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Scored 275 salted Sycamore blanks and now starting a marathon session to get everything stabilized. Using my high tec pickle jar stabilizing pot and Cactus Juice. I bake the blanks at 150 overnight to assure 0% moisture. It's going to take a while.

Hello all, Over the weekend I’ve been stabilising a number of blanks however noticed on the 2nd batch that the lid, which is 18mm Acrylic, had I thought cracked but after taking a closer look its only surface crazing on the underside. It seems ok although not sure I want to trust it for ever...

Hi All, Beaufort Gold & Gunmetal Sirocco. Maple blank put under vacuum with cactus juice and Red Alumilite. This blank does not need stabilising, I just wanted to get some colour into the blank. After soaking in the juice for 3 days under pressure, it was time to cook and turn. Sirocco Red -...

I am looking at a vacuum chamber for degassing resin and stabalising wood with Cactus Juice. I'm sure I have read somewhere that Cactus Juice is not compatible with a vac chamber with a perspex cover and I will need a chamber with a glass cover. Any experience and advice on what kit to look...

I did some work for a customer on the CNC machine some time ago where they supplied the wood, Elm in this case & some of it was Elm Bur, I was able to make some blanks from the scrap & turned a few pens but quite a bit of it was to soft to be able to do anything with as it was. I looked at using...

Just finishes making my DIY vacuum chamber - now to get some Cactus Juice and start stabilising. All done for under £200. Used Robinair Vacuum pump, Vintage glass sweetie jar, fittings and hose from ebay, Sheet of rubber for gasket (All from Ebay)Sample piece of Corian (Free!). Tested tonight...

I've just had a email from Metalclay with revised/reduced prices for there Alumilite Clear & Cactus Juice The prices are looking pretty keen to me now :thinks: