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Turning Alternative Materials And Casting
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Description
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All Skill Levels - Go beyond the traditional wooden pen to making a pen from almost anything in sight – acrylics, feathers, steam punk, postage stamps, carbon fiber, and antler.
Part 1:
Topics include the entire process from blank selection or creation, drilling, coloring, gluing, turning, finishing, and assembly. Single-tool turning techniques for making the perfect cut on acrylic and not chipping out.
Part 2:
Do-it-yourself casting - the fun and creativity of making your own blanks. From postage stamps, carbon fiber, pictures, worthless wood, to the Steam Punk Mickey Mouse Crushed Penny pen.
Very interactive. Strong PowerPoint with additional visuals and hands on.
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Details
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Alternative Material Turning
- Choose A Blank
- Drilling
- Using Jigs
- Gluing
- Finishing The Ends
- Assembly
Types Of Materials
- Acrylic Blanks
- Acrylester Blanks
- Deer Antler
- Coffee Beans
- Leather
- Denim
- Mother Of Pearl
- Aluminum
- Polymer Clay
- Bullets
- Snake Skins
- Half Wood / Half Plastic
- Wood
- Feathers
- PVC Pipe
Cutting Sequence (Different From Wood)
- “Pressure” side to side NOT inward
- Rough Cuts
- Round Down
- Work The Ends
Sand
Tools (40 Degree Swept back)
Demo
Enhancing
- Painting The Tubes (Demo)
- Inlays
- Deer Antler
- Moose Antler
- Buffing and use of wax
Steps To Improve Finishing
Casting - Ideas
- Stamps
- Stickers
- Carbon Fiber
- Snake Skin
- Watch Parts
- Alligator Jaw Bone
- Feathers
- Abalone
- Crushed Penny
Clear Casting Techniques
- Safety Is A Must
- Sample Blanks
- Material
- Using Silmar 41
- Molds
Steam Punk Penny Blank
Blanks Preparation
- Aluminum / Copper Tape
- Riveting
- Ebonizing
- Bending The Penny
Casting
Turning And Finishing
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