Σε αυτό το video φτιάχνω ένα jig για να φτιάχνω έκκεντρα ξύλινα κόσμηματα, στον ξυλότορνο. In this video I make a jig for making eccentric jewellery on the wood lathe.
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In this video I make a pendant inspired by ammonite fossils. I made it out of a sea snail shell and epoxy resin.
First of all I hot glued the shell on a base to keep it steady. I used a scrap piece from a woodturning project.
I then filled the shell with resin and de-gassed it in the vacuum chamber.
I tried turning it on the lathe but it was too hard to turn.
So I decided it to sand it as much as possible. Then I used a diamond disc on my rotary tool to cut off a slice. I used water to cool the piece down. I then choosed the most interesting piece.
I sanded from 100 to 320. Then I wet sanded from 400 to 1000. I polished it with my polishing pads and finally I buffed it.
I used my metal lathe to make a brass ring, I added a leather stripe and my pendant was ready. I think it came out really beautiful.
But that was it. See you soon with a new project video.
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In this video I make two pendants. One out of birch plywood and one out of mahogany. On both I used my 3D carving machine to carve an owl. I then filled the owl element with fluorescent epoxy resin and used my woodturning lathe to turn them round. I also used my mini machinist's lathe to make brass hangers for both pendants.
First of all I created my vector design of the owl and imported it into Easel. Easel is the on line software my CNC uses. So I set up my project and started carvingthe design on my CNC machine. Note that on my design I have added a swallow circle. This will only act as reference so I can centre the piece on the lathe later on.
When I finished, I lightly sanded the burrs left over from the router.
Then I used my hot glue gun to add a ring fo glue around my design. This would help me later on while I pour the resin.
Next I prepared some resin and added my fluorescent pigment. I degassed the resin in the vacuum chamber. I poured the resin and let it sit for a few minutes. Then I used a lighter to remove the bubbles from the surface.
I cut the pieces round on the bandsaw and then I sanded them flush with my reference circle.
I mounted the pieces on the lathe using my bowl bottom flat jaws. I used a pencil to create some reference circles on the bottom of the pendants. I then epoxied the pendants on a wood block. As you can see the circles really help to centrethem easily.
I used a round scraper and a round carbide cutting tool to shape my pendants.
I sanded dry from 100 to 300 grit. Then I wet sanded with mineral oil until 1000. Finally I used fine and super fine abrasive paste to polish the pieces.
I parted the pieces off the lathe and then I reversed chucked them using my flat jaws again.
Finally I made two hangers out of brass on my mini machinist’s lathe. The first one was a ring.I cut the ring open with my Jeweller’s saw and then I soldered it back using a small torch lighter. I then made the second hanger and epoxied it in place.
My pendants came out really nice. It was a really interesting project. I hope you’ll enjoy it too. But that was it see you soon with a new project video.
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In this video I create a pendant out of a pine cone and epoxy resin. This project was mostly woodturning but I also used my mini machinist's lathe to make a small brass hanger.
I begun by sanding the pine cone on my belt sander. I did this to fit the cone into the mold better. I used a small wood block and a rubber band to keep the cone from floating into the resin.
I mixed my resin and added a drop of green pigment.Then I degassed the resin in the vacuum chamber.
I like to keep small blocks of wood that fit my chuck from my old turning projects. So I used a block like that to glue the blank on and then turned it on the lathe.
Most of the turning for this project was done with a round scraper which worked really nicely with resin.
I dry sanded from 100grit to 320. Then I wet sanded with soap water from 400 to 1000grit. I used fine and super fine abrasive pastes for the polishing. To use the paste I set my lathe at it’s lowest speed and used a paper towel. When the paper does not catch paste anymore I am done.
I then parted the piece off the lathe and used my bowl bottom cleaning jaws to clear and polish the other side of the pendant.
Finally I did the final polishing with my buffing wheel system.
I made a small brass hanger with my mini machinist’s lathe. I then epoxied the hanger in place and my pendant was ready.
It came out really nice but that was it. See you soon with a new project video.
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In this video I show you tools and techniques relative to metal casting. I show you how to make a crucible, wooden frames for your sand molds, metal you can easily cast and finally how to make your molds. It is a really interesting and creative process. I hope you'll enjoy it.
First of all I made a crucible out of fire brick mortar. I mixed the mortar with water and cast it into a yoghurt cup. I removed the bubbles by hitting it onto my bench. Then I placed a plastic ball in the centre. I let it sit for a few days and my crucible was ready. These kind of crucibles will last for a few meltdown sessions. To help the liquid metal pour a little easier I added a small lip on the crucible with my rotary tool.
Then I made a metal handle using a threaded rod and a metal stripe. I also turned a handle on the lathe out of beech wood. I drilled a pilot hole and then screwed the handle in place.
I then cut some pieces of plywood on the table saw to make frames for the sand. I glued and nailed the boxes sides together. I also added screws.
Then I cut my box in half and nailed the matching blocks in place. I then flattened everything with a large sanding block. I drilled holes for dowels. I used dowel marking pins to locate the meeting holes. I also painted the sides. This helps a bit with the alignment.
I found that die cast cars are made from the ideal metal for home made castings. It melts easily and it dries hard enough.
To make my sand mold I first added baby powder to my model. This will help me to release it from the mold later on. I add some sand on top and then I press the sand with a piece of wood.
I place the next frame on top.This time I used a copper pipe to make a funnel and a drill bit to create an air release pipe.
Then I broke the two parts apart and created the groove that would connect all the chambers of the mold. I removed the model and closed the mold with clamps.
Finally I melted some metal with a propane torch and poured it into the mold. It’s good to use firebricks as a base in order to prevent your bench from burning.
You can remove the burned sand and reuse the sand for more castings.
It takes some effort to make the proper mold for each model but it’s a really fun process.
But that was it, see you soon with a new project video.
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I made my ring using clear casting resin and niangon wood.
First of all I had to break my wood on the vise. I pressed it against a few metal parts. I found that if you break the piece from both sides, you get a nice broken edge for this kind of job.
Then I mixed some resin and coated the picks on my wood. I let it dry over night and the next I was ready for my casting. At this point the first layer of resin was not fully cured, so the two layers will bond really nicely.
I mixed my resin and degassed it on the vacuum chamber.
In a plastic mold I secured the wood with tape so it can’t float in the resin. Then I poured the resin into the mold. I degassed it again on the vacuum chamber.
I used a fosrtner bit to make the hole for the finger. Then I cut the ring on the bandsaw and roughly shaped it on the belt sander.
I sanded the ring starting at 100 grit all the way up at 1000. At 320 I begun sanding with mineral oil.I then used my micro mesh sanding pads which go from 1500 to 12000 grit.
Finally I buffed the ring on my buffing wheels. The wheels were mounted on the lathe.
This was my first ring and I am really happy with the way it came out. It’s not perfect but it was a really rewarding process to make it.
But that was it, I hope you liked this one because that was it, see you soon with a new project video.
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