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I have been experimenting with carbon fibre pen blanks and decided to try painting on resin to seal them, but I didn't fancy turning the tube by hand until the resin had set, so I made this jig to do it for me! Questions and comments welcome.
I'm just in the process of trying out this Stabilising Resin from Bruce @ Packrats & was wondering if anyone else has used this before & what they thought of it? and how it compares to Cactus Juice & Stickfast?
Had a go at casting with the tube in place rather than drilling.
I didn't mix the resin well, it didn't seem to fully cure even after 4/5 days but it still cut OK.
The pen is a Zeta and the resin is Opti cast 100 PU. Colours by Alumilite.
Turning a pen. - YouTube
Hi all,
This is another resin that has been mentioned in another thread, so I decided to give it a go and I think it is great.
The Polytek that I have been using is good but the very short pot life is not good.
Opti cast has a 11 minute pot life which is great. It also finishes well going...
This was a nice project. I must start to colour the brass tubes when using resin. I think I could of left the resin another day before turning, it felt a little soft.
A Bell for my Bella - YouTube
Hi
This is my first post on this section.
I have learnt alot reading the posts in this section. Many thanks.
Im new to casting and have only tried Decals. I water transfer onto the barrels, seal with acrylic clear, cast in silicon moulds, and machine and polish on the lathe.
These are some...
After weeks and weeks of trying to buy some moulds from the USA and not getting anywhere, I decided to make my own!
Single pen blank mould: 5 blanks @ 20x20x150mm
Double pen blank: 3 blanks @ 20x43x150mm
Block mould: 25x150x150mm
Slimline & Sierra resin saver style moulds
I'm also...