Making coasters

[Kido]

Hi, I'm thinking of making some coasters as a housewarming gift ideally out of scrap wood. What I'm planning is cutting out circles then routing circles inside them for a pattern. I'm then thinking about putting different coloured Epoxy Resin inside each of the routed circles. Once it had all dried, I was thinking of putting another layer of clear epoxy resin on the top and sides to help with waterproofing and heat resistance.

Would this work or am I better thinking of a different design? I'm fairly new to woodworking and I've never used epoxy resin before, so any help or advice is much appreciated. Thank you.

 

[big-all]

you are in effect fully learning several tasks at once needing £100 off tools and materials
better to go one step at a time and learn that tool and material

 

[big-all]

coasters are far far easier to make square then convert to a square with nipped off corner or converted to octagons then chamfered or round over or any other router cutter

 

[SFK]

Some manufacturing ideas here

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www.instructables.com

 

[big-all]

Some manufacturing ideas here

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www.instructables.com

to be fair i dont think the op has got the actual skills or tools to do basic woodwork [i could be wrong off course]so complex ideas may be a bit outside his/her comfort zone

 

[SFK]

Noted, but there are more than 100 ideas there, many with detailed instructions. Some might be to their experience level and start them off.

 

[foxhole]

Easier to route first then cut out shape .