The Spike Burl!

Without support from ‪@vevor.official‬ and ‪@TotalBoat‬ this video would not have been possible. Big thanks to them! The Pressure Pot I used in this video can be found at this link: https://s.vevor.com/bfQpEY Other Pressure Paint Pot options: https://s.vevor.com/bfQsgQ Don't forget to use the code 'SAVEMORE5' for an additional 5% discount on the featured product or any other item on the Vevor website. When I first got into resin casting about 2 years ago, I purchased Vevor's 10 gallon pressure pot because it was the cheapest 10 gallon pressure pot I could find. Sometimes you're in for disapointment when buying cheap tools, but that wasn't the case with the Vevor pressure pot. Fast forward to today... Vevor reached out asking what product I would be interested in, and without hesitation I requested the same pressure pot. I guess they were phasing out their 10 gallon pots, but their 8 gallon pots are half the price of the 10 gallon pots and worth every cent. The pots are intended for paint pressure applications, so used ‪@JakeThompson‬ 's video as a guide for updating them for resin casting:    • How to convert ANY Paint Pot into a Pressu...   The Vevor pressure pots seem to be very well made, and in my experience they have been very reliable. If you're looking to save $$$ you really can't beat that. TotalBoat continues to support this channel with their various and wonderful epoxy resin products, without which this type of piece would be impossible. GET A DISCOUNT on their products by using this referral link: https://www.totalboat.com/adamsen Now, about this project... This manzanita burl was staring at me from the shelf for quite a while. It was the type of gnarly piece that has tons of interesting characteristics, so many of which are, sadly but inevitably, reduced to dust. The struggle of working with pieces like this is that the majority of spikes and protrusions, although interesting and dramatic, must ultimately be sacrificed for the sake of the larger form hiding somewhere in the overall form of the burl. The other problem is determining how much resin to use or, perhaps more accurately in my case, to abuse. Keeping the majority of the gnarly features attached to the burl meant that I had to make a larger resin pour in a larger bucket. Yay, more silly string! Perhaps if I had known exactly how the final piece would look like, I would have been able to minimize epoxy waste and optimize the casting. But I'm not a prophet, and I don't like to remove options by chopping away too much of the burl ahead of time. The wood always takes precedence over the resin, and the focus should never be on the resin but on the wood itself. The resin is purely there to enable the wood to be all it can be or at least to enable the wood to be more than what it could have been without the stabilization prowess of plastic. In the end, I was going for a more curvy version of a hollow form with slender base, a well-defined neck and shoulders. This piece may eventually be for sale on my website, but if you are interested in purchasing it before I put a price tag on it, please contact me through my website: https://www.adamsenwoodcraft.com/contact If you like what I do and want to support me, please consider joining my Patreon community, where I am much more than a pair of hands on a screen.   / davidadamsen   If you enjoy this video: 👍 Like it 📌 Subscribe to the channel 🔔 Turn on notifications so you never miss a new upload 💬 Leave a comment — I read every single one! 📢 Share with friends to help keep this channel alive (and my family fed!) 👀 Follow on Instagram:   / adamsen_woodcraft   👀 Follow on Facebook:   / adamsenwoodcraft   #totalboat I am a TotalBoat ambassador, so if you'd like a discount on their products use my referral link and discount code: 03WHEXTEYFCA https://www.totalboat.com/?sca_ref=32... You can also support me by purchasing my new merch or woodturned pieces, and if you're interested in a custom piece drop me a line or two through my website: https://www.adamsenwoodcraft.com All of the music used in this video came from Epidemic Sound: https://www.epidemicsound.com/referra...