I'm planning on trying to build one of those epoxy river tables this summer. Anyone whose done this before have any advice, I've already got the slab of wood.
I'm planning on trying to build one of those epoxy river tables this summer.
I'm planning on trying to build one of those epoxy river tables this summer. Anyone whose done this before have any advice, I've already got the slab of wood.
Cringe
Jeez, who stuck a rod up your asses.
They are hated on, since it is kind of gimmicky, and lots and lots of people have been doing them. but frick em. sounds like a fun project. a million good youtube channel vids on doing them as well.
good luck and post your results.
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I am a woodworker and I find them tacky. But, if you like it then go for it. I was talking with an anon in another thread and he showed me his cnc setup with a router to get the top flat. Unless you have access to a wood shop, you have to think about how you are going to get the top of the piece FLAT. I am not an expert on this stuff, but if it were me, I would make sure I had a flat surface, I would build a form around the perimeter of the table top, I would put something flat like a piece of acrylic down in the base of the form WITH THE PROTECTIVE FILM STILL ON IT AND FACING UP. I would then put my two pieces of wood into the form, then I would pour in my epoxy. Once the epoxy is fully cured, I would remove it from the form, peel off the acrylic piece which would probably leave the film bonded to the epoxy, sand it off, and then finish the top with whatever my final coat would be.
after you have realized your mistake use a track saw and cut out the epoxy and make a real table like a white man
How can you be a woodworker and not know what a router table is
wait, are you suggesting using a router table to flatten a large slab of wood ? pls explain.
What's with all the hate for epoxy tables? Seems kind of unwarranted.
The hate is for PrepHole being 25% doers and 75% do-nothing soft hand posters who could easily google and start a project then come here for proper discussion. I rarely see these projects started let alone completed. DIY armour dude is missed.
I saw him a couple weeks ago he posted a pic of himself in his armor. he said that there might be a yt video testing his armor coming out soon. i could be wrong but i think that it was this channel https://www.youtube.com/@Techthisoutmeow/videos that will do the test
well the non ceramic plates stop common 9mm which is all I aimed for at minimum.
Lmao you were bragging about how you were gonna be able to take 12 gauge buckshot to the chest you backpedaling homosexual
But anon buckshot pellets have less penetrating power than 9mm. They're about the same caliber, almost universally lighter and made of soft unjacketed lead, and ontop of that usually come out around the same speed as they do out of the average handgun. If it reliably stops 9mm FMJ, 00 buckshot may struggle to penetrate.
you moronic nogunz turbo double Black person homosexual
unthinking smoothbrained soulless automaton slave - incapable of even the most basic use of a search engine
dare I say, you candyass roodypoo
I hate them because they are ugly as shit
they are literally the basic b***h of table making
have a nice day
Wear a full respirator during all applications of the epoxy and during any sanding. Don’t breathe that stuff in.
Epoxy is solvent free, you don't need a respiratory when applying it. Don't get it on your skin or breathe the sanding dust though
>Epoxy is solvent free, you don't need a respiratory when applying it.
perhaps that is true here, but the 2-part epoxy paint I have used is up there with lacquer for having powerful fumes that will frick you up massively.
Most deep-pour projects use a marine epoxy like Total Boat, and those are basically fume-free.
You do need to make sure you have an eagle eye for any dust or hair floating into the project, though.
watch one of the 8000 youtube videos out there and leave PrepHole forever.
The hardest part will telling your parents you’re a huge homosexual.
Only one tip: do NOT use electricity. You will die. Moar info: https://youtu.be/wzosDKcXQ0I?t=442
Also the epoxy can have serious fumes. Work outside with serious ventilation.
God damn that’s fricking scary. People are moronic.
I may try and convince my wife to start doing that as a hobby.
>advice
don't
they're a terrible fad
you'll regret having done that to such nice wood
I made a few myself. Don't buy epoxy from the store that shit turns yellow if it's mixed improperly. Get bags of glitter or whatever the frick you drop in there from the internet along with 1:1 epoxy.
