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I have seen reference to turning Corian for pens. Has anyone tried turning
other materials such as Silestone? It is another composite material used for countertops. Thanks for any input. -- Fred Saunders |
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Hi Fred
I think you will have more input from the pen turners group, sorry I don't have the url for them but if you google for pen turners, I'm sure you will find them. Have fun and take care Leo Van Der Loo |
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I have turned it and have turned several other synthetics. The are easy to
turn but you need a light touch out you will overhead and damage the blank. Brian |
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Hey,
I turn a fair bit of corian, as well as Acrylics for pens and other small items. Overall they are fairly decent to work with. Typically they give off nice curly strips. However as it has already been stated. Becareful about applying too much presure as it will build up heat, and can even shatter. The main downside I find about working with composite materials can be the smell. I personally dont like the smell of turning Corian. But I really like the results so I just use good ventilation, and turn it during the warmer months of summer. Donald Vivian |
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Fred Saunders wrote:
Has anyone tried turning other materials such as Silestone? I think just about any material available has been spun into pens, pencils and all manner of deskware. Corian and some of its stablemates are acrylic blends of sorts with different things mixed in. In other words, they are fairly soft and plastic like. So are many resinous products like the harder plastics that are being cast at home these days. I have seen pens made of clear polycarbonate rod, and even pens made from really strange looking left over plastics from the scrap bin at our local plastic supply house. But be careful. Something like Silestone is mostly quartz (as in the rock crystal) and it will tear your tools to pieces. If I recall, they claim 95% quartzite and only 5% resin for suspension. Check these guys out for mo http://www.penturners.org/forum/portal.asp Robert |
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