The-Skint-Woodturner

Looks awesome, I will definitely be giving this a go.

Thanks for the tips, I like the idea of having a tripod base and using sand or lead in the tubes for weight.I tried to keep the base small on this one so it didn't take up desk/ worktop space.

This is awesome, great project.

Great ible, love your mascot :)

thanks for the comment, post a pic when you're done, I'd love to see how yours turns out ?

Hi, fast glass cures an amber colour but when thin it looks clear, if not with a slight tinge. You can add food colouring to change the colour but only use a tiny drop as moisture can effect the curing, you can also buy resin pigments in lots of colours if you want a particular one. I was actually a bit disappointed that it didnt keep that amber colour but now we know.You will need to go through as many grits as possible to get a good glassy finish, when you just cut it, it goes a milky white, I was going to Polish it with a buffing wheel but chose not.to as after getting to 5000 grit it looked pretty good.As far as I am aware the resin is safe to be in contact with skin, if you want to be extra safe you can finish it with a spray on sealer like spray on poly or ca glue to act as a barr...

Hi, fast glass cures an amber colour but when thin it looks clear, if not with a slight tinge. You can add food colouring to change the colour but only use a tiny drop as moisture can effect the curing, you can also buy resin pigments in lots of colours if you want a particular one. I was actually a bit disappointed that it didnt keep that amber colour but now we know.You will need to go through as many grits as possible to get a good glassy finish, when you just cut it, it goes a milky white, I was going to Polish it with a buffing wheel but chose not.to as after getting to 5000 grit it looked pretty good.As far as I am aware the resin is safe to be in contact with skin, if you want to be extra safe you can finish it with a spray on sealer like spray on poly or ca glue to act as a barrier. I hope I've answered your questions fully. the pics are test castings with food colouring in.

The last pic was an attempt to get a sunburst effect.

have you considered using this as a Base to make a carbon fibre bike, you could use them as a form so you can wrap the carbon fibre round it.

I've had some trouble finding resistors with the same values that you have in the ible, can someone point me in the right direction?

this is a really cool idea, 3d printing has always been an option for prosthetics, why not boy augmentation too. have you considered casting your 3d prosthetic and making a silicon version, that way people can still wear a plug or stretcher as the silicone is elastic.

Awesome, thanks for the tip, I have some walnut oil for wood turning so I will definitely give it a go.

I'm making this at the moment, do you have a rough estimate of how much fibre glass you need?

That's a good point, I'd also recommend that you don't rotate too much, you Don't want to get stuck in the wrong orientation.

'at least' not atheist, darn autocorrect.

I see what you mean, lots of them seem to have the offset oval or octagonal handles ( or atheist according to a quick Google image search). They are interesting knifes and I hadn't heard of them till now, thanks for sharing :)

That is awesome, if I do any batch projects I will definitely look at that.

I know it's not the best steel for the job, this was mainly a test piece, to see if I could get a decent knife using what I had to hand. For my next knife I am looking at using some 420j stainless as it better suited for the kitchen . Thanks for the advice about the bandsaw blades, I will have to look into that for some other projects. There is a steel flooring depo near me so I will ask around there for scraps.