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pottz
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#1 posted 03-28-2020 01:55 AM
pretty cool,did you also make the sphere? is so can you give us info on it.
-- working with my hands is a joy,it gives me a sense of fulfillment,somthing so many seek and so few find.-SAM MALOOF.
TravisNW
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#2 posted 03-28-2020 02:14 AM
I did indeed make the sphere. What would you like to know about it?
Most of the hybrid castings and turnings I’ve done have been a consequence of one fateful day a couple of years ago when one of my coworkers showed me a video by Heath Knuckles and challenged me to make one of these spheres. That sent me down a hybrid turning path that I can’t seem to find an exit for… I’ll put his YT channel below, he does some amazing work.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7ymj9d5HO-sLh2AnyILAiQ
leafherder
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#3 posted 03-28-2020 02:18 AM
So is there a light in the base or did you add a phosphorescent substance to the resin?
Really cool.
-- Leafherder
TravisNW
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#4 posted 03-28-2020 02:25 AM
Thanks for looking. Prior to casting I mixed a little glow-in-the-dark pigment powder and pearl-ex pigment into heavily diluted shellac and brushed it on the live-edge portion of the burl.
John
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#5 posted 03-28-2020 02:55 AM
Travis, I’m really impressed with your spheres, they are outstanding!!!!! That is the one project I want to try in the next few months. They won’t be hybrid though, that will be another day.
-- John, Sunshine Coast, BC, Canada.
TravisNW
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#6 posted 03-31-2020 06:16 AM
I say go for it John, it’s a lot of fun. I can share some tips and tricks when you’re ready!
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