I'll vouch for your courses. Last year I bought the Longview Table. I'll soon be purchasing the matching chair course. After that I plan on building your Spider Table. I highly recommend the courses for beginners and intermediate builders, especially if you're like me--you suck at design. I'd call myself an...advanced intermediate...builder.
Thank you for the kind words and support. Always appreciate hearing it from other people. I genuinely do believe we make the best plans out there...but obviously I'm going to be biased. I hope that people who watch the channel often know that I'm not a very "braggadocios" kind of guy. But at the end of the day...I'm selling woodworking courses...so it's understandable that people might take my opinion with a grain of salt. For anybody interested, check them out here - foureyes.podia.com/ And if you don't like them...money back guarantee...so nothing to lose!
Just stopping by to agree: Foureyes plans are the best of the best. Absolutely worth the investment given the DAYS of problem-solving they save you, and they really do include cool skills that you’ll keep using in other projects.
I'm a small shop out of Florida, your plans look great plus the fact that you off a template too is really top tier. I think setting up a large catalogue of designs for sale or licensing would be the way to go, I do custom commissions so everything is a one off and I wish I had fusion back then to remake with ease to resell a cool piece.
Hell, I just purchased your plans for your designs. The Longview will look perfect in my dining room, so even though I don’t need the walk through on technique, I am in it for the great design aspects. Especially the leg assembly.
@@Foureyes.FurnitureYour humility and modesty do come through in your videos, but you're right: Your courses are some of the best I've seen in thirty years. You should be proud of them. They're incredibly inexpensive relative to all that they offer and the attention to detail in their production. I've learned more about design from your videos and plans in two years than I have from all other sources since I started building. I'm nearing completion on my first MCM inspired pedestal table that I designed and owe its (hopeful) success to you. Keep it up.
Honestly, the table shown in the thumbnail really caught my eye. That semitransparent epoxy top looked beautiful. And it's see through, so it lets you see base through it, that adds to the beauty of it for me
This piece is BEAUTIFUL. I was getting mad when you said you weren't satisfied with the resin top, but when I saw the wooden top my jaw fell to the floor. I'm not sure which one I like more, they're both pieces of art
As I understand it, flies are attracted to black hues. It helps with mimetism and avoiding predators gaze. Your pour is black, and lo, the flies. Great way to make me watch and listen to the ad.
I understand you aren't a fan of the epoxy top, but it's gorgeous. The back story is what makes it sooo amazing. And the back story on the inspiration for the leg design - when you told us, I literally went "huh. That's so cool". Keep up the amazing work. Whoever buys this is a very lucky person
I think an interesting idea for the leftover epoxy top (if that ends up being the leftover) is to make it a shelf underneath a higher and larger clear-top table. We had one like that in our previous house (albeit a circular table that can seat up to a dozen people), where the lower shelf was used to store extra coasters or even refills for the self-serve dishes people are eating (an extra basket of garlic bread, for instance).
I really preferred the black table top, especially with it being anchored by the two wooden dots, visually-speaking. A refreshing change from midcentury vibes. Great work.
Honestly, the transparent top you show in the thumbnail is the best because it shows the cool structure of the legs underneath it. You said the design was all about the legs, but we can't see the legs with either the black top or the solid wood top. Transparent top is the winner!
Hey Chris this is your fan in South Africa i must say when you said you are not a woodworker I am not agreeing with you on that one but i get your point. But you are my inspiration in woodworking buy far. Keep doing great job man l happy all time when release a new video
Great build, Chris. The takeaway I have with all of your projects is not the end product, but the steps and tips you provide along the way to minimize errors. That includes the order of operations you always stress. Bill
That base is so beautiful that a transparent top (as shown in the thumbnail) would look great on it. Also, if the epoxy top needs a new purpose, I'd go with a smaller base; it felt like it was drowning in / being suffocated by the base from this video.
If the Epoxy top wasn’t chosen I‘d love to see it turned into a little horizontally oriented „closet“ maybe with handles on the wooden inserts, maybe I can inspire you :) Great video! You got a new sub from Germany
I see your point about the black epoxy top. What about using the CNC to carve in a Celtic Knot pattern or some other geometric design that you could fill with a white epoxy or some other contrasting color? Gold would most certainly be eye popping.
I love the story behind your design! I was a woodworking instructor years ago and each year I played my class a video of Tony Fadell on how great design begins- taking notice of everyday things.
I love your commentary. Your videos are incredible. I usually smile or chuckle multiple times jurying the video. I really like the epoxy top better and understand the long term use issues, there I would suggest a 1/2” thick piece of tempered glass with a matching bullnose edge. I remember back when you were still a desk jockey trying to decide if you such go all in. I again want to thank you for your choice to entertain me.
