Turned Glass...NOT EVEN!!!
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edstreet
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you casting ice cubes again?
plantman
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"an experiment of sorts", is a little nondiscriptive !! If it's not a trade secret, could you broaden our horizons a little on what you did? Looks realy interesting. Jim S
buttonsHT
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Meth crystals from Breaking Bad? haha
Marnat3
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cast bubble wrap!
jyreene
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Can it hold threads?
wayneryan65
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What I did
This was actually small saphire looking acrylic diamonds that my wife picked up at a craft store. I first cast them in Alumilite but I should have known that Alumilite will not bond to certain things including itself. So I cast some more in PR with a little white pearl (just a little) and put it under pressure at 80psi. When I cut it I noticed that the heat affected the acrylic as if it was plexi glass. The first piece I drilled I had to drill with water to cool down the blanks. It turned really well with a sharp skew and I didnt sand it at all. I just micro meshed it and finished it of with novus 2. The look of this thing in person resembles crushed glass. I havnt made a pen out of it but thats coming next. Thanks everyone
This was actually small saphire looking acrylic diamonds that my wife picked up at a craft store. I first cast them in Alumilite but I should have known that Alumilite will not bond to certain things including itself. So I cast some more in PR with a little white pearl (just a little) and put it under pressure at 80psi. When I cut it I noticed that the heat affected the acrylic as if it was plexi glass. The first piece I drilled I had to drill with water to cool down the blanks. It turned really well with a sharp skew and I didnt sand it at all. I just micro meshed it and finished it of with novus 2. The look of this thing in person resembles crushed glass. I havnt made a pen out of it but thats coming next. Thanks everyone