Creating Clear Casting Label Pen Blanks with Alumilite

Casting veteran, Fred Wissen, goes through the steps on how to clear cast Online Labels' weatherproof matte labels on pen tubes with Alumilite's Clear Slow urethane resin in PTownSubbie's silicone tube-in casting molds.

[@mccc4559]

BRO - YOU ARE THE REAL DEAL!!! THAT PRESSURE POT IN ITSELF IS ART WORK --- YOU HAVE WON ME AS YOUR BIGGEST FAN!!! BEST TO YOU AND YOUR FAM BAM!!!

[@wildbill23c]

Hmm, I may need to order one of those pressure pot racks. Although I will only have 1 mold whenever it arrives, so not really all that important right now. Wish I would have realized much sooner that I had never got around to ordering the Sierra mold until I needed it, ugg. Ordered all the other blank label stuff, never ordered the actual mold LOL....OOPS, such as my life HAHA!!!

[@lazaromarcel36]

i will like to know where to get the t-handle for thr pressure pot, thank you

[@fredwissen1305]

Something we had made for our own use

[@akwilson25]

If you buy Harbor Freight's pressure pot, then you will get a T shaped handle. Again, you will have to convert their pressure pot into one for pen blank molds.

[@thomasturner6084]

GREAT VIDEO Fred I like your mould stand for the pressure pot Can you tell me were i can BYE ONE

[@fredwissen7376]

They are located on our website along with all the other casting supplies: www.ptownsubbie.com

[@thomasturner6084]

Fred Wissen thank you

[@fredwissen1305]

We don't sell the pink anymore but a better blue version can be found on PTownSubbie.com

[@futures.scalper.808]

what brand resin do you recommend? Im having trouble with cheap resin not curing hard after 1 week.

[@fredwissen1305]

Depends on what you are making and what your environment is like (temp, humidity, and accurate scale make a huge difference in curing time)

[@larrylockhart6669]

Great video. What is the brand of pressure pot?

[@fredwissen1305]

We have 3 pots from 2 different dealers. We have 2 Harbor Freight 2.5 gal paint tanks we converted. They work fine but have to tweak them to get them right and their pressure limit is 60# max. We also have a 5 gal California Air Tools tank that has an 80# limit. For a little more money, the 5 gal tank is much more solidly built. You can find the 5 gal pot on amazon for under $300.

[@dennyskerb4992]

Hey Fred, I'm a new subscriber. What's the deal with No relief valve?

[@fredwissen1305]

Denny Skerb we take a minimalist approach. Connections are mean points. We pressurize to the desired pressure. Shut the valve and disconnect the air supply. Pressure won't rise after that. Relief valves should be used. We have decided to minimize the connections though.

[@danschmaltz9056]

Where can I get your Pot Rack?

[@fredwissen1305]

Hi Dan, we sell the mold rack systems on our website at ptownsubbie.com/collections/mold-rack-systems

[@mikedoyle5362]

Great video Fred. Thank you

[@petrusscott3038]

Great video. I built a pressure pot last week, using a standard paint pressure pot, and made the usual modifications. For the connections I wrapped 2 layers of the white plumbing tape. I then filled the pot to 40 lbs and left it for 2 hours and came back to see if the pressure had dropped. It dropped to 15 lbs. so I have one or more leaks. Did you use the white tape or loktite and did you have any issues with leaks.

[@fredwissen1305]

Used white tape. If you use leak detect to find out if the leaks are in the joints or lid gasket.

[@petrusscott3038]

thanks for the info. I’ll try some sudsy water to find the leak(s)

[@sebdaems3237]

Hello can you tell me where do you buy your molds please. Thanks a lot.

[@fredwissen1305]

We manufacture them ourselves - PTownSubbie.com is where you can buy them.

[@mrraquetball]

How much pressure did you have your pressure pot at?

[@fredwissen1305]

35-45 pounds of oressure

[@maryannrussell7255]

Where can I get molds like that. Sorry sounds stopped on my tablet

[@jarededmondson7063]

so how exactly did you get the design on the pen tubes?

[@fredwissen1305]

There is another video about making the labels and attaching them to the pen tube. More info on our casting guide page on PTownSubbie.com - ptownsubbie.com/pages/ptownsubbies-casting-basics-guide

[@topflight2358]

Any one know who i can send a brass tube to , to have a photo put on and or casted in alumilite or blak diamonds so i can turn it for a gift ?? i have posted before and surprised no response !!

[@fredwissen1305]

Send us an email with details about what you want and we will do what we can to help. Email is [e-mail]

[@wildbill23c]

So what size labels do you use?

[@fredwissen1305]

If you watch the preparing clear cast labels, it shows more information on what labels to buy, but they are full sheet labels, and the images we create a sized according to the pen tube we apply them to, such as the Sierra are 1.33" x 2.25". All the sizes we use are listed on our label sizing templates page - ptownsubbie.com/products/label-sizing-templates

[@wildbill23c]

Thanks Fred, I'll go checkout that video as well. Ahh, I see, those are the templates that you can buy. I have a few of them already for my most used pens...I really need to get out in the shop and play around with your casting system :).