Making A Live Edge Coffee Table | DIY Wood Slab Cookie Table
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- Опубликовано: 20 ноя 2021
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In this video, I'm showing you how I took a large live edge slice of a tree, also called a cookie, and turning it into a gorgeous coffee table. I experimented with filling the deep cracks, before finishing them and filling them with a dark epoxy.
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Welcome to the official April Wilkerson RUclips channel! I’m April and I’m the creator of Wilker Do’s. I am an obsessed DIYer and Woodworker. I'm not professional or have any training, so I just pick the project I want to tackle and figure it out step by step. On this channel you will find a variety of content like DIY home improvement, How-To’s, construction, design and more!
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Great video April! We made one of these several years ago. When my wife was a child her grandparents owned a farm. A large tree had to be cut down and she had the foresight to ask for a cookie for an unknown future project. Lots of time passed and the cookie moved when she did until she decided to make the table. It was chainsaw cut on both sides so she chose a face and had it sanded at our favourite wood supplier, where we also got hairpin legs. Because the bottom was still very uneven she used washers as spacers and lag screws to attach the legs. She filled the (much smaller) cracks much as you did and that table has been a centerpiece in our living room ever since. This video brought me back!
Aw, I love that! What a great Story! Thanks for sharing and for watching.
I actually have three cookies that I got from my neighbor when she cut down her tree in her front yard because it was dying. There is one piece that has a lot of character that I want to make into a table. I am really, really glad that you made this video because it definitely helps with planning out the build. Thank you so much. Your table is gorgeous!💛
Awesome! Glad you found it useful. Enjoy your project.
I like the idea 💡 of small rocks in the cracks with clear epoxy. However, I like how your coffee table turned out too April! 👍😃
I have a walnut live edge slab that has a beautiful split in the middle. I've been putting off turning it into a hallway table just because I couldn't figure out how to get into the more narrow part of the split and clean it out. I never thought of using a multi-tool, thanks April! Now I have an after the holiday's project! And as usual, great work.
That is awesome! I'm glad you found it useful. Enjoy your project.
Love how you explained your thinking and the process. Looks beautiful
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching.
Love the use of foam for filler! I'm gonna try it on my build. Thanks April for continuous ttios.😊
This table has so much beauty and character!! Awesome build!
Thanks so much!
Must say your finishing on the coffee table looks awesome. I have two similar slabs (I think it is from a gum three🤔) that I use for bed side stands but I have filled the cracks with saw dust and super glue). Thank for yet another great video👍👌
Beautiful! and the coffee table is very cool too...
Great instructions and what a result. Thanks 😊
Another great video Ms. April
Every piece with live edge wood is unique . Never stop see videos with those projects . Well done 👍
Thank you very much!
Thanks for sharing those tips and the make, turn beautiful!
You are so welcome! Thanks for watching.
You are such an inspiration! I have a cypress cookie I've been little by little working on, and I think I finally have it ready to epoxy. The size and cracks are very similar to this one, so I wondered if you could tell me about how much epoxy yours took. I want to be sure I have enough on hand before I start my pours. Thanks for sharing your amazing talent with us!
Absolutely awesome project great job April
Thanks so much!
Some contrasting bowties in the large cracks would add even more visual interest. I would love to do one of these, but cookies that big are way out of my price range here in Canada. Shipping costs are somewhat prohibitive for something that size. Great look and great tips for filling large cracks.
Great build April. Love your videos and contents.
Glad you enjoy it!
Excellent result. Thank you for sharing. Have a great day and stay safe.
Thanks, you too!
Turned out great April, awesome job! 😍👍🏻👊🏻
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it.
Wow, really like the way that turnen out. Might be my next project, my wife especialy loves these slabs.
Great! Glad you found it useful. Thanks for watching.
Very cool project, and great tips for fixing problems!!!!!
Glad you enjoyed it
I have made several cookie tables and have used bow ties to control the cracks. I like your idea of using spray foam. I will keep that in mind for a very large maple stump table I will have on my work bench sometime next year.
I love this coffee table ...I want to make one for my house! I am going to have to rewatch this video several times so I can remember all of the steps! Thank you for sharing.
Awesome! I'm sure it will turn out fantastic. Enjoy the process. Thanks for watching.
Great idea using the expandable foam to fill most of the cracks.
This reminds me of a coffee table that my late Dad made about 50 years ago. He got the slab from behind a second hand store for 50 cents and turned the legs on his wood lathe. My niece now has the table in her house.
Awesome! Thanks for sharing that great story and for watching.
My Dad brought a "cookie" back to North Carolina from Oregon in the 1970's. We have pictures of him loading it in the back of the 18 wheeler the he was in.
It was my parents coffee table my entire life and now it is in my daughter's den with my grandchildren playing Lego on it.
Looks great. Wow does look heavy! Thanks for sharing the build.
Thanks for watching!
That's One Great Looking Coffee Table! Smart Idea Using the Foam.
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the video.
Beautiful!
Fun to watch!Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Looks very good and is doable for the average DIY person. We had several 150-200 year old trees taken down. Now I know what I can do with some of the wood. Thanks
That is awesome! Enjoy the process. Thanks for watching.
