Minggu, 21 Maret 2021

Making a decorative wooden button out of mulberry and epoxy resin

 
























Tools and materials I propose:

Lathe

Wood turning tools set

Chuck kit

Vacuum chamber kit

Buffing kit

Axe

Bandsaw

Forstner bit set

Cordless drill

Micro mesh sanding pads


In this video I make decorative wooden button out of epoxy resin and mulberry wood. It's diameter is about 12cm.


I begun by splitting a piece of mulberry into stripes using an axe. 


I then chose the pieces I wanted and cut them on the bandsaw.


I used a cylindrical plastic bowl from cheese, as a mould. 


To keep the pieces from floating in the resin I hot glued a piece of wood perpendicular to the pieces. 


I then filled the mould in resin and de-gassed it in the vacuum chamber. 


I then epoxied the blank on a glue block. 


I turned the piece to my likeness. To make the button holes I used the divider of my chuck to mark their positions. Then I used a quick and dirty jig to drill the holes with a forstner bit.


I then sanded the piece with mineral oil. I polished it with my micro mesh sanding pads and my buffing wheel. 


To polish the back of the button I used my bowl bottom jaws on the chuck. 


To make my button more real I added a black nylon cord.


I hope you liked my little button because that was it. See you soon with a new project video.


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