Measure out the depth and width carefully to ensure you have enough. BUY MORE EPOXY THAN YOU REQUIRE.
You do not need rough-cut wood, buy 2x12s and split the edges off the boards. You can then smooth it with an orbital sander...you get the same effect as the live edge for cheap (stain to whatever color you like while saving time by not planning).
When you mount your hardware, use threaded metal drywall mounts. Use a torch to heat them up, predrill the hole to the appropriate size, and then, while the mounts are hot, you can screw them into the epoxy portion securely.
I found all this out the hard way. Enjoy learning from my mistakes
Show us one of your tables
>have wood, a treasure from nature
>turn it into a plastic product and install ugly hardware
>NO YOU CAN'T USE SCRAPS AND IMPERFECT CUTS OF WOOD YOU GOT FOR CHEAP TO MAKE A BEAUTIFUL AND TIMELESS PIECE OF FURNITURE THAT EVEN YOUR GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN CAN CHERISH AND ENJOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>FRICK YOU YOU HAVE TO THROW THAT SHIT AWAY AND BUY PERFECT SLABS THIS GIFT FROM MOTHER NATURE ISN'T WORTH FRICK ALL IF IT'S NOT A PERFECT SQUARE WITH NO HOLE OR KNOTS OR IMPERFECTIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>WHY THE FRICKEN HECK ARE YOU DOING A PROJECT THAT IS FUN AND WILL PRODUCE A HIGH QUALITY PIECE OF FURNITURE YOU AREN'T ALLOWED TO DO THAT YOU FRICKING DUMBASS DON'T YOU KNOW IT'S SUPER TOTALLY REDDIT (A SITE I PERSONALLY USED 23 HOURS A DAY)?!?!?!?!!?
The npc cries out in seething rage when you tell him to not ape off every YouTube fad.
>Most of the wood getting used for epoxy tables would have been either cut into standard boards or used as firewood 20 years ago
And now if you're attention to detail is good enough you can sell them for $10k+, so I think it's really just haterade that's driving it.
Wood grows on trees.
Epoxy doesn't.
And? Neither does metal.
Point.
that's stupid. by that logic you can excuse anything being sold for any amount of money.
your grand children will think it's a lame fad of our time but unlike old, truly hand-crafted furniture it won't be treasured because it's something that was probably made by someone who was an office worker his entire life until he decided he wanted to do something with his hands and be "creative" but neither his hand nor his sense of design are trained.
>old, truly hand-crafted furniture it won't be treasured
This boomer really thinks his kids want to inherit his grandma's old furniture lmao
The kids want the house, they don't got no fricking where to put that 20' dining table in their place.
But Grandma's got a reverse mortgage running.
>have any advice
inhale the fumes and become one with the epoxy
>any advice
Yeah.
Epoxy is expensive so make sure that your mould does not leak.
You dont need it
https://www.blacktailstudio.com/the-epoxy-workshop
You should make a real river table with a fountain
>reddit table
>TURNING 1k into 10k!!!!!!
>pour plastic into wood
>polish it
>MUH SKILL
you know who i'm talking about. you fricking hack
>one guy whose a gay makes epoxy tables therefore epoxy tables bad
I don't care if they're "real woodworking" or not, I think they look neat regardless.
Thanks for proving my point on the Haterade.
I'd argue getting them to look good takes a lot more skill than a standard table, as well. You're also investing a lot of time, effort, and money into something that might turn out to be a complete fizzle if you aren't careful, too.
what's a standard table? ikea? something held together with pocket screws and brackets? compare it to other hand-crafted tables that could sell for the same price range, it becomes that not only does it take less skill and attention to details but also creativity and taste.
i once met a boomer who endlessly polished every nook and cranny of driftwood and called it high art. that's how epoxy wankers sound like when they talk about skill and attention to detail.
