With my warder 
sorry I mean wife away visiting the youngest son in Norfolk for a few days, the kitchen has mysteriously turned into Doctor Beakers
Laboratory When I was in the woods above Barden Bridge the other day Cuckoo linkthey'd clear felled an area of pine and to get the machinery to it they'd smashed their way to it along one of the rides with no regard for the trees either side maybe they're next for the chop ? but it gave me an opportunity to gather a bag of resin chunks. This morning saw me process them. Most charity shops around here have the stainless steel tea pot and jug sets the small ones usually 50p which is not bad for a stainless billy. But with a built in strainer and a tight fitting hinged lid their ideal for extracting the resin. So taking the safety precations of having a metal bucket on the floor and a damp dish cloth handy wearing a leather glove and safety specs 
I filled the tea pot with resin and melted it on the small gas jet on low with no problems and with the internal strainer being the same temperature it poured into a small stainless milk jug easy, leaving all the bits of bark etc. behind
I'd fine powdered some charcoal in the kitchen herb/spice pedestal and mortar and sieved it through a mesh tea strainer. Putting the milk jug on the gas jet on low I stirred in a small piece 1" x 1/2" x 1/4" of bees wax then added charcoal until the mixture went black.I then dipped small lengths of wood in then out and into a glass of cold water then back into the resin and back into the water. It helped to keep the wood turning until it set. When I'd done a few I poured the rest into a glass mixing bowl of cold water and kneaded and rolled it into a long sausage NOTE ! it still has a hot molten center for quite awhile and can get sticky on hands but most came off as I continued rolling. The rest came off no bother with Swarfega. The result a hard dry non sticky resin glue to play with
and a load of resiny bark bits to make a flaming torch with.
just thought I'd share cheers all Danny
sorry I mean wife away visiting the youngest son in Norfolk for a few days, the kitchen has mysteriously turned into Doctor Beakers
I filled the tea pot with resin and melted it on the small gas jet on low with no problems and with the internal strainer being the same temperature it poured into a small stainless milk jug easy, leaving all the bits of bark etc. behind
I'd fine powdered some charcoal in the kitchen herb/spice pedestal and mortar and sieved it through a mesh tea strainer. Putting the milk jug on the gas jet on low I stirred in a small piece 1" x 1/2" x 1/4" of bees wax then added charcoal until the mixture went black.I then dipped small lengths of wood in then out and into a glass of cold water then back into the resin and back into the water. It helped to keep the wood turning until it set. When I'd done a few I poured the rest into a glass mixing bowl of cold water and kneaded and rolled it into a long sausage NOTE ! it still has a hot molten center for quite awhile and can get sticky on hands but most came off as I continued rolling. The rest came off no bother with Swarfega. The result a hard dry non sticky resin glue to play with
and a load of resiny bark bits to make a flaming torch with.
just thought I'd share cheers all Danny
