Making Hybrid Pen Blanks for Beginners, With and Without a Pressure Pot!
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- Опубліковано 5 гру 2020
- we are making hybrid pen blanks with and without a pressure pot. We are going to accomplish this by using 2 different types of resin. The first is Alumilite Clear Slow and the second is Liquid Diamonds epoxy resin. We make hybrid blanks which are resin and wood blanks. We are also resin casting these blanks to have a color separation swirling affect. We do this by casting the resins at certain temperatures. I cover lots of information in the video and I hope you gained something from it.
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Awesome video, extremely helpful and educational.
Thank you .. I’m glad you enjoyed it
Jake: I can't tell you how much I enjoy your work. It is always great to watch an artist at work. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
Thank you for watching and for the kind words.. I really do love this stuff..
Great looking blanks. Im a fan of how you break steps down and explain and show the whole process. Very cool!
I’m glad you enjoy the videos Jamie.. plenty more to come.
I really enjoy woodworking and had never used resins but had wanted too. Your instructional videos helped relieve some of my anxiety about it. Started with some small projects, which turned out great. Planning a coffee table project using resin to be done in the Spring. Keep this information flowing and thank you.
Awesome Shawn.. I’m glad I can help out. That’s what it’s all about!! 👍👍
They all look great Jake. Fun to see the clear separation of the colors without mixing.
Thank you Doug.. I’m glad you enjoyed it. 👍👍
Very helpful. Thanks for all the good info. Just getting into it and you helped me avoid making some mistakes and waste time.
Very welcome.. glad I could help out 👍👍
Jake…. Great videos. Love your style, humor, honesty, and through explanation. (Like the football stuff on walls too). Keep it up.
Thank you Sir.. Plenty more to come! 👍👍
Turned out pretty cool looking!
Always enjoy your videos, fun and informative 👍🏼👍🏼
Thank you .. I’m glad you enjoy the vids.. I appreciate it.
Those colors pop!!! Nice job, great video!!
Thanks Joe!! I appreciate it brother!!
Looking good sir. Looking good! That green really pops.
Thanks Buddy.. I dig that green too.. it’s loud.. lol
Jake you just make me smile.
😁😁😁
Awesome, they were so shiny at the end. Very cool, love the color blends too 😁👍
Thank you, I’m glad you liked them.. 👍👍
@@JakeThompson 😁👍😁
Those are really nice and one day I will get to do things like that. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you Mark.
Jake your PIN blanks came out beautiful my friend you never cease to amaze me. They really look nice they truly do. You did a great job as always and thank you thank you so much from Doug
Thank you Doug!! I appreciate you saying that.. I’m glad you enjoy the videos, it makes it all worth while.
Jake you're more than welcome my friend and thank you thank you so much for all your efforts and your videos. I love your style and the way you do things it's awesome to watch. in case I don't chat with you again Merry Christmas my friend Happy New year's and a blessed and blessed holiday to your family. From Doug
Those turned out beautiful
Thank you Cookies!! 👍👊
Another great informational video Jake. I really need to get some resin and get going.
You got this.. you will have some fun. 👍👍
Those are some fun colors. I love my Caster's choice Micas.
They are bright!!! I think next time I will do both resins with the same micas and compare.
Jake, you need a sign over your door. It should say. Welcome to THE pressure pot
😂😂😂 You could make me one.. lol
Hey Jake great video as always. Thx for all your hard work and time for putting theses together. What do you use for clean up with ease resins? Can the measuring cups be reused a long with the spatulas?
Measuring cups can be reused a few times.. I use denatured alcohol or acetone... I buy them off of Amazon by the 100 pack... way cheaper
Those are some pretty cool colors Jake!! 😊
Thank you Doug. 👍👍
GREAT JOB!!
Thank you!👍👍
Looking forward to seeing the blanks turned into pens! Really appreciate you filming the process. If it was me, I would have to edit out curse words. 🤣
Lol.. I had to edit a few out of this one.. I can’t wait to see the pens people make with these too.. 👍👍
Jake, good, well done video. I'm new to resin and have been binge watching tons of videos. Yours was the first to mention using rice to figure out volume to use. That was one of my big questions. Also, I noticed you didn't use any mold release...your thoughts on when\if to use it? I'm close to my first pour and appreciate you mentioning start small. I had planned on a few pen blanks for my personal use and was glad to hear we are on the same page there.