Love this!
Great job! Thank you for the foam idea.
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching.
Un bel progetto. Complimenti April
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching.
I love your confidence when you applied the epoxy!!! I would have freaked out fearing to damage the wood 😅😊 Fabulous video!!!!
Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it!
Very nice work, i used your garage self designs and my smaller garage is actually semi organized now. Thanks
That's great! Thanks for watching.
Making one with one of my sons. Good to see your process.
Awesome! Enjoy your project. Thanks for watching.
Beautiful table
Nice work!
Very nice April.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I now feel confident that I can do great things with the wood I have! You are wonderful!
Awesome! Glad you found it useful. Thanks for watching.
Great job! Great experiment too!
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
Looks amazing 😍
Thanks! I'm real pleased with how it turned out. Thanks for watching.
Great job April. Thanks for sharing with us. The table looks great. Stay safe. Have a Happy Thanksgiving. Fred. 🙏🏻🙏🏻👍🏻👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻✋🏻✋🏻
Thank you! You too!
Turned out great. Should last forever. Thanks 😊 🙏
Thanks! Yes, it should. I'm real pleased how it turned out. Thanks for watching.
Pretty impressive!! I’ve had a chunk of maple that I’ve been moving around that I would like to do something similar to.
Sounds great! Enjoy the project.
Amazing love it
I can’t help but think how heavy this coffee table must be when you move it into a house. 😫😏💪Awesome Build Though April! 😁👍
Great job April 🙂👌
Thank you!
nice tips! I have a smaller diameter round and used wood glue to fill up the cracks. now I'm sold on that multi-tool!! thanks!
Glad you found it useful. Thanks for watching.
@@AprilWilkerson very useful!
Nice job, great teacher!
Glad you liked it!
Looks good, the process may not have looked as professional or polished compared to many experienced pros videos on RUclips, but the end result was really nice & pleasing to look at.
This is something an amateur like me can try at home with minimal tools in my garage.
I'm glad you found it useful. Enjoy your project.
Beautiful
Nice job!
Looks awesome!! A few bow ties on the large crack with the epoxy would look cool!! Both methods!
That would be cool! Thanks for watching.
Great job. I am going to attempt this
Great! It was a lot of fun and so rewarding afterwards. Thanks for watching.
April, your table looks beautiful and I am inspired by your work! Filling the cracks with foam is a stroke of genius. I am a novice wood worker and have just built a router table and flattened a couple of cookie slabs with a very large router bit. I have learned from your video that Total Boat Epoxy seems to be an excellent choice for filling in the cracks. I am very curious to learn what you used to get such an terrific finish on your table top? Again, my compliments, and I have subscribed to your channel for more great tips from you!
Looks great going to try it out💪🏼
Awesome! Enjoy the process. Thanks for watching.
Thanks for doing this video. I've got 8 cookies I will be working on soon. You definitely helped me think some things out. North Texas girl here. If you have any additional tips let me know thanks again!
Glad it was helpful!
Good on yah !
My wife and I got to see it in person. We missed you as you were out of town but we were taken care of by the rest of your crew. The cookie bench looked great!
Thanks! Glad you had a great experience. Thanks for watching.
Looks great! I am acquiring a really nice cookie from a gigantic white oak that was just felled at my childhood home and plan to make a table out of it. I am thinking about a 3" piece and using smaller branches as the leg. I guess I will have to wait a few years before I really tackle it so you'll be hearing back from me
That is awesome! I bet it will be gorgeous. Thanks for Sharing and for watching.
Brilliant
If you like a lighter look, I sealed the end grain with a coat of water-based polycrylic before pouring on tabletop epoxy and it preserved the nice light color of my ash cookies. I tested one with some extra from a different pour, pouring directly onto the exposed end-grain and it ended up much darker.
Great! Thanks for the info and for sharing!
this piece is very beautiful 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
You're a very handy lady!
Great video thank you. I was wondering which multi tool and blade you used? I haven’t worked with that tool before.
This brought back memories of watching my dad make a game table from a cookie with a checkers board, cribbage and pyramid.
Awesome! Thank you for sharing and for watching.
Nice project April! Thank you for sharing it with us!💖👍😎JP
Thanks for watching!
@@AprilWilkerson Your very welcome April! Have a wonderful week!😎
how long to let the oak dry before pouring the finish on it? I have some 30-40" dia live oak logs and now that you have shown me how it's done I think I will try it. great clear and informative vid THANX!
Love it
Thanks!
Great Job on the table I have a pile of cookies waiting for a new life as something useful
Wonderful! It's a fun and beautiful project. Enjoy the process. Thanks for watching.
That came out really nice. Good job. ( new sub too )
Awesome! Thank you!
I liked your videos doing soldering
Table came out great .. expansion foam was a clever idea to save time and epoxy. I've just started working on cookie slab .. One question ... I noticed that you finished off table top with Total Boat Epoxy (I'm doing the same) .. I think I would like to make my finish darker by using a stain .. been reading about Rubio .. Osmo and Odies... any recommendations from your experience ?? So .. if I have this right .. I would use Poly /Resin as a seal coat .. sand .. than apply 'stain' .. could I then add another coat of Poly as a top coat for that glossy look ??? Thanks !
