How To Make Alumilite & "Worthless Wood" Burl Blanks
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Really like your calm, no nonsense no hype no music style. Much appreciated.
I think it's such a lovely, selfless thing you are doing here, showing everybody how u do the beautiful stuff you do, especially when you actually sell it yourself.. I myself just came across this kinda accidently & have no intention, nor probably knowledge/equipment to do it. But it is very interesting & stunning. So thanks for sharing :)
Quick note from an Aussie (who happened to grow up in the region those burls are from), the soft-emphasis is on the 'Mal' in Mallee, like how the soft-emphasis in 'resin' is on the 'res'. Beautiful work, Casey!
I will have to listen to a correct pronunciation so I can get it right! Thanks for the tip Dan!
02:07 Wow, how many times have a thought "when I mix my resin it's going to look cool like that" when I see a cool resin color transition. All the time. And when I visualize me mixing it's with a popsicle stick. You just saved me time and $$ not having to figure that out after 3-5 unsuccessful tries and still in the back of my mind thinking... I need to mix with straws or something lol. Thanks buddy!
Those are beautiful! I love that red Maylee Burl with that intense red metallic resin! Beautifully done! Thank you for sharing. Many blessings on your Etsy store also!
Thanks Tracy!! I love how they look too!
@@CaseyMartin707 hi Casey, I am looking for some custom pieces. Should I contact you through etsy to discuss this in detail?
These are amazing! Smaller versions of these would make awesome pendants for jewelry.
Just went to your Etsy account and those blanks look fantastic!!!!!
Hello men, amaizing micarta, increíble! Grettigs from Colombia, nice video, tks a Lot for sharing
The silver leaf looks absolutely beautiful.
I just bought a mold from maneater.com. I bought the knife scale mold and I liked it so much, Tom is making me a custom size for knifes.
Awesome. I make my own molds! Much more cost effective, but obviously takes time
Thanks Casey, learn something new every time I watch your videos. Beautiful blanks!!!
So that's how beautiful stab wood squonkers are made!
What are these used for? They look incredible, but do they have a use? 🤔
Outstanding color blending yet do sharp & clean looking. Interested to see your pressuring process.
awesome blanks they are beautiful can you share where to buy wood to make blanks of knife handle scales im new to this thanks Mark subbed and liked
Hello Casey, your work is amazing, you know I work in jewelry, I make silver rings with gold for the lost wax system and your art has good applications for jewelry (the text I did with the google translator), regards, is beautiful your art.
Saludos y es hermoso tu trabajo, lo miré en los links, Feliz fin de semana
I'm a new guy to this and was wondering where is the best place to shop for nice burl like your use?
Love it Casey , you actually gave me some ideas on using Resin and doing DIY art using that !
Thanks Palvika!
Can you make a block
1 1/8"× 1 1/8× 10" with a cool burl and translucian neon green?
Great 👍🏽
What’s the name of the spray that u used after !?
Wicked!! Those all turned out awesome, great walk through on making them and some great tips in there!
Thanks Zac!! They’re honestly some of the most fun blocks to make
what are the approximate measures of the blocks ??? congratulations for the work !!!
Depends but if I utilize the full size of the mold they’re 6.5x2.5x2.5 inches
I am feeling inspired after watching this and very excited to be getting a lathe this weekend!!!! :)
Michelle Lynn are you still using your lathe?
so how innit?
Hi Casey, can you tell where is a good place to buy wood blocks, burls pieces, etc, not yet stabilized ?
Mr. Casey, May you please tell me how you treat the burl before you add it to the resin? How is the burl "turnable" on a lathe without disintegrating? Thanks
Is Their A Main Website Where I Can Purchase All These Resin Products To Start Making My Own Products?
I very much enjoy your videos I like the preparation part. Gives you an insight to what you can decide to do with these blanks. Very nice videos thank you
Luv the white x
Do you stabilize the wood before you cast them?
The green and red were amazing!
Can you make a blank 1 1/8×1 1/8×10". And 1"×1"×5" transulciant neon green with stabilized burl light like maple or tge stuff in this video
Where do you fing your burl pieces for these blanks? Just curious. I want to give this s try.
Great video. You've got me wanting to do this.
Hey these are really good...
But i am a bit confused that what exactly these can be used for...
Do mind telling me please???
It’s for making things out of. They can be made into pens, knife handles, or anything imaginable
Does the wood need to be stabilized before casting
If it’s really hard already, like Australian burl, no. But most can benefit from it
I'm defenitely buying off of your Etsy shop for my knife handle scales (I'm a bladesmith) they're dope af.
Thanks man I appreciate that! Would love to see one of yours made with them!