I'm wondering what exactly it takes for you to consider someone a "real" woodworker then. I'm guessing you think they have to use hand tools to cut perfect mortises and dovetails and never even consider a machine.
Maybe show what you've made instead of cutting people down for success.
These homosexuals just think they've found an unassailable opinion to parrot that makes them look like dedicated purists defending tradition...never imagined I'd see an entire generation of young people fall all over themselves to act like the biggest cantankerous old fart on the block while whining about "boomers" every thirty seconds.
Epoxy is genuinely shit, it will yellow and look disgusting, if you are going to do it atleast color it semi transparent black so the yellowing isn't noticable, also don't coat the wood on epoxy use polyurethane or Polyaspartic so it the woods parts don't yellow.
Epoxy is genuinely worthless, it doesn't work for anything, all the other resins at least have a purpose, but epoxy, which's purpose is to be used as a transparent coating, doesn't work because it yellows and loses most of it's properties after that.
Use a thin coat to seal the wood before the pour, then route/sand it back to wood. That will also keep the dye from soaking into the wood.
Also, yellowing is from sun exposure.
Rubio Monocoat is probably the best finish you can go with now.
>Epoxy is genuinely worthless, it doesn't work for anything, all the other resins at least have a purpose, but epoxy, which's purpose is to be used as a transparent coating, doesn't work because it yellows and loses most of it's properties after that.
Every time you think this place can't possibly get more moronic...
>When Boeing first considered extensive use of structural composites on the 787 Dreamliner, its engineers knew intuitively the epoxy/carbon fiber matrices would reduce weight significantly, allowing fuel savings and extended flying range. But after an intensive early look at composites, they realized fundamental design changes were possible...
>From a materials’ point of view, the 787 Dreamliner is one of the most revolutionary leaps in the history of manufacturing.
>...composites represent 50 percent by weight (80 percent by volume) of the Dreamliner structure...
https://www.designnews.com/materials-assembly/boeing-787-dreamliner-represents-composites-revolution
>Epoxy adhesives are a major part of the class of adhesives called "structural adhesives" or "engineering adhesives". These high-performance adhesives are used in the construction of aircraft, automobiles, bicycles, boats, golf clubs, skis, snowboards, and other applications where high strength bonds are required. Epoxy adhesives can be developed to suit almost any application. They can be used as adhesives for wood, metal, glass, stone, and some plastics. They can be made flexible or rigid, transparent or opaque/colored, fast setting or slow setting.
>Epoxy systems are used in industrial tooling applications to produce molds, master models, laminates, castings, fixtures, and other industrial production aids.
>Epoxy resin formulations are employed in motors, generators, transformers, switchgear, bushings, insulators, printed wiring boards (PWB), and semiconductor encapsulants
I'll note too that as an experiment Cam made a pure epoxy curved side table by using direct sunlight to heat it over a form, and once polished it was glassy clear, not yellowed.
Marine-grade epoxy is pretty good stuff.
The beauty and curse of epoxy is that there's so many formulations for different applications, and so many opportunities to pick the wrong one because you don't know better or ate constrained by your budget.
For instance, if you *really* care about clarity and color stability theres epoxies clear enough to be used in optics aplications-
>Optical clear epoxy adhesive is a pure UV curing adhesive. It has good adhesion to different kinds of substrates, lower shrinkage, high thermal resistance comparing with Acrylic clear adhesives. Optical clear epoxy adhesives are widely used in optical market for lens bonding.
https://www.henkel-adhesives.com/us/en/products/industrial-adhesives/optically-clear-adhesives.html
Marine epoxies are indeed pretty amazing, and the work of the Gougeon Brothers has revolutionized cold molded plywood construction across a number of fields besides just boatbuilding.
http://epoxyinformation.com/
Anyone who can look at picrel and claim that epoxy degrades woodwork is a massive pussy hat wearing contrarian homosexual.
All resins yellow, Epoxy is the most disgusting one, you can post all the cope you want but in 1-2 years of UV exposure any epoxy shit you have will have gained a disgusting yellow color.