I’m glad you enjoy the videos Larry.. it’s appreciated.. I use mold release most of the time.. if I have to hot glue something down, I won’t use release because I want the hot glue to stick. Sometimes I don’t show putting release on because o forget to show it.. but I use it most of the time.
What can I put over a boiled linseed finish on a pen to make it look shiny and protect it?
he just cant keep his fingers out of it "more stick here more stick there!" too funny!
Thanks Zach.. 👍👍😀
Very informative Jake.
Thank you Michael.. 👍👍👊
First!!!! I ALWAYS chicken out. I need to learn patience when it comes to pouting. I am one of those people that pour the resin then get on my phone, usually looking at resin stuff, and forget about my own resin. I loved the look at 19:35. That was the best. But as usual, such pretty work. There was one there that reminded me of the eye Sauron. ❤️💚❤️💚
Awesome. Kris.. you are First a lot.. lol it’s hard not to pour it when you are running out of time.. I think they turned out pretty ok 😃😄😊
Thanks for the info keep um coming
Yes sir!! Thank you!!
Jake, those turned out really nice. Hey, bought one of those 5 gallon CA pots you like after your last video about the new one you got. I have to seal some leaks on the threaded fittings. What is the best thread sealant you have used? The teflon tape did not hold up to the pressure! Thanks and keep up the great work and videos, stay safe and cheers from MT.
Thank you. The liquid Teflon is the best. I put a link to that under that video.. I’ve used the pot plenty now.. I love it.
I'm just getting started an made my first pen so I'm hoping to get that liquid diamond to work with thanks
Super cool Richard.. Have Fun!
Amazing job !
Thank you.. I’m happy you enjoyed the video. 👍👍👊
Amazing video!!! I love pen blanks and pen making. You should start making pens. It’s very fun. Those look sick. The hybrid blanks are the best. I have never payed a finger on burl in my life. Lol they look sick.
I will make some.. I love making the blanks and seeing other people enjoy them.. 👍👍
@@JakeThompson I think I can speak on behalf of all of us, that we love it and we appreciate it a lot.
Your pen blanks look Amazing
Thank you Colin 👍👍
Thanks so much for this video! Do each type of resin have a different temperature to shoot for or is it just slow is one temp and fast is another?
I’m not so sure about other resins. I would have to see for myself and test. But for these two types. I have tested and the temps I’ve shown on here are pretty accurate.
Very informative! You mentioned stabilized wood for your castings. Could you have coated the wood with a couple coats of shellac to seal moisture in? Of course, surface moisture would still have to be dealt with. Thanks, John
Thank you John.. I have done some before I started stabilizing that I coated with a thin coat of resin.. it turned out ok.. the other thing to think about is most of the time the burls we use are brittle and can come apart while we are turning.. if you have some that isn’t brittle.. coating it works fine, but I would still make sure it’s dry.
I found that stirring my resin with a wooden lolly stick introduces extra bubbles, and that I'm better off stirring with a silicone stick - I think I saw you use a silicone spatula at one point in the larger pot... Thanks for this video, and the paint pressure pot converter video - very helpful, Jake!
Awesome.. I’m glad you enjoyed the videos
Nice work.
Thank you David. 👍
Well you just cost me money! Thx, LOL Now another area of woodworking I need to do. Blondie will be happy to here I need more tools!
😂😂 Stay out of trouble.. lol This is lots of fun.. go for it. 👍👍
They All Look Amazing! My favorite has to be the top left hybrids 😍 but again they are all beautiful 😍
I think I like the hybrids so much because they remind me of some kind of mystical crystal/stone/something 🤔
I lol'ed when you poured all the colors into one and then poured it from there, up till that part, I planned on commenting and asking if you ever tried doing a dirty pour with them 🤣
I’m glad you like them.. the hybrids are my fav. Too.. I knew you would give me a hard time.. lol
@@JakeThompson 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Hello Jake,
Just starting to do some casting and this video is super helpful.
