My name is Shane. I am currently an architecture student in college and my love for building and creating has been in my blood since I was young. As I have grown older, I traded in my Legos and Knex, for wood and power tools. I hope you join me on my journey of creating unique furniture. Wood working is truly my passion, and it is a dream of mine to help others get into and learn this amazing hobby!
By partially filling the voids, letting it settle, then filling again, at least 3 times on that thick of a slab, you won't have those big fill holes. Any bubbling or voids will be below the final fill. Everyone makes bowties the same - sharp corners - why? Give them an odd shape or rounded corners (and waist). It's too bad you threw the brown confetti away - could have mixed it with the epoxy and filled the holes - different effect Try it on the cutoffs. Also, why take off/remove all the loose material in the voids rather than epoxy them in place? Gives a more natural effect. The above only works on clear or lightly colored so you can see inside the voids.
Hi. I was doing walnut cookie table and i pour epoxy on some holes and it soaked quite deep. When I sanded it didn't go off and i had black spots on the top from epoxy. Had to sand it about 1cm to get rid of it. Do u think i should penetrate it before epoxy? Would it help to avoid soaking around the cracks? Thanx
Very cool - I am currently on a very similar project - my first table project - found the redwood slab at a seaside driftwood shop on the Northern CA coast for 90$ I have been enormously helped by videos like yours - thanks - I am making lots of mistakes and learning as a go, but it is a lot of fun and I think when I am finally through, it will be a success. One thing I learned was to start with a penetrating epoxy, but then use an epoxy resin for follow up applications, and also to let it stand for about 20 minutes till it just begins to harden to it doesn't flow straight through the cracks in the wood but stick and fills in few applications. I was on my fourth application before I figured that out, then finished it all off with the last one - wasted a lot of time and epoxy, but it is all filled now and ready for a long and boring sanding before I oil and laquer it to finish.
enjoyed your video - good info! Yes, epoxy takes time and Starbond for the small cracks works great! I saw my own walnut cookies - finish them to and to get the result I want it takes time. Good job on the video...and that claro cookie has some crazy figure...IMO, $1000 all in is a good price for a solid cookie like that.
I had to pause the video to comment before I forget! I respect the hell out of you for the phrase you just said around 20:55 … this is everything I try to teach my kids. It’s ok to make mistakes, mistakes help us grow it’s trial and error. You did an amazing job I love the table!
A beautiful table and the legs (stand) make all the difference. My only complaint would be your narration. Put some EXCITEMENT in your voice!!! You were putting me to sleep. But, even with that, I think your narrative was appropriate and helped me (and hopefully the other folks) understand what you were doing.
This table is giving 70s in the best possible way like Beyoncés Renaissance did or Elizabeth Olsen in in Wandavision did ❤❤❤❤ I could NVER afford it even in my most delusional vintage wet dreams 😂 but if I had the money I would have 2
This is pretty cool, and it's yours from your brain which validates it completely... But from someone who is addicted to watching guys like John Milecky, I can't help but think layered colored resin would have made it look way better... Again it's yours and it's perfectly fine... I think I'm just desensitized to how others make theirs. Well done man
I love the top shape …it’s awesome. The legs are amazing ! Somehow I don’t like them together. Awepme job well done. I am sure your client will be very happy with it.
Re: CNCs and their users... I had a chip on my shoulder about them for a long time. I was hand-routing signs and plaques, and had gotten quite good at it! But I knew people with CNCs who had zero woodworking experience or knowledge. They expected to be able to download a (free) file, press PLAY and have a completed work of art. And what they made was crap when compared to what I was making. Then I saw a video by Steve Ramsey (Woodworking for Mere Mortals) talking about how the customer doesn't care HOW it's made, just that it's made well. That made me re-evaluate a lot of things. Eventually, arthritis decided I needed to buy my own CNC if I wanted to continue making the kind of things I was making. I've embraced it and have been enjoying the fact that I can do even greater things with it... things I could never have done before! TL:DR: Don't worry about the comments. Use whatever tools you want and feel comfortable using. Do it for YOU.
Very nice for a first try. Something I learned when I did paint and body work was wet sanding. Once the rough sanding is done, continue to a finer and finer sand paper. After a few of those, use a wet/dry sand paper and sand with a some water. It can help to take a bar of soap and rub a little on the wet sand paper. I like that you included your mistakes. Will help me avoid them when I give something like this a try. I also like that you jump in there and try something new. You don't learn new things by not doing new things.
