First casting

[Hwlittmann]

I've had an interest in casting and segmenting blanks since the moment I signed up on this site. The things y'all have done are purely astounding to me and I wanted to join your ranks. This past weekend I cast my first blank, which might be the first of it's kind. I've never seen any blanks like this before and wanted to know if I was the first to try this. I casted it with Castin' Craft Polyresin and a page from a book we're reading in school. I had to improvise and use a very crude system for casting (pvc, wine cork, hook screw, large straw, cookie sheet) but it seemed to work out pretty okay.

 

[Harley2001]

Nice job hope to see it when you get it done.

 

[magpens]

Good for you .... interesting idea !!! Hope to see the finished pen !! BTW, what's the big hook for ???

 

[BSea]

Very nicely done. Your not the 1st to do vertical tube in casting. But your the 1st one I know who did it for their 1st cast. Good Job! :good:

 

[Hwlittmann]

Good for you .... interesting idea !!! Hope to see the finished pen !! BTW, what's the big hook for ???

I was rushing and couldn't find a corkscrew to get the cork out of the bottom of the tube so I improvised:biggrin:

 

[tomtedesco]

Don't know if it will work until you give it a try, looks like you are off to a great start.

 

[79spitfire]

Great idea, in tube casting in PVC!

 

[maxwell_smart007]

Oh, the poor student who reads the book after you - you'll have to glue your pen to the book now!

(we English teachers cringe when we hear of books cut apart - even for noble causes!)

I've certainly seen blanks with words, but most of those have been made with stickers or printed acetate - I don't know that paper pages have been used often, perhaps because they tend to wrinkle when you glue them down.

Necessity is truly the mother of invention - good effort on the casting. Hopefully you didn't end up with too many bubbles in the casting; sometimes that can result when one pours Casting Craft without a vibrating machine.