Thread: Miniature Corian vase.

Lovely green Peter.

Your getting good with this Corian, how are you finding it to turn? Tool wear? Re-grinding? finishing?

Now you've gone and done it. You'll have to turn a bunch of miniature flowers to fill it!

Originally Posted by wheelinround

Lovely green Peter.

Your getting good with this Corian, how are you finding it to turn? Tool wear? Re-grinding? finishing?

Thanks Ray.

Turning Corian is very similar to turning acrylics as it's a kind of plastic. But you have to be very careful until it's roughed down to round as it's very easy to chip and break segments of it doing so.

Once it's round you can get very fine shavings of the tools as I start sanding with 400 followed by 600 and 800 grits dry and then polish it with the wet MM system.

I mainly use a collection of round nose scrapers, bedans and parting tools. I tried using gouges and skews but found they didn't work well. Tool wear is minimal as I need to re sharpen the same as working with wood and in any case I made them myself using the HSS blanks from Gary Pye.

When gluing pieces together I rough the smooth sides with 180 grit and use the medium CA without accelerator and leave it clamped up to cure for at least 24 hours. You can cut , drill and rout it the same as wood.


Peter.

Originally Posted by dr4g0nfly

Now you've gone and done it. You'll have to turn a bunch of miniature flowers to fill it!

Don't do flowers but may be Springwater can do them for me.


Peter.

Thanks Peter for in depth

That's a little beauty Peter, pretty harmonious shape you got going there. I've wondered if you turning lot ever made vases but more of wood, though that Corian has potential. How about a laminated multi-coloured stacker

Originally Posted by springwater

How about a laminated multi-coloured stacker

Any particular colour combination for that.


Peter.

Originally Posted by Sturdee

Any particular colour combination for that.
Peter.

All of them, go wild