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Old and recent play with recycling stuff for Paul h d to look at!

bassethound

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Pen with melted Aluminium and grooves filled with coloured Epoxy as a test a long time ago!

blue ruts.jpg

allum blue.jpg

There are some other bits somewhere in quite old threads on here, been trying some HDPE melting again lately as well..

tea 1.jpg tea 2.jpg

Also tested a bit of Hydro dipping with Spray paint, just Pound shop Auto paint, only got Grey Black and White on a cheap ally and plastic stylus from ebay,
The bit it is resting on is a small offcut from one of my Ally casts, looking forward to doing a Pen with some bright paint some time..

paint 1.jpg paint2.jpg

paint 3.jpg


Crap pics but that's what you get from me ! :rolling:
 

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Great stuff Ted, very interesting. What in your opinion is the best grade Ally to work with?

The pen in the top picture. Do you drill out and put the brass tube in or do the pen parts get pushed straight into the Aluminium?

Thanks for sharing the pics Ted.
 

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Great stuff Ted, very interesting. What in your opinion is the best grade Ally to work with?

The pen in the top picture. Do you drill out and put the brass tube in or do the pen parts get pushed straight into the Aluminium?

Thanks for sharing the pics Ted.



First the tubes were glued in, then turned and the grooves cut in then the Poxy coloured and placed in and turned down again !

Second answer is I only use old crap like Coke cans and other scrap Ally melted in my home made Furnace and Cast into home made moulds!
 
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