cactus

Scored 275 salted Sycamore blanks and now starting a marathon session to get everything stabilized. Using my high tec pickle jar stabilizing pot and Cactus Juice. I bake the blanks at 150 overnight to assure 0% moisture. It's going to take a while.

I am looking at a vacuum chamber for degassing resin and stabalising wood with Cactus Juice. I'm sure I have read somewhere that Cactus Juice is not compatible with a vac chamber with a perspex cover and I will need a chamber with a glass cover. Any experience and advice on what kit to look...

I did some work for a customer on the CNC machine some time ago where they supplied the wood, Elm in this case & some of it was Elm Bur, I was able to make some blanks from the scrap & turned a few pens but quite a bit of it was to soft to be able to do anything with as it was. I looked at using...

Just finishes making my DIY vacuum chamber - now to get some Cactus Juice and start stabilising. All done for under £200. Used Robinair Vacuum pump, Vintage glass sweetie jar, fittings and hose from ebay, Sheet of rubber for gasket (All from Ebay)Sample piece of Corian (Free!). Tested tonight...

Hi all as the title says a BMPK wraped in Cholla cactus and resin....blank from Classic nibs in the US.

I've just had a email from Metalclay with revised/reduced prices for there Alumilite Clear & Cactus Juice The prices are looking pretty keen to me now :thinks:

I had a go at doing a part dye stabilisation. I placed the blanks vertically in some dye and stabilising resin, and let capillary action draw it up to a bout a third. I then stabilised in cactus juice. The red didn't go a deep as I thought, but it is a start at adding a little interest into the...