Finished my 6 coaster set. Still thinking on what to use for finish. Stain, natural? Maybe clear resin to fill design inlay and still leave lip. Hummmm
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It’s remarkable. Is that the maple you’re using?
Beautiful, nice and clean looking.
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It’s just plain ole pine Alan. Never seen any maple here in Hawaii. I usually work with local (Hawaii) hardwoods like Koa, Monkeypod, Mango etc. but this was only practice so used some pine that I had in the shop.
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Cuts looks very clean, didn’t even think it’s pine.
Very nice, I would go with semi transparent colored resin, or even better glow in the dark colored resin in the shapes then clear coat the rest.
Yes, they are very clean cuts. I will probably never ever use any thing but a down spiral cut bit again. Makes all the difference in the world. Cut with 1/32 down , 2 fluke @ 30 doc, 80 ipm with Dewalt set at 4. Don’t know if that is optimum settings. Does that seem about right to you? Still trying to figure all that out.
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Glow in the dark resin…YES. Didn’t think about that one. Good call!
For pine, I usually have my dewalt set at speed 3. But if 4 works for you, go with it.
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hi , i would like to ask you about the name of the material , nice job , yes you can start with stan.
As I mentioned before, the wood is just plain old Pine as this was a practice and test job. My next set will be made using either Koa or Monkeypod hardwoods.
how about a contrasting wood for inlays? It would be difficulty to sand but if you took the time I bet it would look great. just a thought.
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That would look great, but way too much work for just a coaster that you would get covered up with a drink glass. (or beer can)
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