My first successful cast

[Todd Trebuna]

SO have been trying to cast. These are the first successful cast pens I've made. I've had trouble turning them down,but it's getting better. Learning how to sharpen a skew has worked wonders. ;)

[Baxter Smith]

Very pretty Todd! Congrats on the casting!

[Todd Trebuna]

Thank You Baxter!

[Paul Heely]

Todd, the casting looks great. It looks like you are getting the skew down pretty well. Sharp is essential with the skew.

Paul

[Steve Schlumpf]

Looks like you got the process figured out quite well! Nice looking pens!

[Jim Burr]

Cool Todd!!! I spent the better part of yesterday casting blanks, I sure like the redish one. What problem are you having with the turning...chipping maybe?

[Chris Burgess]

Those look great. I actually did my first cast this weekend.....DISASTER. I used plastic cups and they MELTED. Got some waxed Paper cups and they seem to be working better. My first attempt was to be a Blue w/ yellow swirl but I got a Teal w/ yellow spots. The second was to be black and white but I think I over stirred and got a lot of grey but it still looks good. just cast 3 more w/ the lessons learned so far and hope they come out better.

[Bernie Weishapl]

Looks like you got the casting down. Really great looking pens.

[Todd Trebuna]

Cool Todd!!! I spent the better part of yesterday casting blanks, I sure like the redish one. What problem are you having with the turning...chipping maybe?

Yeah, Jim. The blank kept blowing out and when it didn't instead of shaving it, it pretty much chipped it off.