The completed table with the epoxy top looks really nice and modern. The table with the walnut top looks truly beautiful. Amazingly so. I'd take the walnut one every day of the week.
Watching your videos while I hit my bong is the best feeling ever for real, I don’t know what it is about your commentating but it rolls off the brain nicely.
You may not be, as you say, primarily a furniture maker, but you are a very talented furniture designer. I especially admire the way you often design and make beautiful pieces utilizing what many others would consider waste material as you did here.
@@Foureyes.Furnitureyou’re probably not aware that AI is trained on the work of creators who didn’t give permission for the use of their work, get no credit, and don’t get paid. It’s theft.
Hey, i have recently been to a restaurant. They had glass tops and over it was thin layer of 1cm clear silicone/plastic. It was to protect the glass top and also give option to keep their menu in between the layers. This would keep your epoxy top scratch free and also be usable. Easily cleaned.
I really like the look of the epoxy top more then the wooden top, but I understand the issues of scuffing overtime. I think the epoxy top would be best used as maybe a backing to some kinda of wall art piece. Alternatively... One could get a fitted glass top to place on the epoxy
Came for the flys, and also got that awesome cut off catch, clean room suit dance, and the angst between the art of woodworking and the utility of woodworking pieces. Thanks for another great video. If I had to pick, I'd go with the epoxy top, so the flies didn't die in vain.
Maybe cut two holes in the wood topi to match the wood pucks in the epoxy top, and fill with epoxy. Then, glue the two together, and you can flip the top whichever way you want it, making a Mega Top
Both tabletops are beautiful, but the epoxy one is the winner, excellent work. Someday I will have enough money saved up to afford one of your creations.
I clicked for the epoxy but I stayed for that gorgeous leg design. Can't get enough of it. Looks like it'd work utility-wise too, not just beauty-wise.. fit a basket in there, put it in a summer cottage with some old magazines..
2500 years later, an archeologist will find this piece and wonder what cultural or religious significance the buried flies have on our society. Perhaps preserving them means we worshipped the flies? Maybe they're there as guardian spirits for our journey to the afterlife? Only the ancients will know.
Man, I don't know if I agree with the video creator vs furniture maker. I think many of us watch your content for entertainment but mostly to learn from your technique (which I think is impeccable), and find inspiration from them. Which ultimately falls into the furniture maker category. You do make great videos too btw
Man, the quality of the video with the story telling is something else. I watch your videos for the same reason I watch Baumgartner Art Restorations, pure quality entertainment. I will likely never make an epoxy piece of furniture, nor will I ever restore paintings. But I sure do enjoy your content. Thank you very much for your excellent work.
one quick trick to try before you continue to not like the table try, a ceramic spray on coating. either one for cars or they have specific ones for epoxy tables. alot of times it deepens the effect of the gloss and enhances the gloss.
great piece as usual. I can confirm your plans are absolutely great. I got the free one and adapted it to make a bench (instead of a table). Because the plans were clear and complete, I had no issue changing the dimensions for my use. Thank you for inspiring me.
13:22 cnc tearout with wood, is avoided by switching the tool to an opposite-cutting tool, during the machining of the part. It's a bit more programming (if you have a good programm and experience), and an automatic tool-changer is nice to have too. For those, who dont understand the concept behind that, it's probably more understandable, when we compare it to a peace of lumber, that you try to cut to length with a dull sawblade. At the (2) sides, where the blade cuts in the wood, you get a clean cut, but there, where your blade comes aut of the wood it tears out. So when you propperly change the cnc-tools from clockwise and counterclockwise cutting tools, you can always cut into the material and avoid tearout. In praxis you will cut with one tool by all the tearout-spots, (that apply to that tool,) a little bit (~2cm) from the outside of the material, onto your toolpath, change the tool and then cut around the material on the original toolpath (like in the video). but because the material by all the thearout-spots is now already removed, it can't tear out anymore. In industrial production, with good machines 4 axis+/5 axis cnc, you'd prabably make it similar like him and cut the teared out parts with a good, cnc-mounted sawblade away.
And so we have the "Lord of the Flies." That was fun to watch. To borrow a quote... "A novel about the tension between groupthink and individuality." It'll be even more fun fo find out which top the winning bid chooses! Thanks Chris.
