I made some little inlaid hardwood skull pins for friends and family to help celebrate the “spooky season.” I always have ideas for this time of year and, rarely get to them. So, I am pretty stoked to have made these.
These are white oak, walnut and, padauk. After gluing and sanding, I applied three coats of wipe-on poly, sanding with 1000 grit between coats and after the last one. Pin backs attached with construction adhesive.
Thank you for sharing this project. I am glad you were able to get to this project which turned out amazing. I am sure your friends and family will love them.
Probably most commonly known by the brand name Liquid Nails.
According to Make’s adhesives chart, it is a good choice for bonding metal to wood. I have previously used either wood glue or e6000 and, those have seemed okay.
All of the stock I used was nominally 1/8"/3mm, though there was some variability in thickness.
Settings also vary by type of wood, often even between specific pieces of wood. It is really better to test each specific piece of wood to get optimized settings, especially if you have features like the point of the spirals that will burn off easily.
