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Resin and acrylic

Garno

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Is there a difference between resin and acrylic?

Is one more brittle than the other? (I suspect that is the case)

Do we treat them the same whilst drilling and turning them?

Finally is it easy/possible to see the difference between acrylic and resin blanks just by looking at them? (Apart from those done by Mr Resin that has "Mr Resin" indented on one side:funny: )
 
flexi

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Tbh I am not sure, I take it as a generic term.... There are soooooo many resins/ acrylics... Some require pressure pots to be bubble free, some don't, some have a thermal catalist ie generate heat when curing.... I honestly don't know enough about this other than I know what I like to turn....
You are correct that some blanks can be easier/softer to turn and produce wonderful white ribbons and then things like inlace are bullet hard and produce nothing more than dust and tiny fragments.....
All you can do is find what you like and try to stick with it:thinks::thinks:
 
Garno

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flexi said:
Tbh I am not sure, I take it as a generic term.... There are soooooo many resins/ acrylics... Some require pressure pots to be bubble free, some don't, some have a thermal catalist ie generate heat when curing.... I honestly don't know enough about this other than I know what I like to turn....
You are correct that some blanks can be easier/softer to turn and produce wonderful white ribbons and then things like inlace are bullet hard and produce nothing more than dust and tiny fragments.....
All you can do is find what you like and try to stick with it:thinks::thinks:
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Thanks for that Mark, I think those inlace are my least favourite but they do produce a great finish if you get that far without them breaking :sob:
 
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