First, made a mistake. Then thought of a way to turn it back into a win. And finally make it a win for other people. And during this entire process, shoot everything to create a wonderful entertainment. Wow 💖
i feel like putting a sheet of glass on top of the epoxy would help it stay nice and clean looking without losing the look... but maybe thats a bit expensive to have done no idea
¿Alguna vez has pensado hacer mesas para dibujo técnico o artístico? De esas que se usan inclinadas, o también mesas para calcar como las que usan los animadores usando epoxi. Sería genial si tuviera las luces incorporadas desde arriba y ambos lados para poder trabajar sin sombras
Beautiful build. As someone who works with a CNC, I thought WHY when I saw you drilling a hole in the slab - I would have just secured it with double sided tape and maybe screwed only the offcut corners. Then I saw how much pain it caused in the end. But the way you solved it makes the design look even better than before. :)
To Stop breakout on the corners of solid wood on the CNC router, you need two specific things. 1. Router must both be climb cutting as well as "roll around corners" machining 2. Finishing Compression cut tool . First you rough cut the outer shape leaving 3mm oversize, then clean cut with higher RPM and slower feed at full depth of cut.
Hey man, what you can try with the corners when using CNC, is turn the feed down a little, with metal it starts to vibrate in circulair ereas or corners. I guess wood breaks. Worth a try i'd say! Love the vids
My favorite is Squactangle followed by sausage body. I'm very much an amateur woodworker and, as I can't do more (woodworking isn't cheap), or until I can, I appreciate the videos and the inspiration that they provide. Thanks!
A potential explanation for the three flies is that the flies are attracted to the other dead flies. I personally have managed to make a accidental moth trap, so far with five moths and accelerating
You're asking the wrong person which top looks better. Whilst I think you did a fantastic job on the epoxy top, it is plastic after all. And I hate epoxy except to fill cracks or knot holes. Absolutely love the final piece with the wooden top. And as usual a first class video, AI and all.
re: Working epoxy -- Have you dialed up Andy Phillip's channel? You router-kids can hold his beer while he works epoxy. re: Fly table base -- Nasty inspiration aside, that's a captivating base design, scale up- or downable, etc. Nice visual thinking there! Can't afford the 4K+ that the table would cost as of this moment, but kudos to the charity for having such a thoughtful & persuasive supporter.
Maybe you are too humble to admit, or maybe it's because yt comments can be disheartening, but I think you are a born talented designer, who figured out video stuff, and likes woodworking. Amazing videos as usual, and the ending I was a little off when the abstract painting appeared above you, but LMAOed when your head disappeared for the montage. And if I could I would bet, and try to convince you to have/buy both tops.
Have the epoxy piece go as another shelf "inside" of the unit. Slightly smaller version. Either way, whoever buys it, may have someone that meticulously cleans their place and won't mind the black top! Love your work, bro.!
I love the chunk graphic! Tree to little pieces to the final product. I spent a lot of years working on trail crews and we always joked about how our jobs were taking big pieces of wood (that fell across the trail) and turning them into smaller pieces of wood.
The base is... really something else! Gives a real organic feel. It's great! Love the wooden top, yet I would love the base to be a little darker to have more contrast against?with? the top :)
easy way to see how much i need when im doing silicone . i fill the area with rice. then put that rice back into a bucket an i fill to that mark on the bucket. because i hate doing the math. I love your design of the table. its lovely.
Question about routing for joints 15:53 . You leave the joints long already and cut them with the table saw to length. Can you route the extra maybe 1”-3” then cut them on the table saw to length and then finish route them to avoid the sanding?
Yeah...you could. A few people have asked this. There are 2 problem in my opinion. First, it'll be harder to use the sled jig for cutting joint faces with the rounded edges. And also then you have to have things line up perfectly during the glue up...or you're still going to. need to finesse it, and you'll have less material to finesse.
Thank you for the tutorial on doing the transition between to the two segments to make a smooth transition on the run over on each part it makes more sense to do it that way than risking. Not having a smooth transition between the segments. Keep up the good work, my friend.
I vote glass top. I have a coffee table i somehow "acquired" from an apt building storage room 30 years ago. It has glass transparent top so craftsmanship/beauty of legs is there for all to see. If epoxy isn't transparent, acrylic or glass top would be better than chunky wood top. IMHO
Sweet table. Was thinking about your joinery for the base. Instead of the safe and difficult method of using a rasp and hand sanding the joints, you could make a sacrificial block of wood with a tenon that is the same dimensions as your main piece, temporarily fix it in the mortise, and route all the way through into the spare block. Could be safe and easier.
Thank you...yeah, there are a few things you could do. One of the other problems though...is that if you cut it before...then you're glue up has to be extremely accurate. Where as this way there is a bit more wiggle room. The best option is on a larger piece where you glue up and then cut roundovers after the assembly. Router wouldn't fit well here though.
