Vase Made Of Pencils
#11
what do you guys think?  I have been toying with the idea of something similar, but made out of wood scraps and/or some aluminum drill chaff I have.

 
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#12
i think it's pretty fun stuff to play around with.  
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i made a little tea light candle holder thingy with red and green colored pencils and red oak  --  sorta looks like a little carousel.  
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i also got some copper and aluminum craft sheets and used those for some inlays, and some aluminum foil . . . just fun stuff to play around with.

oh, and nothing fell apart!  
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#13
I was expecting a pic- instead, I was asked to think.   
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   Colored pencils may not glue together well unless you strip the glued sides.  They might lose the lead during turning. Very soft wood too.

 I want to try wood and metal laminated together. Haven't figured out how to fasten them together yet.
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#14
Look on Pinterest. I've seen this before and it may describe how to make it.
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#15
Ever since I seen Tim Yoder do it last year I have been looking for some pencils that were cheap by the hundreds.  I did find an ebay one for 360 but do not remember the price something like $27.

I like the idea of adding the aluminum to it.  Do you have a picture of the sides?  How did you keep the lead in the pencils?
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#16
I've done pencils and they're kind of a pain.  Get the flat sided ones, not the round ones.  I've thought about gluing up other stuffs but haven't gotten to it yet.
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#17
Take a big pile of pencils and cast them in resin in a pressure pot. Works great. It hardens them pretty well, and everything holds together. It ends up polishing well, too.
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#18
I think Peter has done that I don't know how to search for it though

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kinda crappy pic, but here's some aluminum and shedua.  aluminum was scuffed-up, and used CA to glue everything up.  
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(01-05-2017, 09:38 PM)Arlin Eastman Wrote: I like the idea of adding the aluminum to it.  Do you have a picture of the sides?  How did you keep the lead in the pencils?

I haven't done this yet. I'm not sure how he didnt blow out the lead, maybe sharp tools and light cuts.
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