Buried Treasure....
In this part of the build… burying the treasure…the Skull and Bones buttons…
I have started off by drilling a through hole in the centre of the curved end… yes I has a lot of confirmation that the curved end looked better… and then rounded over the edges..
Next … the holes were dug… OK I used a forstner bit to drill holes to bury the buttons…
You can see that even with no finish on this the timber is outstanding…
Here we see the buttons in the holes and 2-pac clear resin filling in the holes…
When this is dry… sand it flat and smooth… I take it up to 1500 grit and then oil the resin to make it crystal clear again…[sanding tends to dull and cloud the resin]
More on this later…
In this part of the build… burying the treasure…the Skull and Bones buttons…
I have started off by drilling a through hole in the centre of the curved end… yes I has a lot of confirmation that the curved end looked better… and then rounded over the edges..
Next … the holes were dug… OK I used a forstner bit to drill holes to bury the buttons…
You can see that even with no finish on this the timber is outstanding…
Here we see the buttons in the holes and 2-pac clear resin filling in the holes…
When this is dry… sand it flat and smooth… I take it up to 1500 grit and then oil the resin to make it crystal clear again…[sanding tends to dull and cloud the resin]
More on this later…