Hi Chris, I started watching this video thinking I might learn something about using a new material to make tops for furniture pieces. The prospect of a transparent/translucide top with more than two centimeters thickness and a top that weighed less than a small car (I have used glass and stone for tops of similar sized pieces) was intriguing. But what I think I learned is that I really don’t want to deal with plastic shavings and dust in the shop. Hazmat suits are fine, but if you don’t need one it’s probably better. What I ended up appreciating the most was, as always with your videos, the design process. Who knew flies could be so interesting ? Anyway, thanks for the explanations. I’ll be waiting for the next installment. Cheers, Keith
It’s a very touching story. Jack’s dad, Fred was my basketball coach when I was a kid… and now he is my real estate agent. He is an awesome guy, and it’s amazing to see how he has turned literally the worst thing a parent could go through, into such positivity. Jack has saved numerous other lives already, and hopefully the message will save countless more.
I love the idea that a table whose entire inspiration and reason for being was centered around making use of leftover epoxy ends up without the epoxy top. It has a bit of a "ship of Theseus" feel to it. 😄
The epoxy top would be great a shelf level below a top. Maybe a glass top? Good for art books or a sculptural piece. It would get much traffic and very little touching but you'd still see the strong black look of it.
1:42 its so funny that you mention Cam. I discovered him after i discovered you and you two have VERY similar vibes which is nice. love both of your works!
I love all of this video. You did a beautiful job. You're really good with editing, amazing at the building process, and have a great banter side of things. I believe you deserve millions of views on every video and even more millions of subscribers. You deserve nothing short of success, friend.
fwiw i always called that shape a Raceway. Awesome idea for some waste resin. Im impressed that you realized that black epoxy wasnt the most ideal surface for a heavily used area. Both tops look amazing.
I would have picked both tops. Change it up every few months. They both look beautiful. Also balcktail studios nanocoating would have probably worked for the epoxy top. Love this table
Split screen advert works! Keeps attention better than simple talking to screen about the advert product! Eye flicks back and forth, and somehow, I take in both screens
I'll vouch for your courses. Last year I bought the Longview Table. I'll soon be purchasing the matching chair course. After that I plan on building your Spider Table.
I highly recommend the courses for beginners and intermediate builders, especially if you're like me--you suck at design. I'd call myself an...advanced intermediate...builder.
Thank you for the kind words and support. Always appreciate hearing it from other people. I genuinely do believe we make the best plans out there...but obviously I'm going to be biased. I hope that people who watch the channel often know that I'm not a very "braggadocios" kind of guy. But at the end of the day...I'm selling woodworking courses...so it's understandable that people might take my opinion with a grain of salt.
For anybody interested, check them out here - foureyes.podia.com/
And if you don't like them...money back guarantee...so nothing to lose!
Just stopping by to agree: Foureyes plans are the best of the best. Absolutely worth the investment given the DAYS of problem-solving they save you, and they really do include cool skills that you’ll keep using in other projects.
I'm a small shop out of Florida, your plans look great plus the fact that you off a template too is really top tier. I think setting up a large catalogue of designs for sale or licensing would be the way to go, I do custom commissions so everything is a one off and I wish I had fusion back then to remake with ease to resell a cool piece.
Hell, I just purchased your plans for your designs.
The Longview will look perfect in my dining room, so even though I don’t need the walk through on technique, I am in it for the great design aspects. Especially the leg assembly.
@@Foureyes.FurnitureYour humility and modesty do come through in your videos, but you're right: Your courses are some of the best I've seen in thirty years. You should be proud of them. They're incredibly inexpensive relative to all that they offer and the attention to detail in their production.
I've learned more about design from your videos and plans in two years than I have from all other sources since I started building. I'm nearing completion on my first MCM inspired pedestal table that I designed and owe its (hopeful) success to you.
Keep it up.
This is the first ad read I haven’t skipped in ages. “Letting” you continue to show the build progress is genius
16:41 "Two coats of Monocoat"
I like it
every time
Honestly, the table shown in the thumbnail really caught my eye. That semitransparent epoxy top looked beautiful. And it's see through, so it lets you see base through it, that adds to the beauty of it for me
This piece is BEAUTIFUL. I was getting mad when you said you weren't satisfied with the resin top, but when I saw the wooden top my jaw fell to the floor.
I'm not sure which one I like more, they're both pieces of art
Thank you so much!
As I understand it, flies are attracted to black hues. It helps with mimetism and avoiding predators gaze. Your pour is black, and lo, the flies. Great way to make me watch and listen to the ad.
I understand you aren't a fan of the epoxy top, but it's gorgeous. The back story is what makes it sooo amazing. And the back story on the inspiration for the leg design - when you told us, I literally went "huh. That's so cool".
Keep up the amazing work. Whoever buys this is a very lucky person
Winning bidder: "So do you want the polished walnut top, or the industrial waste with dead flies in it?"
Came out amazing!! Both tops are gorgeous
Thanks brother...let me know if you ever need any help with that 1-through-12 clock
@@Foureyes.Furniture hahaha I might, off center shelves on the plywood aren’t doing the trick 😂
@@SethFowler Please get this man to help you with that clock! That plywood is awful lol!