One quick question with regard to the cups you use for mixing are they just regular plastic cups?
WOuld you happen to know what size they are?
Thank you again for all this information.
Happy Holidays and stay well.
Thank you fir watching, I’m glad you enjoyed.. the plastic ones I mix the colors in are just solo cups I Bought from the supermarket.. I think they are 12 oz cups..
Awesome video.
Thank you Ray!! 👍👍👊
Hi Jake. I sure do appreciate all the research and information you provide to us. In looking at different pressure pits, I have run across one called Vevor. It looks like the California Air Tools pot. Do you know of this one at all? I saw it on Amazon. Thanks, Paige C
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Amazing how the most improbable color combinations turn out to be the most beautiful.
It seems you almost can’t get it wrong.. lol but you can.. lol 😄😄
Thanks for sharing. Love those molds. You have a link for those or are they custom?
Here ya www.northsidecustomcrafts.com/new-products
Seeing it has such a slow working time, could you maybe degas the Diamond Resin in your vacuum chamber before the final pours and flaming? Kinda like you would do for silicone.
You can, but if it’s not necessary you wouldn’t need to. I didn’t use vacuum or pressure and they turn out fine..
@@JakeThompson good to know, thank you. My pressure pot can only handle around 30cm diameter so might look into this resin as a better option for large pieces
hi Jake ,im looking for your video that you have all your tools or equiptment to do resin casting, like cups,stirrer,measuring cups ect. thanks !
Here ya go buddy.. ua-cam.com/video/xbGFDeQ-XQY/v-deo.html
Great video, are the pigments pearlescent?
I can’t remember the exact colors in this one, but I don’t think I used any Perl colors
I just started turning pens your blanks are just fantastic I can't find hybrid blanks local
Thank you very much.. they are quite a process to make, but they are nice.
Whats the name of the Casfers Green? gonna have to pick some up
It was lime green!👍👍
Great video. Where do you get the wood from for your blanks?
Thank you, I get the wood from worldwide burl on Instagram. 👍👍
Nice
😄😄👍 Thank you!!
Very nice Jake, but where did you get the molds?
Thank you. Here ya go www.northsidecustomcrafts.com/new-products/silicone-molds
This may be a silly question, but could a "pen blank" be used for a tobacco pipe stem? And if so, if I did a hybrid pen blank and put the bend in the pipe stem where the acrylic is, do you think that would work?
Thanks
I’ve never made one but I’m sure a quick search would be worth the time.
@@JakeThompson Thank you!
Great work!
One question do you stabilize wood first?
Yes.. I stabilize the wood.. then cast it..
@@JakeThompson thanks!
Is there a specific amount for single pen mold? Ie 90 ml for example?
I pour rice into what I’m going to pour into and measure that amount of rice.. it gets me close
how do u keep the wood from floating when u pour in the resin
Either hot glue the wood to the mold, or make it a snug fit.. or put some HDPE plastic on top and something on that to weigh it down
Out of curiosity, what are L x W x H dimensions of the blanks? Thanks!
They are about 3/4 x3/4 x 5 3/4
Would love to try this.... is it better to buy mounds or DYI....? I like to try some cool colors... just starting to turn.
There are lots of molds on the market.. I make some too www.northsidecustomcrafts.com/new-products/25-gallon
@@JakeThompson I am watching your videos and love your teaching skills.... I've been teaching and coaching for 31 years and really want to get into this fun. I'm in Pecos, TX.... not many trees... lol. Mesquite scrub brush though...
@@alpell2547 Thank you for the great compliment .. I’m glad you enjoy the videos.. 🦾🦾
You ever used alumalite amazing clear cast?
I haven’t used it on pen blanks yet
Can you add ink or acrylic paint to epoxy
You can add alcohol inks.. or pigments but I don’t think paint is something you can do.
Love your videos. One question. Can you use a presser pot with Liquid Diamonds ?
Thank you.. I appreciate it.. you can use a pressure pot. I just like to show an option for people that don’t have a pressure pot.