Yay top 25 and top 3 likes and comments. Love your videos. Happy holidays to all.
Thank you and the same to you!
Bowties? Isn't that a collection of Chevys? HA!
As for wood crack repairs, some people call them dutchmen. Really love what you do. And I also miss Norm and the New Yankee Workshop. Keep up the good work. You and your work are inspiring.
Great video as always, April. I have enjoyed watching your videos throughout the years and how your channel has grown. If possible, can you tell me the App you use at the end of your videos when your logo appears then disappears? I would like to do something similar on my channel which is under development. Thanks April, and I'm looking forward to your next video, as always.
Beautiful and maybe I will stop by if there is someplace I could park the semi
Actually we get deliveries all the time so our driveway is used to large trucks, even semi's. So stop on by! Thanks for watching.
What kind of finish would you recommend if putting a table like this outside on a lightly shaded deck?
my absolute favorite human on RUclips.
Aw, thanks! I'm glad you're enjoying my Channel. Thanks for watching.
Much appreciated.. could u pls tell what spray foam used for this.... Where can I get it
Can you give a little info on how you prepared the cookie? Was was the sanding process like? Did you knock off the loose bark?
Do you ever find a good method on how to prep it?
I'm similarly curious. I have one with a thick layer of intact bark and sap on it. I would like to keep all of that but I'm not sure if that is viable at all?
Router sled. Sanding is hell.
What kind of sealer did you use for the top?? I'd love to just seal my table without worrying about the epoxy, but I really want that glossy shine.
fantastic
Thanks!
Thanks for this video, if I cut a tree down on my property and take a slab to make a table or something else, must I somehow dry that wood first before making something out of it?
Turned out beautiful! What was the Shaper Origin tape for? Looks like its on your workbench.
Thumbs up, and thanks for posting!
I'm actually a Distributor for Shaper Tools. If interested, contact the Wood Shed Manager, Jordan at hillcountrywoodshed@gmail.com
Hi April. Thanks for the video. Great project! Do you anticipate the wood to continue to crack over time even with the epoxy?
I wouldn't think so but if so, I'll just fix it. Thanks for watching.
I am attempting to do a couple of slabs from my maple tree. I do like the rock idea in the cracks someone suggested. Coukd you possible put sanding first?
Great content.
Thanks! Glad you enjoy my channel. Thanks for watching.
The coffee table turned out beautiful! Since you did the epoxy will the wood continue to split? The only thing I might have done differently, 😉 is put heavy duty rollers. 😂
Good question!! I wondered about that too
I was watching another RUclips video, when a commercial came up about business insurance. My wife was watching with me and wanted me to search for your channel. Obviously I found it. We watched this video and guess what? Now I have a project to do. Liked and subscribed... for my wife ;-)
Awesome! Thanks for watching and the sub. :)
New to your channel and wondering how you came to leaning building. Also, seeing your shop and equipment I'm wondering what is your primary business? Keep up the good work!
My videographer, Justin Mabie, did a Video Documentary where I could tell my Story. You can find it on his RUclips Channel, Call Me Mabie. Thanks for watching.
Hi April, it looks great! You stated that it will crack over time, what do do then? Would you sand off the finish and refill with epoxy?
She meant if you choose not to fill the cracks with epoxy or bowties the cracks would expand over time. The epoxy prevents the cracks from expanding and will last years. If you try this make sure to add finish to all sides of the piece to prevent it from warping/twisting/cupping/cracking.
Hi! Can u speak to what looks like some of the bark left on the otter perimeter. Did u simply epoxy the edges?? Cheers from Michigan!!
Gran artista i una crack i muy profesional eres April vikelson
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for watching.
Another wonderful creation. Kudos. AND the table is 'theft proof'..... unless the crook has a forklift - lol
Yes, it is crazy how heavy it is! They would definitely need a forklift. Thanks for watching.
Very beautiful I'm working on a wood coolie top
What do you think about shapertools?
Looked like the tape used to find the position (timestamp 4:11).
Have been thinking about buying a shapertools.
Shaper Tools are awesome and I love them! In fact, I'm a Distributor for Shaper Tools. If interested, you can contact the Wood Shed Manager @ hillcountrywoodshed@gmail.com Thanks for watching.
I have 4 cookies from a tree that my parents planted back in the 70’s. I’ve had them for 3 years and the bark around the cookies are completely intact. Is it common to leave the bark or remove like you did. Thanks
What did you use to finish the top? After filling in the cracks with the black epoxy and putting on the legs. Was that just the clear epoxy? I'm making two smaller end table versions of this, even the same legs! I have some penetrating epoxy too. It says I can use that first to help harden and stabilize the wood. My two large oak tree trunk cookies are only a week old and the tree was alive if that matters. Should I use the penetrating epoxy and then the tabletop epoxy? That's what the penetrating epoxy says to do, as it will harden the wood and help prevent bubbles in the tabletop epoxy. PLEASE HELP! I have watched 50 of these videos and yours is my favorite! Thanks!