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Just finished this. The Red and blue outside part is probably some type of Polyurethane whilst the white part is Polyester judging by the smell when I turned it. It’s made from a Ten Pin Bowling ball. The outside was sanded to 1000 grit then polished, the inside is just sanded to 120 grit to...
What have you all been doing this week and what are plans for the rest of the weekend.
Well the shed had to wait as my wood store up the top of the garden developed a leak so yesterday done a temporary repair so that when the better weather arrives I can replace the roof completley or even...
So we got a SeaShell blank on a Gunmetal Sirroco
The blank was a gift from the US and thought it about time I had a go.
1st was the drilling, made sure I gave myself extra both ends just in case, but no problems there.
Carbide tool was required, very light cut and I had it at full speed...
Hi All,
This is part 1 of 2. Hopefully I will have the pen finished mid week.
I suppose this could be classed as a double casting.
I used Opti cast 100 resin. The original cast was coloured with Orange Alumilite and Gold Pearlx.
The Forrest scene is a nail art water decal.
Cheers,
Paul...
My humble photograph 52 years ago with our Austin Freeway in the picture copied from our pic album and now 6 feet by four feet in the building for today and tomorrow. as part of the celebration of this building we built by voluntary (ours) labour, paid for in full 2 yrs after construction.We had...
This is one of the kits that Mark(Flexi) made up which I changed the clip to a rifle one I had. It was good to be able to turn something again the blank is one of my own.
The pen looks like it has a bend in the middle which I checked and when I re assembled seems to have gone(only pulled the...
I made this one a little while ago, but had left it unfinished. I finally got around to sanding (done by hand, so my least favourite part of making - hence why it had been left a while) and polishing it last night. Hand cast polyurethane resin.
Made up some more stamp pens one the Queen at the trooping of the colours one with a Perch stamp part of an order SAS ordered two ship stamps and a one ship stamp
Recent metal pens reminded me of a mail order purchase best part of 40 tys ago . This pen is one of about ten in various sizes and configuration. Made in Stainless Steel propped from rolling on the kitchen table in a hurry just now with a sewing needle. For all these years I have admired it...
Well chestnuts that is I looked in my finishing and decorating cupboard today and was greeted by this sight. And that is only part of my decorating bits as I have all of the oil paints I got the other day as well. The colmans mustard pot has ash sawdust in it I have others with all different...