@@CaseyMartin707 Will def send pics
These look amazing
Amazing. What’s the size of each blank ?
Great Video! Which Resin you use exactly..which pot-life and demold-time? And which pressure/vacuum-pot? thanks a lot! :)
Tenk og lage kjøkkenbenk i fine farver og i tileg tåler vannsøl og ser pent ut inne på ett kjøkken?
Сам контейнер, где происходит формирование бруска, выполнен из фторопласта?
Would a vacuum chamber remove the bubbles also?
No it doesn’t work fast enough for alumilite as it starts to cure within 7 minutes
when you cut the blocks after the come out of the pressure pot and the wood is exposed ,does the wood has to be treated after that or is it still surrounded by resin?
Love the pine cone ones.
Do you have to make the mold form or do they sell one like that you can link me to
You can buy some from turnerswarehouse.com and other places!
Love the designs! Stimulates the imagination, Thanks!
Nice job, one question do you use silicone mold for those?
They look like they would make awesome knife handles
If i make it lika that too can it be made into a box mod vape?
I'm sure nyou know that you do great WORK!!!! how would you use it for Jewelry making and what are the pricing?
Did you stabilize the burl before adding the resin?
Is there a formula to know how much to mix up for your molds?
Yes it’s a volume calc
I don’t have a pressure pot. Can I still pore the resin and not get bubbles????
Yes just mainly only epoxies
Very interesting! What measurements do you have for your moulds?
Would you be able to make a vape box ?
I could make the blank for it yes!
Super cool man!!!
I loved the red 1 but the green 1 is cool also
Do you stabalize the wood first?
Yes besides Australian burls because they are already so hard they don’t benefit from it
The Alumilite link is now dead, can you tell me what you use?
Great video! Do you have instruction or a materials list for what you used to make the casting form?
I have a video on how I make my molds!
Hi Casey. Wonderful work. May I ask where you got these molds? Are they sillicone?Thanks a lot?
Are there any videos that show how you select, cut and anchor the wood in the mold?
where did you get the burl wood from?. and do you have a link as to where to get it?. thanks!..awesome video tutorial
I get it from a lot of different places online as well as from friends or special relationships. Just google burl caps online and you’ll find them everywhere from companies and on eBay.
@@CaseyMartin707 thanks for the reply. i live in Canada and just getting started into resin casting and really love the burl mallee look..beautiful. any ideas as where i can search from here?.. i know a long shot..but every time i search it sends me on a wild goose chase. i really like the texture and that's what i'm looking for. i even started searching wood shops in Australia.any help in direction as to where i can find would be much appreciated...thanks in advance
Hey I'm trying to get into allumilite casting like this and I'm just wondering what's the difference of using dyes and pigments in your resin.
hey what material do you use for ur molds also do u spray mold release before or after
I use HDPE and mold release is designed to be used before. I only use it on older molds, but it is always beneficial
What kind of material do you use for your form?
Hi! Great works!
I’m trying to do something similar but I’m finding many problems with the mold. What material is it of? Any problem when you remove it? Only remove the screws and open the mold?
It’s made of HDPE. I have a video on how to make them!
Thanks ;) I found it!
I don't have any grape vine or dry enough wood burles but I have a bunch of Y'S from small branches..
beach and white birch to be exact..
I had the idea before I stabilize them for casting to let some of the peices soak in blue dye..
Would it be easier to dye the birch vs the beach?
My idea is to dye half my pieces, leave the other half natural and use red alumilite... merica!
Sounds like an awesome plan brother! Honestly I have no idea. Whichever seems to be denser, and have really tight grain, is probably the one that would be harder to soak dye into. But that just means you can let it soak for longer. Good luck man!
Ok man.. I'll try dyeing the birch, I'll post up a video of my end result if it comes out decent lol..
Very Nice! I love all the color!
amazing work.
where to get the wood from?
Are these pieces of burl stabilized previously?
All of them besides Australian burl. Australian burls are so rock hard they don’t benefit from it at all
What do you use to spray in the mold before you pour?
Stoner mold release
Nice work my friend...What kind of wood you used?
Don't know if you're still reading this but i'll ask anyway: is there a reason that you're using a Pressure Pot for resin casting and a Vacuum Chamber for Stabilizing Wood? You can't do the resin casting in the vacuum chamber? And great video btw!
Do you stablelize your wood before casting?
Yes for nearly all woods besides Australian burls because they’re already so dang hard to begin with
Where did you get your molding from? And can you reuse the same molding for another pour? Thanks
I make them myself out of HDPE plastic. I have a video on the topic. Yes you can reuse it hundreds of times!
