So excited for Corian

[Casey Jourdan]

I've seen other folks cut Corian (the epoxy counter top material) and I've wanted to try but never got around to buying any. Turns out a friend of mine and her husband run a counter top business! He asked if I wanted some scraps so I of course scooped it up. Just cut a quick Steve Good ornament to try it out. I'm in love!   

[dgman]

Looks good Casey!

[Iguanadon]

Looks nice Casey, what size and type blade did you use?

[hawkeye10]

I like it also Casey.

[meflick]

it looks good Casey.  Always good to have friends who can give you scraps for your hobby!  Look forward to seeing what else you might do with it. Thanks for sharing.

[Sparkey]

Looks good casey. What blade did you use?

[Mark SW]

Looks great Casey

[ike]

and again it looks good

IKE

Edited October 26, 2016 by ike

[DWSUDEKUM]

Very nicely done Casey.  One thing about corian is that it can be a pain to finish IF all you are doing is sanding it.  You can sand it up to about 5,000 or 6,000 grit and get a nearly perfectly smooth finish or you can sand to something like 800 grit and use a lacquer and get something that works as well.  Lof the Christmas tree btw.

DW

[Casey Jourdan]

Looks nice Casey, what size and type blade did you use?

Thanks! The FD Polar #7. I ran the saw at full speed, but was careful not to force the feed (which I terrible about) and it never got hot or melty, which was the 1 warning I've seen about cutting this.

[Casey Jourdan]

Very nicely done Casey.  One thing about corian is that it can be a pain to finish IF all you are doing is sanding it.  You can sand it up to about 5,000 or 6,000 grit and get a nearly perfectly smooth finish or you can sand to something like 800 grit and use a lacquer and get something that works as well.  Lof the Christmas tree btw.

DW

Thanks for the heads up. I do a fair amount with regular epoxy resin and it's a pain too. I usually to sand that stuff to about 1200 then lacquer. Gonna try the same.

[amazingkevin]

I've seen other folks cut Corian (the epoxy counter top material) and I've wanted to try but never got around to buying any. Turns out a friend of mine and her husband run a counter top business! He asked if I wanted some scraps so I of course scooped it up. Just cut a quick Steve Good ornament to try it out. I'm in love!   

It smells so good cutting,and that's the bad part !I like your cutting!!!

Edited October 26, 2016 by amazingkevin

[Ron Johnson]

Very well done Casey. It's surprising what can be cut on a scrollsaw. Moose horn for example is interesting.

[Rockytime]

I have not sawed Corian but I like making pens from it. Nice stuff and your cutting is nice.

[Lucky2]

Nicely done Casey, how fragile is it?

Len

[wombatie]

Looks great Casey.  It's always good to have friends in the right trade.    I have never cut Corian but my husband has turned some.

 

Marg

[lawson56]

Casey it looks Fantastic,I have never cut Corian,I have cut Plexi glass,I know you have to be fast with it.I may give Corian a try some day.Again Fantastic job.  

[daveww1]

very nice, it's great to get free material to cut

[Dave Monk]

Nice job Casey. dave

[Casey Jourdan]

Nicely done Casey, how fragile is it?

Len

Feels pretty solid. I'd said somewhat stronger than 1/2" hardwood (it's 1/2" material too). I smacked this around a couple times yesterday and put some pressure on the branches and it's still one piece 

[heppnerguy]

I learned a lot from this post and I am going to try to find a place to buy some of it and give it a try. I love posts like this one about something unusual that is cut, either a new idea for a pattern or a material that most do not cut

 

 

 

Dick

heppnerguy

[Casey Jourdan]

I learned a lot from this post and I am going to try to find a place to buy some of it and give it a try. I love posts like this one about something unusual that is cut, either a new idea for a pattern or a material that most do not cut

 

 

 

Dick

heppnerguy

Love hearing this! Hope you find some and enjoy.

[ike]

Is the fumes toxic?

[Casey Jourdan]

Is the fumes toxic?

No one mentions anything in any of the videos or other tutorials I looked at. But I work with another type of resin in some pieces and it is. So I'm not going to worry too much when cutting it, but I will be wearing my respirator to sand.