"Micarta" Funiture?

[VorpelSword]

Check out these videos of this guy creating interesting furniture using resin impregnated denim.

Plain blue denim

Blue donum "Damascus"

Black denim and aluminum damascus

 

[VorpelSword]

I saw those videos and immediately thought about creating DIY handle slabs. The idea of combining other materials (Aluminum etc) is intriguing. Working with much smaller amounts of materials would be less involved and cheaper to do than a table top.

Imagine doing it with various camo patterns popped into my head.

Maybe a molded sheath . . .don't know if that is possible but can't hurt to try.

Imagine a Chris Reeve "Green Beret with handle slabs of a modern pixilated camo and matching sheath

Someone else please look at this idea, I am not able to do anything with it for health reasons .

 

[DangerZone98]

The resin did what to the denim?!

Kidding. G10 is probably my personal favorite but Micarta is nice too.

 

[VorpelSword]

He layered many layers of denim presoaked with activated resin and vacum-bagged the stack till it cured.

He used a thi, penetrating resin with an extended cure time.

When cured, he composit is strong enough to make a usable desk or table.

 

[Ivan Campos]

I have seen furniture and decorative objects made with resin soaked, stacked newspaper sheets and they looked very cool but its been a long while and unfortunatelly I just can´t find a pic or link.

 

[SharpBits]

Raffir has been making scale materials with aluminum and other metals for several years now. It’s always interesting to see others doing similar and applying it to other crafts.

 

[Crag the Brewer]

Richlite is originally used for table tops, furniture, and such....
It works Really well, it's like a better version of paper micarta.