@@JakeThompson Thanks I will keep watching
Did you spray the molds prior to pouring with anything?
I spat them with mold release. Every time.. I use the stuff from alumilite that’s fir silicone.
@@JakeThompson do you spray them prior to pre-heating the molds?
@@charlietuna1355 yes I do.. I will spray them and let them set for 10 minutes or so, then put them in the oven.
@@JakeThompson thanks Jake.
Don't know where else to ask this but I have two different blanks, solid pieces, can I use them as one?
Do you mean use 2 blanks for one pen .. like mismatch?
@@JakeThompson yeah, sorry. I have one wooden one and another one of those acrylic ones same size and everything, can I just make one with those two? I got the hole right on one piece of each, having a hard time being centered. I saw a video of a guy using something from the sewing department of Walmart but I didn't find it anywhere.
how long do you let the blanks cure before you turn them?
I let them set for a full week to cure.
@@JakeThompson Thanks!
Why square molds and not circular?
Because they are square
So get liquid diamond if you dont have a pressure pot for your resin pen blanks?
Yep.. that’s my opinion
Okay! Thank you again for the quick response!
Won’t the resin melt the cup?
If you pour them on time it’s all good, but if yiu Ave it in the cups too long they will deform and melt. My last live show, I did exactly that lol
Which resin do you prefer?
I like Alumilite clear slow.. it’s my favorite. I like the liquid diamonds too, but mostly just to show people how to do it without a pressure pot
Thanks - really like your channel and your content
It's great to see someone else admit that they are a Falcons fan and putting up with the exceptional agony and embarrassment of a lead blowing team. Losing to Brady in the Super Bowl after such a huge lead ripped my spirit out. On top of that losing to the cowboys in similar fashion making Dax look like a super hero.... arrrggggg.... Just once before I die I would like to see a super bowl win!!!
Haha.. maybe one day.. 😄😄
Ill send you a Dallas Cowboys flag so yo can cover those others up!!!
Lol.. there’s already a cowboys flag up ⬆️ 😁
Where did you get those molds?
I made all the silicone molds except the bright blue one.. it’s from p-Town subbie
@@JakeThompson the tray looking one with the ends for pen blanks or the pen blanks one? Will you be selling those?
@@kandiecandelaria1423 I may in the future.. stay tuned.. what size pressure pot do you have?
@@JakeThompson I converted a HF 2.5 per your instructions lol finally got it leak free. Bought some stabilized scrape wood, Aluminite Slow and already had some mica powder, torch, and heat gun so I am ready to go lol
@@kandiecandelaria1423 that is sooooo cool!! I’m excited for you.. I would put the wood in the oven at about 150f for about 20 mins or so.. just to make sure the surface moisture is out of it.. then happy casting.
Buddy I've watched all your videos, and i love 'em... but you gotta deal with that echo!
Once I build the resin room it should be resolved.. The echo is there but it’s not for the lack of money spent or effort.. I’ve purchased at least 4 different microphones over the last couple of years to no avail. I’ve done voice overs but viewers don’t seem to like them.. it’s just hard to control an echo in a 2,000sqft tin can.. lol stick with me Buddy. 👍👊
@@JakeThompson haha don't worry I will! Have you tried lapel mics?
@@guitarchitectural I’ve tried everything. Lapels were the first thing.. corded, and remote.
@@JakeThompson hmmm - did you ever try setting up a sound deadening panel behind the camera? The cheap solution would be one of those big felt moving blankets from U-Haul, hung up behind the camera and mic. That might help kill the most direct sound reflections?
I'm surprised the lapel mic didn't help more, you weren't shouting into it were you? 😅
@@guitarchitectural you aren’t giving me much credit here are ya.. I’ve studied and tried, spent tons of money.. the shop just has an echo. When the resin room gets built. It will be cured..
Good content, but delivery needs work: too chatty.
Can’t make everyone happy every day.. maybe tomorrow will be your day..
Cool things you do but u talk to much
It’s hard to give instructions without talking.. I also have music videos too..
I know. U want make sure u capture all the pitfalls and you do a good job