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Here's what I've been waiting for...*PICS*

#1

Here's what I've been waiting for...*PICS*

Ed Davidson

Can't say I've been this excited about a new (to me) embellishing material in a long time. It's a fine aluminum mesh embedded in colored resin called "C-Tek". The material used on this spintop has 1/8" diameter cell walls and was a 1/8" thick flat sheet when I started turning it. The 2" x 2" piece of opaque black C-Tek I used has been laminated onto a nice Amboyna burl slab using thick CA. It cuts on a bandsaw, turns, sands and buffs like a dream...no problems what so ever getting to a finished piece. Next up...a yoyo.





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mikeee12345

Wow! Really nice looking material, you really have the tops mastered!

Where did you find that material?

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Jim Barbour

And it is worth the wait!  Excellent!


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#4

SWEET!  Nice Job


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Ed Davidson

Thanks...

There are 4 US suppliers for C-Tek that I found through Google. Most don't seem to carry much inventory. The manufacturer apparently only wholesales.

See the link below for the supplier I picked to buy from. Scroll down the page to find smaller/less expensive sheet sizes. The 1/8" thick sheets will costs right at $1.00 per square inch.


Tru-Grit...C-Tek supplier

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#6

And here is the yo-yo...

Ed Davidson

As far as I know, this is the first yoyo ever made with aluminum-mesh/colored-resin (C-Tek). Same as with the spintop: 1/8" cells, sheet started off 1/8" thick, 2" x 2" opaque black caps on each side, laminated onto a Sheoak imperial shaped one-piece body.




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#7

that's VERY impressive


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#8

Keith Tompkins

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Keith Tompkins

that's a beauty Ed!!