Thread: How are corn cob blanks done ?

Boiled in water then eaten with loads of butter

but to make pens from them you need uncooked ones
Pete

They need to be stabilised. I use Cactus juice, but you can use thin CA, just have to live with the natural colour (which is Ok by the way). Make sure they are very dry, dril a small hole up the middle, cover with gaffa tape, then stand up and fill the hole up with thin CA, top up with more thin CA as it soaks in. Then leave at least 24 hours.

Originally Posted by fxst

but to make pens from them you need uncooked ones
Pete

Nup, I eat them usually at Xmas when in season, throw the cobs in the freezer straight away, then turn the cobs the next year

The way i do corncob is cook them, eat them, Then the same day or next day,i drill out the center of the Cob while there still soft, then push a wood dowel / rod thru the drilled out hole, then let them dry out, putting the rod thru the Cob will keep them strait while they are drying out, i haven't found Corn Cob small enough for 7 & 8 mm brass tubes,i like 10mm and up,the smaller the Cob the better they will turn out .

Originally Posted by old dog

The way i do corncob is cook them, eat them, Then the same day or next day,i drill out the center of the Cob while there still soft, then push a wood dowel / rod thru the drilled out hole, then let them dry out, putting the rod thru the Cob will keep them strait while they are drying out, i haven't found Corn Cob small enough for 7 & 8 mm brass tubes,i like 10mm and up,the smaller the Cob the better they will turn out .

Mini corn is what you get in Chinese dishes maybe they can supply them

Exactly what I would have expected from you Wheelin

Very good Ray


Cheers Ian