@@CaseyMartin707 I have one more question for you I seen that you sprayed a clear coat over your blanks I did this yesterday but I was using regular polyurethane and it's still kind of hasn't dried. Can I use regular spray polyurethane to spray my blanks instead of buffing and polishing the epoxy resin?
Brilliant work, what blade (number of teeth) do use in your table saw for cutting Alumilite blocks? Thanks
Diablo ultra fine 80 teeth
Casey Martin Thanks for replying, does that blade cope well with stabilised wood within the resin?
Yes. The resin is harder than stabilized wood. So the resin is actually what is harder to push through
Magnificent sir
Do you have site to purchase blanks for duck calls?
Thanks
Yes! Link is in the video description to my Etsy
Hi I have a question do I need to use a pressure tank or can I just let it sit until dry it self please let me know
For Alumilite you have to use a pressure tank, or you will have bubbles.
What kind of prep do you do to the wood so that you don't get bubbles? I know about stabilizing, but do you do raw wood also?
If I’m doing raw wood which is only with really dense wood like Australian, I make sure to toss it in a toaster oven for 10 minutes or so to cook off and surface moisture in the blanks. They already have to be as low as moisture as possible before doing that
@@CaseyMartin707 thank you Martin, can you please tell us the temperature for the oven? Thanks
nice video. Any chance you can share the link where you got your block molds? thanks
I make them myself. I have a video on how I made them!
i have two questions if its not a secret, where do you get the burly wood? and how do you stabilize the wood, is pressure/vacuum always required?
love the video btw
I get burl online from multiple places. It’s easy to find if you look. I have multiple videos on stabilizing if you want to check them out. Pressure is required for casting resin, vacuum for the stabilizing
@@CaseyMartin707 thank you for the answer ill check the rest of your videos out
chears
What are the blocks that you use for the mold?
HDPE plastic. I have a video on how I make them
@@CaseyMartin707 Thanks! Just watched it. I had used MDF covered in Tyvek tape but that's a bit more time consuming. Also I like the idea of making it reusable. Mine i had to take apart every time.
Amazing work, what are your molds made of?
HDPE plastic, I have a video on making them!
@@CaseyMartin707 thank you!!
I like to see more knife blanks
Have the mallee burrs been stabilized first? I appreciate spalted woods which are porous need it, but mallee seems so dense to start with.
I have stabilized some of them, but some I haven’t for the exact reason you’re mentioning. They’re so dense and hard to begin with I didn’t really see the point.
This is crazy... Can these be then put under cnc router and make for example a E-cigaret mod?
Yes absolutely. I have customers who do that. If you’re interested email me at casey@winecountrypens.com or visit the links in the description
Awesome
What's the material you've used to make the moulds? HDPE bar?
Yes HDPE. I have a video on making them!
Nice Job Man! Also i have a question. Where i can find this kind of wood? Thkns!!
On vacation. Hopefully we can connect when you get back.
Where do you buy the rubber mold pieces you set the wood and resin in?
I make my own HDPE molds and I have a video on it!
Any silicone molds I use I buy from ptownsubbie
Amazing video and very well explained! Is it necessary to use a pressure pot or is it possible to make nice blanks without it? :)
Absolutely necessary for Alumilite. Not necessary for some epoxy resins like Liquid Diamonds for example. But most casting epoxies don’t cure as hard as polyurethanes. That being said it still works great for a lot of purposes
thank you for your answer it really helped
cheers
Hello bro. Tell me whether you stabilize the tree with resin or not.
Yes I do on most woods
then stabilize? Thank you
where can i get burl from
Amazing work, Casey. I’ve got a question. Where can I source stabilized wood like this for pen blanks?
I stabilize all my own wood. Not sure where you can buy already stabilized live edge pieces.
Ebay
Nice technique!
What kind of saw is the red one? Is it typical wood saw?
It’s a Grizzly table saw. Any table saw will work fine, or band saw
@@CaseyMartin707 thanks! Maybe the thing is I used different epoxy. I think it was too hard and fragile. I couldn't get clean cut...
Can you plane this type of material?
Yes you can plane it, sand it, and machine it any way possible!
0:12 is it raw cut wood or is it somehow prepared? I saw something with cactus juice and vacuum... And next step after filling is pressure pot with around 2,5 bar for how long period of time? Last question is which exact chemicals are you using?
Most of the wood is stabilized unless it’s dense enough to not need it. Pressure to 50-60 PSI. I’m using Alumilite resin which I believe I mention
@@CaseyMartin707 so the wood is pre-stabilised before the resin, with cactus juice and then baked? Sorry for my stupid question but I really don't want to fu*k it up...
Trop trop beau j'adore, je vais tester merci
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