Follow along as we make a set of tap handles for a customer from a piece of Australian burl and colored epoxy resin. This was a fun, straightforward project and the end result was really rewarding.
The mold was built from PVC strips for the sides and a clear acrylic scrap for the bottom. Assembled with regular wood screws and sealed with hot glue.
Some thought was needed getting four interesting pieces out of the slice of burl wood, after doing some rough layout we just went for it and sliced it up, luckily each handle has a very unique piece of wood in it. If they are installed together the pieces would read with each other as a matching set.
We used Ecopoxy 2:1 for this pour because of its ease of use and slow cure time allows for nearly all air bubble to escape from this porous piece of wood. cure time is about 48 hours but due to the cold we needed to wait a full three days before removing from the mold.
Trimming the handles and working with the epoxy is similar to working with regular wood, using the combination of jointer, table saw, and crosscut sled to trim them down to final size. (we were super excited how the clear epoxy looked while going through the table saw.)
The parts were then drilled for the threaded inserts (unfortunately we didn't capture the inserts on camera) and then finish sanded up to 600 grit. This gives a really good base for the beeswax polish on the epoxy and wood. They have a soft satin feel and the colors look amazing.
A fifth tap handle was made off camera but shown in the final shots, the original orange handle was intended to be red in color, but changed as the epoxy cured so we made a replacement to meet the customers needs.
Hopefully this video provided you a good overview of the process and thank you for watching!
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31 дек 2019
