Seriously,,, ;D :D
My apologies about my poor casting skills....in more ways than one.. LOL 8) :D
Is it from Jurrasic Park?
Quote from: Snagged2 on February 08, 2014, 03:18:36 AM
Seriously,,, ;D :D
My apologies about my poor casting skills....in more ways than one.. LOL 8) :D
Can I ask why??
Quote from: Mudguts on February 08, 2014, 08:43:32 AM
Quote from: Snagged2 on February 08, 2014, 03:18:36 AM
Seriously,,, ;D :D
My apologies about my poor casting skills....in more ways than one.. LOL 8) :D
Can I ask why??
So archiologists can dig it up in 100,000 years and clone it
I guess it would make an alright book rest or paper weight :D
Well,, it just seemed like the thing to do,,, had a bunch of accumulated pieces parts,, and,,well,,
::) :o ;D
and,, it doesn't have carbon drags :'( however,, salt water corrosion is prevalent!!
That's pretty cool 8) 8)
How unique!
What'd you use for casting material?
Darn shame what someone did to that acrylic. ;D
The casting medium is called Max Clear impregnating resin, that I used for some other experiments awhile back..
It's a 2:1 ratio "epoxy" type material which is VERY tough,,
Unfortunately, it's not something I'm familiar with to have a decent outcome.. I just had it around..
I think I made 4 pours,, and, even at that the curing temps hit 187* F !!
I'm thinking,, I should have drilled some holes in the spool arbor to allow trapped air out,, and, also,, the mass of the reel parts, probably had somewhat of a contrasting coefficient of expansion/contraction in relationship to the casting resin..
But,, it's in there!! LOL ;D
Now, THAT'S COOL!
Reminds me of a $50 bet I made with my Uncle years ago. I forget the details, but it was basically a sucker-bet even though he was sure he was right. Frustrated that he ended up losing on something so silly, he did pay-up.... with the $50 bill encased in a block of epoxy kinda like yours. I still have it as a paper-weight.
Guess he had the last laugh, after all.
I like it! Reminds me of Serrano's photograph "Piss Christ". Maybe you should call it "Piss Penn" ;D