Inlace blanks thread?

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Ok guys, I know I've been off line for sometime...but I can't find a thread related to making my own inlace blanks. I hate turning the acrylic stuff, but I love to work with inlace. I need to make a few "special" blanks otherwise I would have Ryan at Woodturningz make me a square. Has anyone written a step by step that I have missed? I'm pretty sure I just mix the inlace like I would for anything else...enough hardner but not to much to make it too brittle.... but what can I use for the mold? Would the silicone molds work? Anyone out there making their own?
 
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"Inlace" is just a polyester resin manufactured by Reichhold Chemicals. The actual resin family trade name is Polylite.

You can use anything for a mold that one can use for casting any other polyester blanks in. Silicone molds, cut up cutting poly cuttingboards, latex...
 
There are several articles in the library outlining how to cast blanks. You will find the article by Richard Greenwald to be very helpful. Also, there is another article on making molds using silicone caulking. The mold article was written by Serge from Australia. Actually, there are many interesting articles in our library.
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Don


Ok guys, I know I've been off line for sometime...but I can't find a thread related to making my own inlace blanks. I hate turning the acrylic stuff, but I love to work with inlace. I need to make a few "special" blanks otherwise I would have Ryan at Woodturningz make me a square. Has anyone written a step by step that I have missed? I'm pretty sure I just mix the inlace like I would for anything else...enough hardner but not to much to make it too brittle.... but what can I use for the mold? Would the silicone molds work? Anyone out there making their own?
 
I wish I could get their salesman to call me back. They don't want to
hear from me unless I'm buying 44,000 gallons.. :eek:

You can get it through Composites One out of Texas. You may have to call that particular branch though, some of the sales offices won't even check the computer inventory to see what is available throughout the country.
 
Hey Don, I was so glad to see that article on making molds with silicone. It looks so easy. I will look in library again for an article on inlace, I must of missed it.
 
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