Yooo Seth Fowler I'm a big fan
I think an interesting idea for the leftover epoxy top (if that ends up being the leftover) is to make it a shelf underneath a higher and larger clear-top table. We had one like that in our previous house (albeit a circular table that can seat up to a dozen people), where the lower shelf was used to store extra coasters or even refills for the self-serve dishes people are eating (an extra basket of garlic bread, for instance).
I really preferred the black table top, especially with it being anchored by the two wooden dots, visually-speaking. A refreshing change from midcentury vibes. Great work.
Honestly, the transparent top you show in the thumbnail is the best because it shows the cool structure of the legs underneath it. You said the design was all about the legs, but we can't see the legs with either the black top or the solid wood top. Transparent top is the winner!
Honestly that leg setup is mesmerizing. reminds me of something youd find in a modern Hobbit hole
Maybe that will be my official aesthetic. Modern Hobbit :)
If i thing of the insect origins, and sausage bodies, I get Gieger vibes from that base. But only for a moment, and it's not in any way bad
Hey Chris this is your fan in South Africa i must say when you said you are not a woodworker I am not agreeing with you on that one but i get your point. But you are my inspiration in woodworking buy far. Keep doing great job man l happy all time when release a new video
Great build, Chris. The takeaway I have with all of your projects is not the end product, but the steps and tips you provide along the way to minimize errors. That includes the order of operations you always stress.
Bill
Awesome, thank you!
That base is so beautiful that a transparent top (as shown in the thumbnail) would look great on it. Also, if the epoxy top needs a new purpose, I'd go with a smaller base; it felt like it was drowning in / being suffocated by the base from this video.
If the Epoxy top wasn’t chosen I‘d love to see it turned into a little horizontally oriented „closet“ maybe with handles on the wooden inserts, maybe I can inspire you :) Great video! You got a new sub from Germany
Just flip the base over
I see your point about the black epoxy top. What about using the CNC to carve in a Celtic Knot pattern or some other geometric design that you could fill with a white epoxy or some other contrasting color? Gold would most certainly be eye popping.
You could do that...I like simple minimal things in that regard though. Especially with a base that is already pretty attention grabbing.
you could have cur your losses, done this with a piece of some random plastic , but you continued ABSOLUTE LEGEND mad respect
I love the story behind your design! I was a woodworking instructor years ago and each year I played my class a video of Tony Fadell on how great design begins- taking notice of everyday things.
Thank you...and I haven't heard of that. Sounds right up my alley.
I love your commentary. Your videos are incredible. I usually smile or chuckle multiple times jurying the video. I really like the epoxy top better and understand the long term use issues, there I would suggest a 1/2” thick piece of tempered glass with a matching bullnose edge.
I remember back when you were still a desk jockey trying to decide if you such go all in. I again want to thank you for your choice to entertain me.
The completed table with the epoxy top looks really nice and modern. The table with the walnut top looks truly beautiful. Amazingly so. I'd take the walnut one every day of the week.
Watching your videos while I hit my bong is the best feeling ever for real, I don’t know what it is about your commentating but it rolls off the brain nicely.
haha...appreciate it. I take it as a genuine compliment
Squectangle and Sausage body are both great names.❤️👍
They are...but Sausage Body has to be the best
The suite dance was just a cherry on top!
You may not be, as you say, primarily a furniture maker, but you are a very talented furniture designer.
I especially admire the way you often design and make beautiful pieces utilizing what many others would consider waste material as you did here.
Thank you! 😊
Really appreciate the kind words.
3:55 it was almost amazing moonwalk. I'm impressed
The use of AI in some of those shots was really interesting, and frankly quite cool. Love seeing creators find clever ways to use tools like that
Thanks...I just wanted to make that ending shot more attention holding by adding a visual to the talking. I also have fun with this kind of stuff :)
I'm curious which parts you mean and how you knew?
@@Foureyes.Furnitureyou’re probably not aware that AI is trained on the work of creators who didn’t give permission for the use of their work, get no credit, and don’t get paid.
It’s theft.
Hey, i have recently been to a restaurant. They had glass tops and over it was thin layer of 1cm clear silicone/plastic. It was to protect the glass top and also give option to keep their menu in between the layers. This would keep your epoxy top scratch free and also be usable. Easily cleaned.
I really like the look of the epoxy top more then the wooden top, but I understand the issues of scuffing overtime.
I think the epoxy top would be best used as maybe a backing to some kinda of wall art piece.
Alternatively... One could get a fitted glass top to place on the epoxy
Good idea :)
Genuinely I like the idea of having both tops to switch out. Just hanging out in your living room? Wood top. Having a party with guests, epoxy top.
