commercially purchased) I have done so far. Turns well but different, if you know what I mean. Nice ribbons, sands well, both dry and wet. The blank itself I am undecided about. I poured both black and white in to the mould at the same time, it obvious the white is heavier than the black and formed the bottom half of the blank. The white part has nice black swirl patterns in it. As mentioned above, you have to be careful not to get black smearing in to the white, but sharp tools avoid that.
    Happy with the way it finished, used my "normal" acrylic method, that is dry sand with 320 and 400, then wet sand 600 - 2000. Then polish on mop on lathe with White Diamond at top speed, then polish with auto polish. Although not that obvious in the photos, it came up up to a high gloss. Not sure whether to turn it in to a pen (Cigar), undecided about the pattern in the blank and the "design feature" I suppose I could call this blank Yin and Yang.

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    Coming along just fine Fred. i have been watching the video's you recommended great stuff. Nice sharp razor tools are the way to go.

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    cool stuff
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    OH yeah.. that works

    I was wondering about the half and half, too. I like it, but sometimes you want it and
    sometimes you don't.
    I notice the pigments can sink, some colors more than others so I wonder if it
    has anything to do with timing? Does the resin have to start setting to a certain
    point before mixing? If using two colors, do you need to wait before mixing the
    two batches etc.. Don't know, but it makes for some interesting blanks!

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    Hi Fred,

    I think the white side looks very attractive,cannot see the other side as well.
    Mixing colors will be art all of its own. A big learning curve before us all.

    Terry

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    Very nicely done Fred ! There must be a way to balance the colors , but I'm sorry I have no clue . Great work !
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    Latest batch from the trusty pressure pot.

    These have all been post cured for 30 mins @ 100C in the new toaster oven.

    From l to r

    2 Oats blanks, the start of a new project, The Breakfast Series!

    Powdered slate with pearl

    White Pearlex (651) from Barnes with glitter from Spotlight added

    2 colours glitter in tubes from the market (5 for $1, 2 tubes used in this blank)

    Another try at Crystal Shred, this time cut up with scissors and added to the resin, then poured in to the mould, rather that the stuff put in the mould and the resin pured on top.

    2 more straight blacks, a similar mix to this was used for the Chrome Baron FP I just posted.

    Now assembling more breakfast cereals, as well as starting on another themed series which will be revealed tomorrow.

    Like Sam, I am having fun!

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    those oat blanks look pretty cool
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    Fred, I really do like the pinks and the black. But then they all look great.

    What quanitity of resin did you buy and how many blanks do you expect from it.

    Terry

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    Nice work Fred the oat ones look good enough to eat. Looks as if you are getting plenty of shed time.

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    Fred I knew I should have read this from the start great work I gave away a pressure pot 15/20ltr one well they fella was restoring Mustangs.

    To save on wasted resin why not get lengths of tube and set up so they are molded into the resin no glue up worries then plasticine in the ends will stop resin from entering but may still need a quick drill/ream.

    The look of all the blanks are

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    Default Fred said "IT IS EASY!"--- read on

    Well, I had the self same pressure pot in its box, brand new sitting for over 6 months, just waiting to make time to get it done, and at the pen show Fred said to me, "It's Easy!" so I took the plunge last night.
    1. Remove the fittings off the lid, the top ones are easy the big pipe difficult!??
    WRONG. Tried first small fitting barely could budge it, after 30 minutes get on the phore to Fred,"are they left hand or right hand threads?" Right hand!, ok I am doing the right thing but won't budge, I reckon the locktite or red stuff has frozen solid.
    Sneak into the kitchen, put on oven gloves, get my spanners ready, light the gas stove and heat the joint and fitting, and you beauty, one off. do the other fitting the same way, done. Now for the big air pipe under neath, heat the joint really hot, race out to the vice hold the pipe in vice and turn the lid--piece of cake.
    2. Assemble the fittings as per the pictures Fred shows and explains, but I get so confused that I don't know if I am Arthur or Martha, it is late now, so photo the pieces email them to Fred, so the phone rings and he talks me through it--oh! that is what it means, ok tomorrow I go to Bunnings to get the parts needed.
    3. Today is yesterday's tomorrow, a Bunnings I did go, and go, and go and go!,
    First up get the specified fittings, race home and put all together then go to put the adapter in the large hole, no go, too small!? the packet looked a little open at the cardboard maybe someone had swapped it, off to Bunnings and get another, go home, same thing?
    Then I note the the fitting supplied is not the fitting it should be, the writing is correct but the wrong fitting is in the box! off to Bunnings and explain that to a none to bothered assisstant. Purchase two fiitings to make my own adapter, BUT, the fitting is labelled wrongly also, the 3/8" to 3/8" male thread is labelled 1/8". Duly inform the non preturbed assisstant! away I go make my own tadapter and that is good one side done.
    4. Now the other hole, put the meter and the stop valve on the T piece but they hinder me from screwing it on to the hole, so I screw in a male to female 1/4" adapter to raise the height but the T piece won't screw on to the adapter, maybe it is cross threaded,
    Grab the T piece and get in the van and start going to Bunnings!!!, but 100 metres from home i had an idea, If i diassembled all the work i had done on fitting the trappings to the T piece, and screwed the T piece in by itself, maybe it would work. Yes, the T piece has a slightly different thread than the adapter I used, it screwed straight into the lid no problems, then bit by bit re did all the work I had done previously, and there was the second part all fixed up.
    5. Prepared the lead for the compressor no problems.
    6. Put the lid on Compressor and started up, BUT, no pressure build up , Ring Fred, !! he doesn't know nothing! suggest soapy water to detect if any leak.
    Done! top part is beautiful, no problems. Turn the pot upside down resting it on the handle and balancing it, tip soapy water on the under lid right round and turn on compressor, you beauty! a bubble machine for the grandchildren,
    Ring Fred! "Is the seal in?" WHAT SEAL???, none? Brand new but NO seal, now it looks like a trip to Super Cheap Auto??
    The Photos show some of the careless inaccuracies of the manufacturers.
    But really, it is all Fred's fault! He made me do it! Amos
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    Mornin' Amos, quite a journey there, life really shouldn't be that difficult!

    I hope that today you will obtain the missing seal and that you can finally start to use do some casting.

    Good job

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