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So maybe you, or someone you know likes to sew and craft, and has a burgeoning button collection that hasn't quite gotten off the ground yet, and is a...
Materials 18" pine round circle from Home Depot parachute Cord paint picture hanging supplies Tools router w/ circle jig pa...
I just wrote an entire dedicated Instructable specifically on this topic. Check it out and use it as step 1...How to find the center of a circle.
Now that we've found it, it's time to route it out. I used a Jasper Circle Jig to create a crisp boundary on the exterior of the area that is being r...
The wood was left with some inconsistencies from the routing process. These can easily be sanded out with a random orbital sander. Pine is soft, thi...
I painted a coat of primer onto the table so that I'd get a really nice second coat of color. Why did I prime before all the woodwork was done? I do...
I marked four points approximately 4 inches from the center of the circle. They're evenly spaced and represent the four corners of a square. I then ...
This step is sort of optional, but I had the router handy so I decided to go all the way. With a straight bit in the router, cut out some channels fo...
I chose to paint my button a nice sky blue. You can paint your button any color you like.
I bought a simple picture hanging hardware kit from the store and screwed it to the back of the button.
Parachute cord seemed to be about the right weight and cost to use as thread for the button. All in all I think I used about 20 feet of bright yellow...
You've just made a giant button, hang it anywhere that you like!
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