casting moulds

[penmantoo]

g'day,i have been making pens good and bad for many years and over the past three have been concentrating on clear casting using epoxy clear casting or laminating resin it can be a pain in the butt especially when the weather is lousy ,but i use a vacuum tank @23inches of vacuum .my moulds are silicon made from my own pattern 60mm long and 20mm diam i use a turned mandrel to fit the tube of the pensize inserted into the mould when the resin is bubble free usually 20mins i pour in the resin then insert the photo that i have previously wound around a spindle 1/2mm larger than the pen tube . the carrier of my mould is actually a piece of electrial conduit 70mm long with a cap on each end with a hole in them to keep the mandrel centered in the mould i hope this makes sense typing is not my forte.email me if i may assist

 

[Curly]

I think I follow. Pictures would show the steps and make your process easier to understand.

 

[penmantoo]

G'DAYPETE not aproblem i willtake photos and post them the resin iuse comes from the US itis sold out here and called" solid solutions606clear casting resin they have a web site www solidsolutions.com.au look them up for the specs on the product it also does not shrink like PR and polishes better i use w&d paper up 1200 and finish with a mixture of toothpaste and brasso on a cloth its also twice the price of PR but like anything you get what you pay for regards Max