Man, the transitions in your videos are always so smooth and satisfying to watch. Especially at 12:02. So cool!
Fully on board with calling “assembly of parts into a piece of furniture” the “Re-chunkification” of wood
Love the mistakes.... Helps us grow.... Appreciate your humbleness
Beautiful, I personally like the walnut top as I agree with all of the maintenance to keep the epoxy top clean.
Came for the flys, and also got that awesome cut off catch, clean room suit dance, and the angst between the art of woodworking and the utility of woodworking pieces. Thanks for another great video. If I had to pick, I'd go with the epoxy top, so the flies didn't die in vain.
Maybe cut two holes in the wood topi to match the wood pucks in the epoxy top, and fill with epoxy. Then, glue the two together, and you can flip the top whichever way you want it, making a Mega Top
Swappable Top Coffee table...you're on to something :)
Both tabletops are beautiful, but the epoxy one is the winner, excellent work. Someday I will have enough money saved up to afford one of your creations.
Thanks! and I'll be here and ready for you :)
I clicked for the epoxy but I stayed for that gorgeous leg design. Can't get enough of it. Looks like it'd work utility-wise too, not just beauty-wise.. fit a basket in there, put it in a summer cottage with some old magazines..
2500 years later, an archeologist will find this piece and wonder what cultural or religious significance the buried flies have on our society. Perhaps preserving them means we worshipped the flies? Maybe they're there as guardian spirits for our journey to the afterlife? Only the ancients will know.
Archeology in the future will come with the RUclips archives of ancient media.
Thanks for your honesty, that you are a videomaker. Yes, you are also a designer making fine products but I appreciate your openness.
I love to see ribbons of epoxy flying off tools over…someone else. Great job 🌞
Me too!
The ad read while keeping the video going was impressively effective!
Love it. But the highlight for me was the dancing. I like the epoxy top. The walnut was nice, but the epoxy was different. Like a reverse river table.
Dancing was the most fun part of the build for me too :)
Man, I don't know if I agree with the video creator vs furniture maker. I think many of us watch your content for entertainment but mostly to learn from your technique (which I think is impeccable), and find inspiration from them. Which ultimately falls into the furniture maker category. You do make great videos too btw
I guess I'm both.
I will almost always pick wood over epoxy. Love the legs. And I would call that shape Pill. Sounds cute!
Pill shape is probably the one that makes the most sense too.
Man, the quality of the video with the story telling is something else. I watch your videos for the same reason I watch Baumgartner Art Restorations, pure quality entertainment. I will likely never make an epoxy piece of furniture, nor will I ever restore paintings. But I sure do enjoy your content.
Thank you very much for your excellent work.
I often get comments saying that we sound the same.
Thank you for the kind words.
You seem to be surprisingly well good at rendering and drawing, when you shaded the table so well it was unexpected
one quick trick to try before you continue to not like the table try, a ceramic spray on coating. either one for cars or they have specific ones for epoxy tables. alot of times it deepens the effect of the gloss and enhances the gloss.
great piece as usual.
I can confirm your plans are absolutely great. I got the free one and adapted it to make a bench (instead of a table). Because the plans were clear and complete, I had no issue changing the dimensions for my use.
Thank you for inspiring me.
Awesome, thank you! Glad you enjoyed....:)
13:22 cnc tearout with wood, is avoided by switching the tool to an opposite-cutting tool, during the machining of the part.
It's a bit more programming (if you have a good programm and experience), and an automatic tool-changer is nice to have too.
For those, who dont understand the concept behind that, it's probably more understandable, when we compare it to a peace of lumber, that you try to cut to length with a dull sawblade.
At the (2) sides, where the blade cuts in the wood, you get a clean cut, but there, where your blade comes aut of the wood it tears out.
So when you propperly change the cnc-tools from clockwise and counterclockwise cutting tools, you can always cut into the material and avoid tearout.
In praxis you will cut with one tool by all the tearout-spots, (that apply to that tool,) a little bit (~2cm) from the outside of the material, onto your toolpath, change the tool and then cut around the material on the original toolpath (like in the video). but because the material by all the thearout-spots is now already removed, it can't tear out anymore.
In industrial production, with good machines 4 axis+/5 axis cnc, you'd prabably make it similar like him and cut the teared out parts with a good, cnc-mounted sawblade away.
3:55 That moonwalk was so clean!
Thank you kind sir
And so we have the "Lord of the Flies." That was fun to watch. To borrow a quote... "A novel about the tension between groupthink and individuality." It'll be even more fun fo find out which top the winning bid chooses! Thanks Chris.
Another thoughtful and beautiful piece. Loved the video as well!
Thank you so much 🤗
First, made a mistake.
Then thought of a way to turn it back into a win.