Epoxy is worthless for decorations like tables or coating shit you want to look good.
If your goal is for your home to look nice then never coat shit on epoxy and if you are going to "cast" with epoxy just a color that will neutralize the yellowing it will inevitably gain
t. been working with resins for 15+ years.
Stop coping epoxy gay.
>just a color
use a color*
> designnews / chatgpt-created article
> PWB
You’d think they would have mentioned PCBs or the inside lining on every can. Even though it’s banned in linings due to being BPA. Only can that doesn’t have it is Heintz British Style baked beans which use a zinc lining. Because the UK works under the rule of law. North America, not so much.
Epoxy paints have to be overcoated with polyurethane or the UV will kill the epoxy in a year or two.
Is there a way to get the look of this without using epoxy, like using resin?
They're the same thing.
You could get a custom-made piece of glass for the river section.
He should just encase the wood in glass so someone can at least use the wood for something reasonable when he's done
Using a metal for the fuse
They only look good from a distance.
When you actually sit at one you go "ohh, it's two nice pieces of wood and some shitty epoxy"
I like the resin sold by Let's Resin. It sets very slowly so it ends up bubble-free. They also sell transparent, translucent, and opaque dyes for the resin. Techno Glow sells the best glow powder if you want the resin to be glow-in-the-dark. Go for powder < 40 microns otherwise it may settle before the epoxy cures. By the way, their "natural green" glow powder they have on clearance is absolutely top-notch and a super value, and is the right particle size for epoxy too.
worked with these for 2 months, they are so fricking ugly
please dont put another one of these abominations into the world
dont do it, that shit's gay.
Here's my advice:
Don't disgrace that wood like that and grow tf up
They look like shit and you should feel bad for even considering it
Make sure the slab is absolutely 100% done drying and warping. To have aged at least 10yrs in a controlled space.
Wood warps and "breathes", epoxy doesn't move with it, it'll just snap. A friend's parents had this happen to $1200 table.
If you're doing a single slab or mixed material tables C-channel insets help with that a lot.
This one's a pretty cool project that'll probably piss all the faux-purists off.
they've been done to death already so unless you have an interesting slab it won't be very exciting I think. I passed on these a while back but this would have been a pretty unique piece even if not book matching them traditionally would have killed the seller.
unrelated, what's your favorite brand of wood stain
Not OP but I think varathane's products are great, especially their quick-dry stains, love that shit
I got pretty good results using their Cherry tone stain and standard poly when I refinished this crappy little kit cart I got 6+ years ago.
Yeah I used their cabernet stain on my bass when I refinished it and it looks great. Also used their products on a desk I refinished, used 3 different stains and I love how it came put.
I'll see if I have a pic..
>Denim-Epoxy table
theyre gaudy, dont do it.
Frick yeah microplastics!!!!
Blacktail studio does pretty good stuff. I do think he's too much of a perfectionist, but you'll get some good tips.
those shitty ass tables suck. It's just a fad and when they start falling apart in 10 years people are going to revert to traditional tables.
Obviously it works for a coffee table or something like that, but I see morons buying them for like 10k for a dining room table and it just looks atrocious.
I wanna make an epoxy river office door (black middle). What do you think bros?
Sounds neat, though you might consider some kind of reinforcing measure between the two sections of wood so it's not depending on the wood-epoxy bond to hold together. Steel rods or something.
PrepHole users have been twats for years. Fashions are notoriously fickle. Pallet furniture came and went and now these epoxy table tops have had their day as well.
I think it's just a trick to get people to buy a garbage piece of wood with a huge holes in it that they wouldn't have touched decades ago and now can charge a song for them because somebody convinced them that the epoxy can fill in those holes. In 5 years these things will look as dated as hell.
If you want to look at a classical woodworking Style that is now iconic, look up George Nakashima.
Put a cute animal in it, like a colibri