Introduction: Banksia Nut Epoxy Cast
An attempt at casting a Banksia Nut in Epoxy, for cutting into scales.
Step 1: Clean and Wash
Heated in oven to kill all biology (they come from Australia!)
Mechanical clean and high pressure wash. Heated in oven again for 24h to dry completely.
Step 2: Stabilize
Stabilize using a vacuum chamber
Step 3:
Create mould.
In retrospect, do not use wood in a vacuum chamber,...
Step 4: Prepare Epoxy
Step 5: Vacate Epoxy
Vacate the air from the epoxy, and chambers in the nut.
3 Comments
4 years ago
Interesting project, it turned out nice.
4 years ago
This is really slick. Will you be using the scales for knife handles? I bet they'll be gorgeous all polished up!
Reply 4 years ago
Thanks. I was planning on using them for a magnetic dice tower.
Just need to find a way to polish both the wood and the epoxy.