And finally make it a win for other people. And during this entire process, shoot everything to create a wonderful entertainment.
Wow 💖
Wooden top looks way better than the plastic one 😉
Nice table and awesome video 👏🏻👏🏻
Thanks 👍
I've built several pieces of furniture and website elements utilizing that "stadium" shape, my fave, that I've preferred to call an "ovoid".
i feel like putting a sheet of glass on top of the epoxy would help it stay nice and clean looking without losing the look... but maybe thats a bit expensive to have done no idea
Yeah...I actually think if you want that look. Just scrap the epoxy and do a glass top period. Won't have the thickness though.
Hi, I'm one of 17 persons.
Thanks for linking the epoxy polishing video, I am still trying to improve on how I do it and haven't watched that one yet.
¿Alguna vez has pensado hacer mesas para dibujo técnico o artístico? De esas que se usan inclinadas, o también mesas para calcar como las que usan los animadores usando epoxi. Sería genial si tuviera las luces incorporadas desde arriba y ambos lados para poder trabajar sin sombras
Beautiful build. As someone who works with a CNC, I thought WHY when I saw you drilling a hole in the slab - I would have just secured it with double sided tape and maybe screwed only the offcut corners. Then I saw how much pain it caused in the end. But the way you solved it makes the design look even better than before. :)
Thank you...appreciate that. Definitely learned a lesson on this one :)
i like the idea of reusing waste materials. have you ever wanted to do a scrapwood challenge build lol
I di like building stuff from scraps...but never considered a challenge.
To Stop breakout on the corners of solid wood on the CNC router, you need two specific things.
1. Router must both be climb cutting as well as "roll around corners" machining
2. Finishing Compression cut tool .
First you rough cut the outer shape leaving 3mm oversize, then clean cut with higher RPM and slower feed at full depth of cut.
SQ U I R C L E
Hey man, what you can try with the corners when using CNC, is turn the feed down a little, with metal it starts to vibrate in circulair ereas or corners. I guess wood breaks. Worth a try i'd say! Love the vids
Absolutely stunning!
Thank you so much!
My favorite is Squactangle followed by sausage body. I'm very much an amateur woodworker and, as I can't do more (woodworking isn't cheap), or until I can, I appreciate the videos and the inspiration that they provide. Thanks!
A potential explanation for the three flies is that the flies are attracted to the other dead flies. I personally have managed to make a accidental moth trap, so far with five moths and accelerating
You're asking the wrong person which top looks better. Whilst I think you did a fantastic job on the epoxy top, it is plastic after all. And I hate epoxy except to fill cracks or knot holes. Absolutely love the final piece with the wooden top. And as usual a first class video, AI and all.
Thank you...and I guess in fairness, asking that question in a video. I'll be asking thousands of right and wrong persons :)
re: Working epoxy -- Have you dialed up Andy Phillip's channel? You router-kids can hold his beer while he works epoxy. re: Fly table base -- Nasty inspiration aside, that's a captivating base design, scale up- or downable, etc. Nice visual thinking there! Can't afford the 4K+ that the table would cost as of this moment, but kudos to the charity for having such a thoughtful & persuasive supporter.
Love the use of leftover epoxy, and it turned out beautifully - so sharp looking!
Thank you! As I always say...couldn't have done it without you (literally)
This is an amazing piece of furniture, and that moonwalk was bossy. #Kudos 🕺🏻
Maybe you are too humble to admit, or maybe it's because yt comments can be disheartening, but I think you are a born talented designer, who figured out video stuff, and likes woodworking.
Amazing videos as usual, and the ending I was a little off when the abstract painting appeared above you, but LMAOed when your head disappeared for the montage.
And if I could I would bet, and try to convince you to have/buy both tops.
Have the epoxy piece go as another shelf "inside" of the unit. Slightly smaller version. Either way, whoever buys it, may have someone that meticulously cleans their place and won't mind the black top! Love your work, bro.!
I love the chunk graphic! Tree to little pieces to the final product. I spent a lot of years working on trail crews and we always joked about how our jobs were taking big pieces of wood (that fell across the trail) and turning them into smaller pieces of wood.
The base is... really something else! Gives a real organic feel. It's great!
Love the wooden top, yet I would love the base to be a little darker to have more contrast against?with? the top :)
Glad you like it!
Im not a fan of any furniture build using epoxy BUT im glad I kept watching because the tip about cleaning up router tear out was great! Thanks!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you!...a Woid version is my choice...for all the obvious reasons...as always, a treat to watch and listen to you working...dgp/uk
the black epoxy really looks gorgeous with the base. ik its tough with being used but truly it looks great
Amazing video. I'm partial to the walnut top. The epoxy top can be a cool wall hanger like Cam did with the moisture trapped table.
