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“Beautiful projects!
I really love the coasters. How did you make those?
Korneel”
1) Figure out the color pattern you want and the woods to make it. I started with .75 inch thick pieces of scrap about 11 inches long. The pieces can be as long as you like, I wanted to make six coasters of each pattern (3.5 inches x 3 = 10.5 inches + .5 inch for kerf)
2) Target dimensions of a single coaster is 3.5 inches square, but can vary slightly
3) Plane wood strips down to desired width. I used three widths: 1 inch, .5 inch and .25 inch.
4) Glue the strips together in the desired pattern. The result should be a 3.5 inch x 11 inch x .75 inch thick patterned piece.
5) Plane flat on both sides.
6) Resaw the piece in the middle and plane the cut faces parallel with the existing flat face. Goal is two pieces 3.5 inches x 11 inches x .25-ish inches
7) Crosscut each piece twice so you end up with six 3.5 inch x 3.5-ish inch coasters.
8) Plane the end grain clean on a shooting board. Each coaster should be close to 3.5 inch x 3.5 inch.
9) Mark out the rounded corners and use a chisel, rasp, files, etc. to round them over.
10) Round the edges with sandpaper.
11) Sand with 220.
12) I used one coat of Tung oil and three coats of rub on Polyurethane for color and protection against booze spills 🙂
- This reply was modified 8 years, 8 months ago by elvishefer.