First Epoxy Plate

Oct 8, 2019 11:09 AM

Koltaar

Views

369

Likes

6

Dislikes

2

First attempt to make an epoxy plate, epoxy casting is quite OK

But my wood parts are not the same height...

I aligned my epoxy casting with the smaller wood part (on the right)

How can I get rid of this overage?

Bop it.

7 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

Flip it over and put some feet on it for stability.

7 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Sand it

7 years ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

Man you really needed to stabilize that wood before joining the pieces

7 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

That was my mistake... Is it irreversible?

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

You can try to seal it, but it could still change dimensionally from heat/humidity differently from the epoxy and separate

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Is it a wall hanger? If so, does it matter?

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Nop, it has to be plane I want it to be a board

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Oh, yeah, take it to a cabinet maker and have them put it on a planer

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

you could take a belt sander to it before using an orbital sander to go through the fine grits

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Belt sander for the overage?

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

yep just grab a 40 grit belt and grind it to shape

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

once its close switch to 120 orbital

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

plane it

7 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

With a manual planer? Electric planer? I don't have a big budget and no tool at all, I'm buying it overtime, what do you advise?

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

I am not ever on a big budget. I think in the time it takes you to plane it by hand including tool cost and time, you could probably 1/2

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

contact a local woodworker, put word out at a makerspace, or re-do it right the first time (up to you though, just my .02) 2/2

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Yeah, look for a place with an electric planer or a jointer.

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Thanks I'll see with a local woodworker. Planing after epoxy is not good thing though?

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

shouldnt be a problem if they are familiar, youre only taking off wood potentially and a slight amount of resin, they will advise if good

7 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0