Maybe I'll end up with a big clock :)
easy way to see how much i need when im doing silicone . i fill the area with rice. then put that rice back into a bucket an i fill to that mark on the bucket. because i hate doing the math. I love your design of the table. its lovely.
I have to admit, that is a very clean table. Love the design.
Question about routing for joints 15:53 . You leave the joints long already and cut them with the table saw to length. Can you route the extra maybe 1”-3” then cut them on the table saw to length and then finish route them to avoid the sanding?
Yeah...you could. A few people have asked this. There are 2 problem in my opinion. First, it'll be harder to use the sled jig for cutting joint faces with the rounded edges. And also then you have to have things line up perfectly during the glue up...or you're still going to. need to finesse it, and you'll have less material to finesse.
Thank you for the tutorial on doing the transition between to the two segments to make a smooth transition on the run over on each part it makes more sense to do it that way than risking. Not having a smooth transition between the segments. Keep up the good work, my friend.
I vote glass top.
I have a coffee table i somehow "acquired" from an apt building storage room 30 years ago. It has glass transparent top so craftsmanship/beauty of legs is there for all to see. If epoxy isn't transparent, acrylic or glass top would be better than chunky wood top. IMHO
Sweet table.
Was thinking about your joinery for the base. Instead of the safe and difficult method of using a rasp and hand sanding the joints, you could make a sacrificial block of wood with a tenon that is the same dimensions as your main piece, temporarily fix it in the mortise, and route all the way through into the spare block. Could be safe and easier.
Thank you...yeah, there are a few things you could do. One of the other problems though...is that if you cut it before...then you're glue up has to be extremely accurate. Where as this way there is a bit more wiggle room.
The best option is on a larger piece where you glue up and then cut roundovers after the assembly. Router wouldn't fit well here though.
You speak the truth...everything is better wet. Love the video. The timber top wins my heart.
Hi Chris,
I started watching this video thinking I might learn something about using a new material to make tops for furniture pieces. The prospect of a transparent/translucide top with more than two centimeters thickness and a top that weighed less than a small car (I have used glass and stone for tops of similar sized pieces) was intriguing. But what I think I learned is that I really don’t want to deal with plastic shavings and dust in the shop. Hazmat suits are fine, but if you don’t need one it’s probably better. What I ended up appreciating the most was, as always with your videos, the design process. Who knew flies could be so interesting ? Anyway, thanks for the explanations. I’ll be waiting for the next installment.
Cheers,
Keith
The wood top is pretty stunning, I do agree with you on why you decided to make it.
Thanks :)
both are pretty gorgeous, id prefer the wood though. the base is definitely the best part, super slick.
I just read about the foundation. Amazing story and an amazing foundation. You are truly a blessed man
It’s a very touching story. Jack’s dad, Fred was my basketball coach when I was a kid… and now he is my real estate agent. He is an awesome guy, and it’s amazing to see how he has turned literally the worst thing a parent could go through, into such positivity. Jack has saved numerous other lives already, and hopefully the message will save countless more.
I love the idea that a table whose entire inspiration and reason for being was centered around making use of leftover epoxy ends up without the epoxy top. It has a bit of a "ship of Theseus" feel to it. 😄
Good call...Is it a leftover epoxy table if it contains no left over epoxy any longer? :)
The epoxy top would be great a shelf level below a top. Maybe a glass top? Good for art books or a sculptural piece. It would get much traffic and very little touching but you'd still see the strong black look of it.
I WANT THAT TABLE WITH THE EPOXY TOP!
Simple yet complex & the all deep-black top is the perfect contrast! :O
1:42 its so funny that you mention Cam. I discovered him after i discovered you and you two have VERY similar vibes which is nice. love both of your works!
We definitely both have the vibe of “build something for 25 minutes while rambling on about tangents”
Love your videos. I believe you are a furniture maker,sculptor, philosopher, scientist and a funny guy!
I love all of this video. You did a beautiful job. You're really good with editing, amazing at the building process, and have a great banter side of things. I believe you deserve millions of views on every video and even more millions of subscribers. You deserve nothing short of success, friend.
fwiw i always called that shape a Raceway. Awesome idea for some waste resin. Im impressed that you realized that black epoxy wasnt the most ideal surface for a heavily used area. Both tops look amazing.
I would have picked both tops. Change it up every few months. They both look beautiful. Also balcktail studios nanocoating would have probably worked for the epoxy top. Love this table
Just would like to say from around 12:20 to 12:40, about the video is the product genius marketing and hope millions will see this video.
Great job with the ad, I actually didn't skip through it because the build was still going
i really like how it came out. where are u guys located?
Southern California
Split screen advert works! Keeps attention better than simple talking to screen about the advert product! Eye flicks back and forth, and somehow, I take in both screens