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John Hill:
Things got a little out of hand at our meeting last week so I produced this today...



...just a little gavel made from recycled milk and shampoo bottles etc.

SwarfnStuff:
Have you by chance been watching this bloke?

   He does weird and wacky things like that, fun to watch.  :clap:
    Plus you might come up with some other novel implements to keep the meeting in order.
John B

ieezitin:
How did you manage to render down the waste plastic to make the solid shapes you have ?

Anthony.

mattinker:
I too have been collecting the same kind of plastic ( #2 – HDPE (High Density Polyethylene)) to "render down". I find the vegetable nets are particularly good, you don't need to chop it up! I've made a couple of mallets from it, on a conventional shape, the other, a wood carvers type mallet!


Regards, Matthew

John Hill:

--- Quote from: ieezitin on March 05, 2017, 07:08:26 AM ---How did you manage to render down the waste plastic to make the solid shapes you have ?

Anthony.

--- End quote ---

I just chop it up and melt in a toaster oven at 180C, adding more as the pile melts down.   I wear heavy leather gloves and knead the molten lump to get the air out then put it in a piece of water pipe with a cap on one end and put as much pressure as I can in a hydraulic press.

It is a very therapeutic activity!

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