Adapting woodworking skills to another field

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bradleyheathhays

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I want to dip my toes into trying some larger resin projects and I think I've decided on the first one. I'm gonna try to replicate a kids table that has a lot of what I think are thin felt circles embedded in the resin. It's possible the circles are made out of something else; felt was just my first guess. I really don't want to cut out all those circles and the process of batch running lent itself to woodworking, so I thought I'd ask if anyone here has an idea how I could churn these things out using some kind of pattern replication system? Sometimes ideas for things like this come to mind, and other times it takes a minute. Would love to hear your ideas.


Also, I think I'm changing my screen name to Off-topic Toonces? Yays or nays?

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You might try a sewing store like Joann's or something like that. I know they have machines that make duplicate cuts on fabric so maybe felt too. Just a thought. As to the name change...that's something you'll have to decide.
 
There is a store on eBay that sells felt circles in 32 different colors from1-inch all the way up to 15-inches. The smallest sizes come in lots of 30. The also indicate contact them for various needs that are not individually listed so I would assume they could put together some kind of multi-color or multi-size package for you.

Link: Nakpunar

Here is another place worth checking out. They sell various color and size collections that work out to about a dime a circle. Link: Over The River Felt

Dave
 
First thing I am not sure that felt would cast well in resin. Any cloth I cast turns brown colors unless you use presevative. So I would do some experimenting first. Second I would use plastic. I would build a jig to cut all the same size circles and build several jigs for different sizes. You can stack cut. Use bandsaw. depending how large the table is depends on the time spent. Here is one of the many jigs you can make and very easy to do. Doublesided tape and have at it. You can cut all at once for each size if you want. This is the way I would have handled it if I had that project.

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?...AE9DB0D985E3BDDD9ECCAE9DB0D985E3BDD&FORM=VIRE
 
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I'm wondering if the 2-part bar glaze would be easier and better for a project like that? I have used it on a couple projects that turned out pretty.
 
I agree with everyone about felt being a bad idea; however, whatever you choose it has to be secured to prevent floating or movement. When you're pouring the resin is a bad time to see all your work floating around.

Personally, I would try it on a small scale first to get you process down. I would also focus on using painted plastic for the circles, maybe lids of different sizes.
 
RDHals said:
I agree with everyone about felt being a bad idea; however, whatever you choose it has to be secured to prevent floating or movement. When you're pouring the resin is a bad time to see all your work floating around.

Personally, I would try it on a small scale first to get you process down. I would also focus on using painted plastic for the circles, maybe lids of different sizes.
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You might look into craft foam. It is a closed cell foam used for creating all kinds of arts and craft type stuff. It would not soak up epoxy like felt material would. It is also available in all sorts of shapes and vibrant colors. I would think you could use small pieces of double sided foam adhesive to attach them together while still providing that 3-D kind of appearance. - Just a thought, Dave

PS This is the same closed cell foam that many members use to apply their CA finish with instead of paper towels.
 
The thing to look for if using foam is rigidity. There is none and if you are stacking and have hangovers as you show in the example it will not hold up. This goes for felt also. I bet those pieces are plastic. It is a cool effect if you can pull it off.
 
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