Hybrid blank casting

[Gizmo3k]

Just wondering, what do you need to cast hybrid blanks? Is vacuum required? Can it be done with PR, or do you need to use PU?

I know casting hybrids is almost certainly more difficult than it looks, but I fancy a shot at it sometime. I don't have a vacuum or pressure pot, at the moment the only casting I have done has been into PVC pipes, although I am making a block mold soon.

Thanks

Alan

 

[Penpal]

Care is required to get the amalgum solid look forward to seeing your results. Good luck.

Peter.

 

[scouseroy]

I have done a few with pr its much harder to turn as more brittle but the most important thing is to get the wood dry not just air dry ..bone dry .. I use a microwave to get as much moisture out as possible . Good luck

 

[Bill Mooney]

Thanks for the info Roy.

 

[Penpal]

Roy thats a first time I heard that as well thanks.

Peter.

 

[Gizmo3k]

I have done a few with pr its much harder to turn as more brittle but the most important thing is to get the wood dry not just air dry ..bone dry .. I use a microwave to get as much moisture out as possible . Good luck

Thanks Roy,

Did you use vacuum?

 

[wm460]

I have done a few with pr its much harder to turn as more brittle but the most important thing is to get the wood dry not just air dry ..bone dry .. I use a microwave to get as much moisture out as possible . Good luck

I found the best way to dry wood is to leave it out in the sun.

 

[Penpal]

I found the best way to dry wood is to leave it out in the sun.

Unfair advantage most of our sun ends up at yours in the winter Mark.

Peter.

 

[Gizmo3k]

I found the best way to dry wood is to leave it out in the sun.

Sun... sun.... Oh, I remember that! Bright shiny thing in the sky, isn't it?