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Everyone’s gotta use the scraps for something! I take the small oak pieces left over for larger projects and size them into .750” x .750” strips and glue sixteen together to make a log. This is wrapped with .500” walnut and sliced off with my miter box saw.
I need to seal them differently because any condensation from the glass seeps down through the grain of the oak. I don’t want to use cork as it will cover up the pattern.
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steliart
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#1 posted 819 days ago
nice coasters.
a bit info on the project would have been helpfull
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SgtSnafu
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#2 posted 819 days ago
Well done – I like.
To guard against glass rings and all.. What are they finished with?
Thanks for sharing.
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yokel
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#3 posted 819 days ago
Nice design & use of scraps. You should be fine once you put on a finish. I have some I made a few years ago that have held up well with a few coats of hand rubbed polyurethane.
Millo
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#4 posted 819 days ago
cool, so some nice pore-filling finish will protect this end grain quite a bit?
Nice job, by the way
Ken90712
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#5 posted 819 days ago
Nice job!
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OJohnnyO
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#6 posted 819 days ago
Coasters are my “cutting boards.” I love using all kinds of various scrap for them. We should start a movement.
topspin
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#7 posted 819 days ago
Nicely done. I’d thought about making something like this but was concerned about moisture going through the end grain. I’m curious about how you will approach finishing. Please let us know.
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Dusty56
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#8 posted 819 days ago
CA glue should work fine for a sealer , sand off any roughness and apply some poly afterwards.
Nice looking project : )
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Joe Lyddon
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#9 posted 819 days ago
Very nice.
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