Tools and materials I propose:
I made this little begleri out of iroko wood and epoxy resin. I also used a piece of leather as a cord.
I used a scrap pine piece to make my mold.
I mounted the piece between centers on the lathe and turned it true with the bowl gouge.
You can make the tenon for the chuck with the skew chisel.
Hollow your mold with forstner bits. First decrease the speed of the lathe. Then start with a small bit and increase the size of your bit as you move on. Use a depth gauge to check how far in you’ve gone.
After my mold was ready, I turned an iroko dowel on the lathe to fit in my mold.
Use a chisel to split the iroko dowel in half. To give it more character you can use a V carving chisel.
Next glue the iroko piece on the mold to keep it from floating in the resin.
The resin I used was one part A and one part B. I added 4 drops of transparent orange dye. I should have used less dye, because I wanted it more transparent.
Mix the resin good and pour it into the mold. It’s supposed to be a self degassing resin but I used a lighter to pop some bubbles.
After a few days, the resin cured and I mounted it on the lathe to turn it.
I shaped my begleri with flat chisels as scrapers. I also made the cord hole on the lathe.
Do as much sanding as you can on the lathe. Start at 100grit and move your way up to 1000. Above 500 wet sand with mineral oil.
Use the parting tool to part the pieces off. Continue with hand sanding.
Final step a good buff with buffing wheels mounted on the lathe.
My begleri came out nice. I would prefer it be more transparent and with fewer bubbles, but that was it.
See you soon with a new project video.
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