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15th June 2013, 04:39 PM #1
Who needs segmented turning when mother nature does it better
I cast this ages ago and thought I'd try it on a slim/stream line (never remember which is which).
I collected the bits from the foreshare at lakes entrance.
Don't know what they are called.
But it makes a nice pen.
I can see from the picture I could have gone a bit thinner in the centre but seeing the casting was 4 sticks and if I went any further I was going to lose the sticks pattern.
Peter
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15th June 2013, 04:47 PM #2SENIOR MEMBER
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amazing
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15th June 2013, 06:30 PM #3
howdy doody Pete
nice looking blank, has great possibilities
looks like those long skinny not pine cone things that are about 12" long, my best description, i think someone once told that it was a Norfolk Pine Tree (not sure)
if you were worried about losing the design by turning further, then just by rounding the center parts of the blanks would have made it look much better, the biggest problem i see is that it has those sharp edges near the center band and the small flat section that can be seen that is not polished like the rest of the pen
i hope you take this as constructive for future
all the best
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15th June 2013, 07:03 PM #4
No troubles MIK,
The bands are 11.3mm and I think I stopped at 12mm.
thought a half mil on each side would not be noticeable.
But once you see the picture it looks a lot more noticeable than when in the hand.
I may still take apart and clean up those ends.
Yeah those are the things, 12 inch long stretched out pine cones, about half inch thick.
I cast it with 4 sticks in the mould so the tube actually runs runs down the centre of the 4.
the turning took most of the 4 away and I was getting to the last part of the sticks.
Actually when I cut the ends of the blank the pattern there was just as nice.
Peter
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15th June 2013, 08:02 PM #5Skwair2rownd
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Bugger!! Damnation!! Bother and blow!!
Dream stealer!! They are Norfolk island pine fronds. I have been thinking of casting those for years!!!
Trouble is I don't have any casting gear!!!!
Congrats all the same. That is a cracker of a cast!!
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15th June 2013, 08:05 PM #6
if you try it again with these not pine cones(sounds like a good name for them), i would try it with 5 in the one mold, 4 in the center and one in the middle up side down in comparison to the other 4, they should interlock, which will give more of the texture
they would probably be good chopped into small piece and thrown into the mold as well, alas, so many possibilities and so little time
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15th June 2013, 11:22 PM #7Skwair2rownd
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16th June 2013, 11:00 PM #8
Re: Who needs segmented turning when mother nature does it better
Wow mate thats is a awesome pen love the look of it
Ian
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16th June 2013, 11:51 PM #9
Looks good .
Yes NIP fronds, similar to the ones I cast a few years back (https://www.woodworkforums.com/f69/cast-nip-fron-109125/), but yours seam lighter and perhaps not as old.Neil____________________________________________Every day presents an opportunity to learn something new
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