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Noggsy":1ry3e9cv said:This was requested by good friends for their wedding. The spec was 14", natural-edged platter for cheese. The only thing I could find was some cherry trunk which was only felled this year, so there was loads of movement and it was obviously end-grain. I sliced it with a chainsaw a few months ago, then sealed it with pva. I then mounted on a screw-chuck a couple of weeks ago and turned it slightly hollow. The cracks were then filled with epoxy mixed with brass powder, left to harden and then skimmed. Finally sanded up to 2000 and finished with osmo. They were the simple steps, but I've missed all the swearing out, especially when my lathe broke a few days before. I learned loads, especially about epoxy and brass.
Finished;
Forgive my ignorance but why is the epoxy green? Is that a tarnishing effect in the brass or was it the base colour of the epoxy?