GaryMadore
Member
I'm looking for someone to cast a couple of special blanks for me. I'll jump right into the background first:
A friend of mine died (cancer) at 41 years of age. He worked (security) at the Bank of Canada and so had access to the shredded money - and I can get my hands on some of the stash that he brought home for his family.
I would like to make pens for his mother, father, and sister - and I was thinking (OK, OK, LOML suggested it to me) that turning some pens made with the shredded cash that he gave to them would be perfect.
So, what I'm asking is if someone would be willing to cast shredded money *that I supply* into blanks for me.
The number of blanks (I need enough to make a minimum of three pens, but would be willing to commission more if required to make it worth your while), and the type of kits the blanks are designed for (I'm thinking Lee Valley's Cigar kit (link below)) are negotiable. I'll even supply the tubes, just to ensure that there's no chance of a cross-kit/cross-border mistake.
http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=1&p=53435&cat=1,330,43243,53758
So, anyone want to help me out?
Thanks in advance,
Cheers!
Gary
P.S. I'm not trying to sweeten the deal, or steer it in any particular direction, but if someone already provides cast blanks (coffee beans, animal patterns, snake skin, for example) and I'm already paying for shipping, I'll probably order some other stuff as well.
A friend of mine died (cancer) at 41 years of age. He worked (security) at the Bank of Canada and so had access to the shredded money - and I can get my hands on some of the stash that he brought home for his family.
I would like to make pens for his mother, father, and sister - and I was thinking (OK, OK, LOML suggested it to me) that turning some pens made with the shredded cash that he gave to them would be perfect.
So, what I'm asking is if someone would be willing to cast shredded money *that I supply* into blanks for me.
The number of blanks (I need enough to make a minimum of three pens, but would be willing to commission more if required to make it worth your while), and the type of kits the blanks are designed for (I'm thinking Lee Valley's Cigar kit (link below)) are negotiable. I'll even supply the tubes, just to ensure that there's no chance of a cross-kit/cross-border mistake.
http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=1&p=53435&cat=1,330,43243,53758
So, anyone want to help me out?
Thanks in advance,
Cheers!
Gary
P.S. I'm not trying to sweeten the deal, or steer it in any particular direction, but if someone already provides cast blanks (coffee beans, animal patterns, snake skin, for example) and I'm already paying for shipping, I'll probably order some other stuff as well.
