Star Wars Coasters

Best friend is turning 40 and is a big nerd, he definitely needs some Star Wars coasters.

Chestnut wood with red heart, purple heart and wenge inlays.




Can you guess which one was replacement I eyeballed? :joy:

Heā€™s getting it nevertheless. For the unwanted guestsā€¦ :yum:

Logos Coaster Starwars.dxf (302.0 KB)

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Looks top notch!

Anyone remember the game ā€œTie fighterā€ where you got a mark on your arm? (upon completing some mission)

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Hey, I am a big nerd, and next month is my bday, can I send you my address, bahahahaha

I always, since I made my mpcnc, wanted to do infills, (epoxy, etc) still have not done it.

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Amazing! Super nice!

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Comparing this to your lego piece? Is inlays or epoxi fastest?

Epoxy is way easier than wood! I have done a few epoxy ones, but have yet to try a wood one. One dayā€¦

@Tokoloshe it looks amazing as always! Keep it up!

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Epoxy is easier and quicker I guess.

Yeah, but itā€™s easy, right? And anyone can do it.

Iā€™ve done probably 300 carves and epoxy fills since I set up the LR3. Itā€™s fun, looks good, relatively easy.

But I find it lacks the ā€œoooooohā€ factor that a well done wood inlay gives. When you tell someoneā€ itā€™s wood in wood, you can see them be impressed, and wonder how itā€™s done. At least, thatā€™s how I viewed it when I first saw them.

Epoxy is just hard paint, at the end of the day.

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These looks flawless, by the way. I think you have it dialed in

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These are awesome and inspire me to ask a clarifying question. Did you use a V-bit to create the mating design? Some of the corners are so sharp Iā€™m trying to understand the technique.

My bandsaw isnā€™t really up to resawing at the moment, so perhaps that a project for the weekend.

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Likewise. Love the product, would like to know how to make my own designs using this technique.

Generally it works like this:

Just donā€™t do three toolpaths but one.

The most important parts (example):
Mirror the motive to create the plug, give it a border.
Depth of the cut of the ā€œholeā€: 2mm
Depth of the cut of the inlay: 1.5mm (thatā€™s what is not going to be in the wood) and starting depth 1.8mm (thatā€™s whatā€™s going to be in the wood, 0.2mm for glue).
Clear with a 3 or 6mm endmill depending on size (3mm is often faster because it can reach more corners), then swap to a 30, 60 or 10.4Ā° v-bit.
Use completely even wood or it will look like the one imperial coaster, use a touchplate.

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Added the DXF for anyone that wants to cut some him/herself to the first post.

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When I get back in a few weeks, I want to give it a try. I have some upcoming projects that could use some inlaysā€¦

this part

is confusing me just reading itā€¦ I guess I need to go back and rewatch all the videos I watched last year and never usedā€¦

Or maybe thisā€¦

You knowā€¦if youā€™re boredā€¦ :grin:

Iā€™m so far behind I donā€™t have time to be bored :rofl:

Not from youā€¦ from the guy who knows what heā€™s doing :slight_smile:

Whatā€™s a good finish to use on coasters? I just donā€™t want a ring from condensation.

Just rewatched this one and it helped refresh my memory a bitā€¦

I guess Iā€™ll just have to actually do it for it to stick in my head lol

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Ahh I follow you now. My bad :man_facepalming:

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