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14th December 2014, 03:50 PM #1GOLD MEMBER
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wood and resin offset pendants
G'day
Here's some pendants I made based on Brendan Stemp's video.
Initially I tried using polyester resin but I gave up on that as there was too weak adhesion between resin and wood. I then swapped to epoxy resin.
I changed the method a bit from Brendans . I found it easier to drill the offset on the lathe .I prepared my blank as an 80mm square cross section bit of timber and mounted it my chuck with a spacer about 4mm thick on two adjacent sides to make the offset, then bored my recess with a 21/8" forstner .I then took it out of the chuck and parted off the end on my table saw about a mm thicker than the depth of the recess .I then mounted the parted off end back in my chuck ,turned over the other way , but without the offset and hot melt glued on a tennon.
I glued in the inclusions with 5 minute epoxy then poured in the epoxy resin and left them in the preasure pot overnight.
Next day I turned off the corners then drilled the hole for the cord on the drill press ,then turned the face of the pendant to a slight dome , sanded to 600,coated with CA and finished sanding with micromesh and EEE . I then mounted the finished surface on a pendant chuck usind double sided tape as described in a video by Dan Douthant .
I parted off the tennon on the glue line and finished as above .I hope you find this of interest and thanks to Brendan and Dan for their videos.
Ted
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14th December 2014, 03:55 PM #2
Good stuff, any chance of taking a couple of WIP shots the next time you do one?
Cliff.
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14th December 2014, 04:29 PM #3
They look great, Ted.
Particularly the one with the little purple flowers in it. (What are they?)
I haven't watched Brendan's resin vids yet. I have a long way to go before I start playing with that sort of thing. I've watched most of his others, though. A wealth of knowledge and tips.... Steve
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14th December 2014, 08:36 PM #4
Nice work, they look great
Neil____________________________________________Every day presents an opportunity to learn something new
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15th December 2014, 09:38 AM #5
They are very nice Ted, excellent job....
JimSometimes in the daily challenges that life gives us, we miss what is really important...
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21st December 2014, 04:46 PM #6GOLD MEMBER
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Thanks for the comments
Cliff. I have a sale coming up and if there is sufficient interest in these and I decide to make some more ,I will try to remember to take a few photos along the way.
Hermit.The flowers are artificial . I experimented with drying flowers ,which is quite easy in the microwave , but they tend to become very brittle and loose their colour . Artificial flowers are so so realistic nowadays , so I decided that was the way to go .
Ted
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3rd January 2015, 06:54 AM #7
Excellent work Ted. They look beautiful. I hope we get to see more of what you do with this idea. The handful that I have done have proved popular.
Have jsut arrived back from a cyber free 3week holiday to see what you had posted.
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3rd January 2015, 04:04 PM #9GOLD MEMBER
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Thanks Brendan .
I'me now investigating embeding insects . I thing something like christmas beatles or those big blue and black weavils would look good .
Ted
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