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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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