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Offline ChrisAllwood

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Resin and Pressure Pots
« on: August 04, 2020, 05:21:23 PM »
Hi everyone,
I am a new member and I am also quite new to woodturning.

I am interested in doing some resin and wood work but don't have a pressure pot!!!

The ones online are for paint and have impellars which will obviously get in the way of whatever I put into the pot.

Has anyone come across this problem?

Does anyone know if there is a place to get one that is ready for resin casting?

Maybe someone has one they would like to sell?

Thanks in advance for your interest and I look forward to meeting many of you after the COVID 19 restrictions are lifted.

Chris

Offline Lazurus

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Re: Resin and Pressure Pots
« Reply #1 on: August 07, 2020, 09:02:02 AM »
I made mine from a paint pot - have a look on you tube about the harbour freight conversion into a pressure pot. Easy to do just a couple of fittings and a safety valve needed.
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Offline David Buskell

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Re: Resin and Pressure Pots
« Reply #3 on: August 07, 2020, 03:09:46 PM »
Chris, House of Resin in Wareham has everything you need for resin casting. However, it seems most turners use Glasscast 50 for wood. Glasscast comes in 3 sizes: 3, 10 and 50 which relate to the depth you can cast in one go. Stiles & Bates in Dover are recokoned to be the best source for Glasscast. There's also Eli-Chem Resin over near Godalming but I think they have mainly #3.

Hope this helps.
David
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Re: Resin and Pressure Pots
« Reply #6 on: August 07, 2020, 05:37:23 PM »
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Andy