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29th November 2013, 10:13 PM #1Deceased
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Some of my recent Corian turnings.
As mentioned in my workshop upgrade posts I have been doing some more turnings. Here are some of my Corian turning efforts.
The first are my red/white/blue, being the colours of the Dutch flag, laminated turnings. It is based on the concept of Dennis Keeling from his book on segmented turning.
Squares of Corian are glued together to form a cube, which is cut diagonally on the band saw to give two turning blanks. This way gives rather interesting patterns making each look quite different.
Rather fiddly to cut to reasonable turning blanks as all the cuts need supporting in a cradle to make it safe.
So the first photos are the two bowls
Attachment 295311 and Attachment 295309
and the obligatory bottom views.
Attachment 295310 and Attachment 295312
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Peter.
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29th November 2013, 10:19 PM #2Deceased
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Lime green bowl.
As I have a bit of thick lime green Corian and thin white Corian I laminated them to make this bowl. Fairly thick and heavy but still interesting. Still working on what are suitable shapes and thicknesses for the Corian as it is quite different from wood.
Attachment 295313 and Attachment 295314
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Peter.
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Still playing with the Lime green/white.
Preparing the lamination's for the bowl I cut of more then I needed so I made a small desk top container for paperclips etc.
This was more fun to do then the big bowl.
Attachment 295315 and Attachment 295316
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Peter.
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29th November 2013, 10:23 PM #4
Peter they look fantastic prefer the colours of the RWB the segmenting is brilliant no glue lines to be seen on either 2nd edited to add and the third one looks very retro 50's
Good to see alternative materials used.Last edited by wheelinround; 29th November 2013 at 10:25 PM. Reason: Because Peter Posted a 3rd pic
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Today's effort. Trio of red/white/black trinket holder.
Finally today's effort. I made three red/white/black small trinket holders.
My friend, the Corian supplier, has a daughter in law and niece who are mad keen one eyed Saints supporters. So each Christmas I make something for him to give them as a Christmas present in the St Kilda colours being red/white/black. Previous years I made pendants and armbands so this year the small trinkets holders and I will keep one for my collection.
Attachment 295317 and Attachment 295318
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Peter.
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29th November 2013, 10:43 PM #6
Peter, I saw this before, I think.
I really do like this laminated work, surprisingly beautiful.
Corian is a product of DuPont isn't it.
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29th November 2013, 10:50 PM #7Deceased
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Ad,
Thanks Ad, but you are confused with some earlier Corian turnings I posted, like the red/green/black square bowl and ball and the black/white bowl .
These ones I have only done during the last month and Corian is made by DuPont. It is a rather expense benchtop type of material and I'm lucky to have found a regular supplier of of cuts.
Peter.
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Thanks for the kind comments.
The glue I use is medium density CA glue. As one side of Corian is already polished I rough it up by lightly sandpapering with 240/320 grit before glue up. After glueing I clamp it firm but not too tight that I squeeze out all the glue and then leave it for a couple days to fully cure. If you don't do that it's likely to separate during turning.
Because on large jobs you have to work very fast with CA glue I usually do it in segments, so a glue up could take a week before it's ready to turn.
Peter.
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30th November 2013, 09:53 AM #11
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Striking and creative work Peter.
Cheers, Ern
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30th November 2013, 08:29 PM #13
Very eye catching indeed. Look forward to seeing them hopefully on the weekend
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