corian thickness

[CarverJerry]

I've done a couple of lithopanes out of 1/4" corian and they turned out really good. Just had a friend give me a large piece of corian but it is 1/2" thick. Have any you ever done a lithopane using this thick of material? If so do you remember the depth and heigth you used, I know on 1/4" I use a depth of .180 and a heigth of 450 which always gives me good results. Any help or suggestions would be of great help. Thanks

CarverJerry

[jaroot]

I've done a couple of lithopanes out of 1/4" corian and they turned out really good. Just had a friend give me a large piece of corian but it is 1/2" thick. Have any you ever done a lithopane using this thick of material? If so do you remember the depth and heigth you used, I know on 1/4" I use a depth of .180 and a heigth of 450 which always gives me good results. Any help or suggestions would be of great help. Thanks

CarverJerry

I think that you've been doing this longer than I and I'm just starting to investigate doing lithos but I everything I have read has warned to keep the carving to 1/8" or less when cutting/carving plastic to keep the stress level on the machine to a minimum.

[hess]

Jerry
I use 1/4 all the time but when I did 1/2 inch the setting for 1/4 will not show though so I would guess you have to go deeper sorry no help here

[c6craig]

I haven't worked with lithos at all, or corian except little pieces for name plates. But if you work corian similiar to wood, could you resaw it on a bandsaw and carve it in a sled?

Craig

[Eagle Hollow]

Craig,
Yes. I get 3/4" Corian scraps that I cut with the bandsaw and the run through the drum sander to smooth.

[c6craig]

Craig,
Yes. I get 3/4" Corian scraps that I cut with the bandsaw and the run through the drum sander to smooth.

So that may be an option for you Jerry. I don't know though, a 1/2" thick chunk of corian might look pretty cool with a litho if you could carve the right depths. Depends too what kind of stand or box you are going to use, if it's a box you might as well resaw it since you wouldn't see the thickness of the corian anyway...

Craig

[CarverJerry]

Thats an idea, I just wanted to use what my buddy gave me, I've got some cast acrylic sheets that are 1/4" and work well for lithos, maybe I'll just keep this chunk for a cutting board after all. I know it would be on the heavy side if I used it full thickness and besides they want a frame around it too....

CJ

[cnsranch]

CJ

I use 1/2" Corian all the time - just add an additional .25" to your original settings - the trick is to get the thickest part of your Corian about .12-.13" thick (if you set 1/4" at .180, set 1/2" to .430).

Make sense?

BTW, I use .400 0n 1/2", because I originally was taught to set 1/4" Corian at .150.

Couple of pics using 1/2"...

Even the small "ornament" was cut in 1/2" - came out just a little thicker than I wanted, so I put it on my belt sander, and took off some thickness from the backside.

[cnsranch]

Regarding a frame for the thicker stuff -

I built one out of ash, the other out of walnut, and cut a rabbet 1/2" deep - built the frame around the Corian, no glue on the Corian (placed the Corian in the frame to assure a tight, square fit). When the glue dried, I popped the Corian out, finished the frames, then re-set the Corian. Had a heck of a time getting the Corian back in, I found that if I beveled the backside edge of the Corian just a little, it would allow it to go back in the frame. Fits really tight, no brads, nails, glue etc.

Worked pretty well.

[CarverJerry]

Thanks for the info there Jerry, I've made note and when I carve this I will post a pic of the final project.

CJ

[lmbkb]

Hey guys,

Thanks for everyone that bought box deals from me before.

I had alot of guys emailing for more box deals. I ran out for a little bit. I did get some new stuff yesterday. I only have a couple boxes to offer.

The boxes are corian except where noted, and the other is a acrylic solid surface just like corian. I works like corian but it is another name brand. They are all 1/4" material.

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10 bone corian
10 solid surface material
totaling 20pcs this box


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20 bone corian
totaling 20pcs this box


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19 bone corian
11 solid surface material
totaling 30pcs. each box

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larry