Great looking top - Great Video. Can you give us the specs? Like diamenter - length - wall thickness and weight. Maybe a close up of the tools and what kind of polish did you use. I have a 4 x 6 inch piece of delrin and your video makes me want to cut it. But I hate WHITE. I dye my white delrins and spray them with clear coat. Not bad.
Here are the specs on the top I made in the video. (keep in mind I was not trying to match a set of specs or design.....it just turned out this way!)
NOTE: I think I like my 3 1/2" top I made last month better, so using your 4" stock will be great!
333 grams
4 1/2" diameter
4 1/2" tall. (without the tip) Tip is almost 1"
The opening at the crown is just over 2"
Wall thickness is ~.15" except at the crown where I could not get the right angle, and down at the bottom where the screw attaches to the tip.
As far as tools go, that is my biggest weakness. Being a completely untrained wood turner, and buying most of my stuff from Craigslist, I never know what tool is supposed to be used.
I find myself using a wide skew chisel most of the time for the outside. (which keeps the sides of the top mostly straight) I use a scraper for the inside most of the time.
The polishing compound is just what I had in my shop.....I think it is called tripoli compound. I have used it for metal polishing and figured it might work OK on plastics too. (although there might be something better available.)
Thanks
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Topic: Making of a big Delrin top (about 5") (Read 5568 times)