Knocked these up this afternoon.. wood buttons.

[quietone]

Hey chaps. I wanted to change the white ones on my smock. So I made these, rather than buying. Plus it was fun. Still have some to make, and a couple smaller ones for the epaulettes.

Forgot to say, easy to do really. Tools were mora knife, saw, round file, drill with bit, bit of glass paper. No measuring, just used the original for template.

 

[sandbender]

Those are lovely.

 

[crosslandkelly]

Nice work, spalted Birch?

 

[Madriverrob]

Excellent work

 

[RonW]

Looks good! Did the same thing for the same reason a while ago.
I used juniper wood. What did you use?

I found that humid conditions made the buttons less easy to use. Not as smooth.

 

[quietone]

Nice work, spalted Birch?

Yes. Sorry for using it again.

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[quietone]

Looks good! Did the same thing for the same reason a while ago.
I used juniper wood. What did you use?

I found that humid conditions made the buttons less easy to use. Not as smooth.

Ah, thanks. I'll bear that in mind. It's spalted birch.

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[quietone]

I guess if I had a lathe, they could be made exactly the same, and easier. But it only took ten mins or so to make from a square length.

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[quietone]

Also, regarding the wet weather issues, I will build up layers of tung oil for a smooth finish.

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[crosslandkelly]

I wonder if soaking them in Tung oil for a few days would help?

 

[quietone]

Mmm that's a thought. Good shout.

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[HillBill]

Nice work.

Spalted wood is structurally weak though, don't be surprised if they snap if any pressure is put on them.

 

[quietone]

Nice work.

Spalted wood is structurally weak though, done be surprised if they snap if any pressure is put on them.

Mmmm, yeah. Hopefully I've made them thick enough. I have some olive that I blagged from a woodturner on Zante. If they do start to show wear I'll make some out of the olive.

 

[Mesquite]

Very nice bit of work

Spalted wood is structurally weak though, done be surprised if they snap if any pressure is put on them.

They could always be stabalised by being soaked with superglue. As they're pretty thing they should soak all the way through without too much trouble.

 

[HillBill]

Superglue is a brittle thing though Steve. It'd help, but only a little.

Very nice bit of work



They could always be stabalised by being soaked with superglue. As they're pretty thing they should soak all the way through without too much trouble.

 

[British Red]

Lovely looking buttons those!

 

[HillBill]

Olive is a nice wood, i like olive! It can have some amazing grain in it, and the oil content makes it a long lasting wood too.

Mmmm, yeah. Hopefully I've made them thick enough. I have some olive that I blagged from a woodturner on Zante. If they do start to show wear I'll make some out of the olive.

 

[Robson Valley]

Leave them full thickness, don't drill the thread holes. Cut 3 short lengths of round bamboo satay skewer, anchored and glued into one face.
You can give them away as "stool samples."

 

[matt_uk]

Absolutely smashing ... I'd love to see a video of the process...

Danish oil ... British made stuff can be be found on amazon (bestwood I think) ... it'd bring them out lovely, last longer and work quicker than plain tung

 

[Goatboy]

Nice buttons. Be nice to see pictures once they're on the smock.
I put some antler tip toggles on a jacket to replace some buttons that were too small and fiddly to do up with mitts on.
The oil had really brought up the spalting well. Really like wooden buttons.

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