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The Art of Handcrafting Custom Game Calls => Casting Blanks => Topic started by: MoHops on January 22, 2013, 12:30:34 AM

Title: Couple Alumilite Blanks
Post by: MoHops on January 22, 2013, 12:30:34 AM

Well I'm starting to get a hang of this alumilite stuff I think.  Here's two blanks I cast tonight.  Orange and dark gray/black and yellow and black.  Always fun to spin these things down and see just what you have inside!!  Thanks for looking.


(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8086/8403740823_c2785191dc_z.jpg)

Title: Re: Couple Alumilite Blanks
Post by: Crawdad on January 22, 2013, 09:53:56 AM

Nice going Ryan, man you don't waste time. I haven't been home long enough to think, much less make anything. Sure was good seeing you again buddy. :bigup:

Title: Re: Couple Alumilite Blanks
Post by: MoHops on January 22, 2013, 05:43:12 PM

Well since it only takes a couple of minutes to pour these, I really haven't done much!!  If you look close, you'll notice that these blanks are 2"  Not sure where those are headed!!!   :whistling:

Title: Re: Couple Alumilite Blanks
Post by: Crawdad on January 23, 2013, 07:49:52 AM

I just noticed this reply & I had never noticed that they were 2". Thanks buddy. I will make it right with you, Those look really fantistic.

Title: Re: Couple Alumilite Blanks
Post by: Drake Dropper Calls on January 23, 2013, 09:54:39 AM

They look good bud. Now let the fun begin I know when I started making my own blanks I got caught up in making different color combos that I didn't realize how much I was stocking up. Until my wife asked me why the heck I was making so much. I had enough blanks to keep me busy for quiet a while.
-Phil

Title: Re: Couple Alumilite Blanks
Post by: Tom Hamilton on January 27, 2013, 11:13:47 AM

Hi MoHops -

I'm just getting set up to start casting, I finished off my pressure pot yesterday, and it's tight enough to hold pressure all night long.  :2up:

What are you using for molds to make these?  And do you use mold release?

Thanks, all help is appreciated.

Tom

Title: Re: Couple Alumilite Blanks
Post by: MoHops on January 27, 2013, 11:15:43 AM

I'm not using pressure.  I'm also casting with Regular Alumilite not the clear.  From my understanding, the regular shrinks enough to use pvc pipe for forms and the clear does not.  I do not use a release agent. 

Title: Re: Couple Alumilite Blanks
Post by: Tom Hamilton on January 27, 2013, 01:23:33 PM

Thanks MoHops -

Well they look sweet, I'm looking forward to seeing them turned and polished.

Title: Re: Couple Alumilite Blanks
Post by: MoHops on January 27, 2013, 01:39:25 PM

Quote from: Tom Hamilton on January 27, 2013, 01:23:33 PM

Thanks MoHops -

Well they look sweet, I'm looking forward to seeing them turned and polished.

Here's what the orange/gray one turned out

http://thogamecallsforums.com/index.php/topic,16358.0.html