Casting Hand Plane shavings

[ChrisN]

I don't have any equipment to cast (or make pens, for that matter - my lathe is backordered), so I have to look to other people to make my ideas come to fruition... :giggle:
Has anyone ever cast shavings from hand planing a board? At work, we offer hand planing on our table & hutch tops, and the guy that does it makes nice big, long curls of wood. So I was wondering, how they would look if they were cast and cut up into pen blanks? Did anyone ever try this? I would be interested in turning some if someone were to cast them... :wink:

 

[RMayoIII]

i've seen a video that curtis (mesquiteman) made casting shavings in alumilite. It looked awesome. i thinkl its on youtube

 

[rgbivens]

i've seen a video that curtis (mesquiteman) made casting shavings in alumilite. It looked awesome. i thinkl its on youtube

Yep... I just watched it a week or two ago. Here is a link to the video and queued up to the part where he puts the wood chips in.

Pen Blanks - YouTube

 

[pensbydesign]

i have done chips of the lathe and cast them, i would think if you use plane shaving you have to break them apart into small piece and would look the same