Panda wall hanging
Just a quick little picture of a panda. This was finished with epoxy inlay, first time I've tried that. My 19 y/o son did most of this. Fun fact, I made this image with chat gpt 4.0, and had it convert it to SVG. It took a few iterations to get it to look like what I wanted, then the SVG had a minor problem that prevented shaper studio from loading it (but not other tools), which I figured out and fixed.
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Decor
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Materials
9x9" 3/8" Maple. Or any light colored wood. Or scale to desired size, but 8" square is about the minimum.
Low viscosity epoxy
Black powder epoxy dye
Tools
1/4" and 1/8" bits
Instructions
Basically, pocket out to an 1/8" or 3/16" depth using the 1/4" bit, then finish using inside cuts with the 1/8" bit to reach parts inaccessible with 1/4". I actually had to use slight negative offset at a couple places to finish with the 1/8" bit. Slightly overfill with black epoxy. Make sure you level the work piece when you fill it, and over fill slightly since the epoxy contracts some, and want to sand it flush. Don't worry about drips outside the lines - sanding will remove that. After epoxy is fully dry, sand flush. I sanded with 80,150,220,400,800,1200.