Thread: What ya can do with free stuff

Good score Jude, that came up nicely

No offence Jude but that shape reminds me of Mr Hankey!

nice shape but as a personal preference don't like kitchen stuff reminds me of work...but you did good with it

good job
Toni

Hmmm... I don't mean to sound critical, but I think you assembled it upside down! :eek: Can you imagine how it'd look the other way around?

Good job with the Corian, it's a bit harder to turn than acrylics, quicker to melt. Pity you're on the other side of the big water, I'd love to see what you'd come up with if you were in the pen swap.

How many pens can you make out of a whole bench top?:eek:

cheers

corian countertop

:confused: pardon my ignorance, what is corian? I've seen it mentioned a few time time, have worked out that it is some type of synthetic and now know it is harder than acrylic. Help me out ...:confused:

JD

It's the plastic they use for imitation marble benchtops.

Corian is actually a brand-name, and there's a few slightly different materials from other manufacturers, but I (and most people I know) call all of 'em corian.

imitation marble benchtops

thanks for that - I'd imagine they must have reasonable depth, not just a laminated bit.

JD

i wonder if they burn well with lots of toxic fumes?

The one thing about living in a cave is that it was pretty fireproof. Things have gone downhill since we left, except that the pens have gotten more interesting though can one hold them to write with?

Originally Posted by Touchwood

thanks for that - I'd imagine they must have reasonable depth, not just a laminated bit.

Normally it's only 12 or 15mm or something. Unles I run out to the shed with calipers in hand, I can't say for sure. I'e seen thicker pieces, but they're unusual... and I believe way more expensive. Dearer enough the the place I get my offcuts laminates two pieces together for the thicker bits instead of buying the thick stuff.

Originally Posted by tashammer

i wonder if they burn well with lots of toxic fumes?

Yes. It takes a bit to get 'em started though.

The one thing about living in a cave is that it was pretty fireproof. Things have gone downhill since we left, except that the pens have gotten more interesting though can one hold them to write with?

Said the man who lived in a cave in a coal-face. I still prefer to use a good thick stick to write with, pens keep getting stuck in the clay. And how can I make nice neat cuneiforms when these pen things keep leaving blots? [sigh]

soundman a peice for a splash back at about 77mm and 1m long ya can get about 12 to 15 blanks. Most of the corian is about 1/2" or 13mm thick so ya have to glue the halves together/\/\/\ MAKE SHURE YA GLUE THE UNFINISHED SIDES OR THE GLUE WILL NOT TAKE/\/\/\ then ya have to squar the blank to 3/4" or 19mm on all 4. So ya wind up with a hole bunch of slivers. I got a bag of them just waiting for inspration.
Skew it would look good backwards nice job!!!
Touchwood the nice thing about this stuff is the color goes all the way through. It takes nice to a sque chissel and hardly no polish/\/\/ I use renaissance wax /\/\/
Jude

13mm..... i'd get a pen out of that. you just have to be realy carefull about drilling.

Big fat blanks I just hand hold.... skinny stuff I do in a drill press vice.

cheers

Originally Posted by soundman

13mm..... i'd get a pen out of that. you just have to be realy carefull about drilling.

Just. No room for fancy beads & coving, but it makes for a nice slimline.

The good thing is it's homogenous, no grain... so wandering drill bits aren't usually a problem. So long as you can drill straight in the first place, of course.

Colours seem to be around a half inch,white is thicker the local dealer here in Canberra once told me he would sell me offcuts search fee 40 dollars and some outrageous price per square foot and visits the factory in the U.S.A on a regular basis.Muttered all the way out his door found some and made thirty or so and in a display case showed them to his wife one day,she went delerious and wanted to buy them all.I told her that her husband had said you cant use it for pens etc you need special saws and so on and by the way they are not for sale.Since made a lot and now use pin jaws in the lathe to drill them and small wood pieces.
The drill I only use is called a De Walt Extreme 2,HSS-G,7mm.
It is 109mm overall length,66mm cutting part,has an integrated drill point in the centre and quite economical and long lasting with hex cuts on the shaft ti remove turning at the grip end whilst drilling dead finish or such timbers,break out is now almost a thing of the past.