Would it be possible ?

Goulss · Jun 11, 2014

I know little about this casting business, would it be possible to cast some lead air gun pellets into an acrylic casting? Kind of like the coffee bean ones I have seen.

And if it is possible would someone be kind enough to do it for me if I supplied the pellets and paid for materials and time?

bassethound · Jun 11, 2014

I don't know that much either but i would think it's a bit difficult or time consuming to get the pellets to keep suspended in the resin, :rolling:

unless its done in quite a few small pours and letting each one Gel!

mattyts · Jun 11, 2014

Should be possible but it would be hard to keep it suspended,lead is heavy :bwink:

Neil · Jun 11, 2014

Two issues there, you would need to vacuum it to get the resin into the head of the pellet otherwise it would be full of air, and secondly that lead is so soft that it might not turn??? Woody?? Anyone tried lead?

Woody · Jun 11, 2014

Not tried lead the nearest to it that I have turned is pewter and that is easy to turn

Buckeye · Jun 11, 2014

I cast pellets into resin and it wasn't pretty, it turned like a pig and you could hardly recognise the pellets, my wife didn't know what it was.

At the time I did think about slicing the pellets in half lengthways and gluing them to a tube then casting in clear acrylic, but I couldn't be bothered to go ahead with it.

Peter

Matt · Jun 11, 2014

Don't talk to me about the coffee bean blanks, it's the only part of the Axminster catalogue my other half is interested in :whistling:

wm460 · Jun 11, 2014

Buckeye said:
At the time I did think about slicing the pellets in half lengthways and gluing them to a tube then casting in clear acrylic,\
Peter

This probably look good. :thumbs:

Would it be possible ?

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