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    Quote Originally Posted by Robson Valley View Post
    They use MinWax Tung Oil Protective Finish.
    Unfortunately MinWax products are becoming difficult to source in Australia.

    Jim, I used to do similar with Penetrol Multipurpose Wood Oil - gives a nice satin finish which can be built up to a gloss finish if required using multiple dips.

    If using the product be aware that it goes off in the container if you leave airspace above the product. I used the old glass marbles trick to avoid that, but finding glass marbles isn't so easy these days, but glass "pebbles" for interior decorating are readily available.

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    I'm far more interested in how you make them thousands at a time!

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    HI JIM,
    I used to make wooden buttons of all different shapes & sizes, I had a board about 2mtrs long with a lot of tacks with the head removed and hung them on the board to spray 100hundred at a time, you don't get overspray when dry turn them to do the other side it worked for me hope this helps regards John t.

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    Google ‘wooden button making machine’
    Apologies for unnoticed autocomplete errors.

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    I looked around for how to do it, but other than some single-style $12k Chinese behemoth, or an agonizing hand process, it didn't seem too obvious how one might make "hundreds" at a time....

    Would the OP care to enlighten us?

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    Quote Originally Posted by woodPixel View Post
    I looked around for how to do it, but other than some single-style $12k Chinese behemoth, or an agonizing hand process, it didn't seem to obvious how one might make "hundreds" at a time....

    Would the OP care to enlighten us?
    You seem to have interpreted my post as implying that I could make thousands of buttons "at a time". My post was seeking possible methods of finishing the buttons for sale. I was not trying to impress any one with my ability to make buttons. For your benefit it would take me about two days to make 2000 buttons. Maybe I should not have used the phrase "at a time", Which it appears you have interpreted as being some magical method the produces mass buttons in the blink of an eye, I am not that talented. Perhaps I should used the phrase, "in a batches of", instead. That way you would not be quite so concerned. I make two styles, one employs a self made cutter used in a drill press to cut the face, on the face of a narrow board, then use a circular saw to free the buttons from the blank from the back. The other type has a flat face. A strip 25mm wide is cut off the end of a 150 x 25mm board and turned, and then turned round in a lathe. The buttons are then cut off the end of this round "log", on a circular saw. The two holes are drilled in a drill press using a jig I designed for the purpose.

    W.P. Hopefully that satisfies your concerns, and I trust you are now "enlightened".

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    I'm a keen student! I would ask for a video.... But you might get stroppy

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    Quote Originally Posted by woodPixel View Post
    I'm a keen student! I would ask for a video.... But you might get stroppy
    He might! I would too. as for a video don't hold your breath as Jim has trouble with a camera.

    Jim is what we Aussies like to call a "clever old buggar" so on the odd occasion that I get to visit them I like to keep my eye out for some of Jim's jigs and neat little processes in his shed/s that he has developed to "make things."

    At the risk of not being invited back I must admit I have seen the boards with the buttons partially drilled / cut. Now I can put 2 & 2 together .
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    Quote Originally Posted by powderpost View Post
    ….. some magical method the produces mass buttons in the blink of an eye, I am not that talented.
    Now that's what I would like to see. I'm sure I haven't seen a Genie bottle in any of the sheds, but I do believe that you must have some wood elves stashed away somewhere, cause nobody can be that talented.
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    Quote Originally Posted by powderpost View Post
    Perhaps I should used the phrase, "in a batches of", instead.
    I make two styles, one employs a self made cutter used in a drill press to cut the face, on the face of a narrow board, then use a circular saw to free the buttons from the blank from the back.
    The other type has a flat face. A strip 25mm wide is cut off the end of a 150 x 25mm board and turned, and then turned round in a lathe. The buttons are then cut off the end of this round "log", on a circular saw. The two holes are drilled in a drill press using a jig I designed for the purpose.
    Hi Jim

    That jig sounds interesting -- can you post a photo?
    regards from Alberta, Canada

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