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Epoxy Gift Coasters

Been working on some gift coasters recently and thought I’d share the process for anyone hesitant to use epoxy. It’s really not difficult and you shouldn’t hesitate to give it a try if you’re interested in this material. [Assorted FIni] Although Carbide Create wasn’t used to make these coasters, I did use the method shared by John Clark, @45RPM in this community, to center and cutout each coaster after pouring the epoxy. Here’s John’s post about creating boxes And the specific video about cen…

Smaller, but may give you some ideas.

I’m not sure I would call maple “forgiving” but I guess it depends on your perspective. It is hard and holds detail well but too great a DOC or too fast etc, could lead to bit breaking.

I would do a prototype in something softer first like pine or MDF to test. That won’t provide the same level of detail but will allow you to prove out the tool paths and design in general.