This is Justin Turpin here with Green Tree Woodworks where I share with you some simple and somewhat basic wood projects anyone with access to tools and a little know how can do at their own home. I'll be showing a few more advanced woodworking techniques in later videos throwing coffee into the mix so make sure to keep checking in for new videos!
You know…I would think so but I’m not really sure…? My planer is in storage until the new shop is built but if I remember I’ll find out and reply back to this comment for ya. Thanks for watching!
I used the rice to physically measure volume of epoxy needed. Handles are fixed the same way a pull on a cabinet drawer is. Just a nut on a bolt going through to the bottom side.
If i may ask. What is the point of multylayer epoxy in this case? I saw some epoxy which will thicken up to 5 cm. I mean i understand the first one, so the beans get sticky but the other ones i dont get.
So the 2nd pour was a deep pour epoxy to fill to the top of the wood. The 3rd pour was table top epoxy. The table top is optional. Some just sand/polish to a shine. I do a table top epoxy on all my bean boards since I have a few exposed beans along the sides. And I prefer the shine on the wood almost like a clear coat. Hope that helps!
Cool video, but some good advise would be......BEEF IT UP!!!.....2 INCH BY 18_20 INCH.... give Your buyers a good reason too buy your product. " Heft" is a pluse in my book.
A lot of it has to do with the brand epoxy. Other variables are temperature, the speed at which the epoxy was mixed, and you could even overheat your project while trying to get the micro bubbles out causing more bubbles. It does take practice like everything else in life. I wasted $700 worth of epoxy on a project one time.
Most people actually do polish their epoxy after the top coat. You can get away without doing it if there are no imperfections in your top coat. Your wood choice has a lot to do with that.
The bolts for the handles I used go all the way through the board. The very bottom of the hole needs to be slightly larger for the screw head to fit flush. So I used a slightly larger drill bit to do this with.
PLEASE tell me how to manage micro bubbles. No matter what I do, I can't get rid of them. Also can you please tell me how to place handles with a kreg jig and countersink bit?
I recently bought my first piece of "real" wood. The only thing is it does have some splitting. Will the resun fill that in or do I have to do something special?
The resin will fill that in as long as it’s not part of the bark. I would recommend cleaning it up as much as much as possible. You could use a piece of sandpaper to get down inside the split, or dremel tool, air compressor, or really anything you have just to make the split clean.
Hi excellent superb job. Very well demonstrated. I have one question. I have heard on you tube , if you sand beyond 400 the surface become so smooth that top code will not stay. How did you do that ? I appreciate your input.
well i have watched so many vids on epoxy/cutting/sanding, I cant count.... but I have to say I so so enjoyed this... me being a wood novice this is so easy to understand and feel I can achieve this, you are now my go to... the best I have seen...thankyou so much please don't stop the vids they are great.....👌👍
Just curious... some people pour a covering coat of epoxy at the point you used the oil. It's there any reason that's an ok idea or not? Is it just so it isn't so high gloss? I appreciate your time and anyone's input as the wife and I are just getting into this.
With the planer you only want to take about a 1/16th to 1/32nd off at a time sometimes even 1/64” especially when working with epoxy. If you have about a 1/4” worth of material you need to remove in order for it to be flat you’re going to have to make multiple passes or the planer will bog down. An example would be cutting extremely tall grass with a lawnmower bogs down the lawnmower so you have to make multiple passes sometimes.
Even when using 91% or higher? I haven’t experienced that. I’ll be honest, I watched another guy on RU-vid that’s been doing epoxy work for years use it so I thought I’d try it and I haven’t had any issues.
If you flip it over and lay it on a flat surface (table saw is usually a good reference for “flat”) and try to wobble it and it doesnt move anymore then it’s considered flat. After you’ve ran enough boards through you can usually look at a planed board and tell when it’s flat just by looking at it. Haha.
The bark can fall off or the board/table will separate at the bark-sapwood joint unless it’s prepped and cleared. I would like to make a table keeping the bark on one day.
You don’t have to wet sand. It’s usually used in the polishing stage. I just tried to do the “polishing stage” before epoxy coat to keep from polishing. Little bit of an experiment.
Lol I know I know. You and about 15 other people have said the same thing. I was somewhat experimenting. Trying to reduce the coats needed/little to no polishing. My conclusion was that it did work but only with Olivewood and possibly other woods that are comparable. Walnut, maple, other common woods…no it didn’t change anything. I’ve since been stopping at 320 grit.
In this video I did the pearl white as one layer by itself using Super Clear epoxys 2:1 “deep pour”. The coffee beans were a layer by itself as well using the deep pour, and the final layer was just clear deep pour. Each layer required 3-4 days of drying time. This was a personal preference. You can get by with using the table top 1:1 mix epoxy and you’d only have to let it dry 24hrs between layers. It’s a preference. Good question!
If I’m understanding the question right…I think you can by using what we call a “planer sled” and use super glue/shims to hold in place to get one side flat. Then when you have the one flat surface you can flip it over and run it through without the sled. I hope that answered your question!
Thank you! It’s the same process I use for all my serving trays. I have a whole tutorial video on how I make these trays on my page. The tutorial shows coffee beans cast into the tray but the process will be similar for most objects. Go check it out and thanks for watching!
Wow, another beautiful board. You know more about these boards than I’ll ever know, but running a paint stirrer along the bottom of your board as it’s curing will at least minimize your sanding on the drips. Thanks for the amazing videos and inspiration.
