Name: "Fungus Among Us" Mushrooms cast in clear resin with apple wood base, turned on the lathe. Turning.
Uploaded: 2021-10-14T21:29:05+00:00
Duration: 18 min 1 s
Description: This was an interesting project taking a bunch of mushrooms, mounting them on an apple root piece of wood, cast in clear resin, treated with a vacuum chamber and turned on the lathe. Getting closer to

4 years ago

This was an interesting project taking a bunch of mushrooms, mounting them on an apple root piece of wood, cast in clear resin, treated with a vacuum chamber and turned on the lathe. Getting closer to my clear resin goal!

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Here are my commonly used tools/equipment:

- Lathe:
-Laguna lathe, very well built, solid, strong, variable speed, 110 or 220 volt (https://amzn.to/3orYsOy)
-Wen lathe was my trusty starter lathe: https://amzn.to/3aqIIGH
- Lathe tools:
-Carbide tip: https://amzn.to/3agd3ay
-Great beginner set: https://amzn.to/3t5iMsA
-Simple Hollowing System: https://amzn.to/2T9TFHx

- File Sander: https://amzn.to/36o3hlE, for those hard to get to sanding projects.
- Carving tool, Rotozip: https://amzn.to/2MjTd6x, great for roughing out the medium sized projects.
-Flexible Shaft carving tool: https://amzn.to/3vnwB5E
-Angle Grinder: (https://amzn.to/36lgewG), one of my most indispensable tools, (https://amzn.to/3iXtNHW) this one has a flat head, helps get into tight spaces, carving and sanding disks are a life saver.
- Grinder Carving Disk: (https://amzn.to/39oWqKG), this is a really great disk for roughing out medium sized projects
- Grinder Sanding Disks: (https://amzn.to/3cj91Rv), fantastic for sanding and minor-moderate shaping stages
- Chain Saw: (https://amzn.to/2MbWNj2), trusty gas type, I also bought this electric one (https://amzn.to/3qZOqpp) for the in the garage projects
- Oscillating Tool: (https://amzn.to/3puK4q1) great for cutting and sanding sharp corners and tight spots.
- Super Glue: (https://amzn.to/3pFg5vT) thin and runny, perfect for stabilizing bark or other unstable wood.
-Flexible Foam for mold building/dams: https://amzn.to/36lhGi8
- Resin: TotalBoat.com has been gracious enough to donate resin for my future projects, given them some love! You can get 15% off using my code: Preece
- Pigments: https://amzn.to/3sYC5ng, great quality for resin
- Pressure Pot: (https://amzn.to/3tfp1u2) 5 gallon for the big resin projects to get rid of bubbles, or (https://amzn.to/3pwX0M8) for the smaller average jobs 2.5 gallon, both need minor modifications to work.
- Protection:
-https://amzn.to/39t3lm0: face shield for carving and lathe work.
-Respirator: HIGHLY recommended for wood and resin work, speaking as a Dr, protect those lungs!
-https://amzn.to/3tqYWbA and those ears: https://amzn.to/3qa9xW2