Thanks so much for sharing. I had to have a dead tree cut down and now have cookie slabs for 4 coffee tables.I will be following your video and making my own beautiful live edge tables. Amazing amount of information. am excited to see how this turns out.
Most welcome, Jo 😁 Glad to hear this video is helpful. Making your own stuff is wonderful, and if it’s from your own tree, even better! Have fun getting your hands dirty…
Merci beaucoup, content que cela vous ait été utile 😁 Je ne suis impatient que pour les choses ennuyeuses, mais très patient pour les choses que j'aime 😂😂
Thanks Paul. Yes, one can do a lot, but it’s also time consuming. i am glad to have more powerful gear at my disposal 😆 Hope you are well and healthy. Cheers
Most welcome, Paul. Yeah, I used linseed oil on the bottom part, but you can also use Rubio Monocoat, if you went for that. The important thing is to use one that is the same or very similar to the one you use for the top. I used linseed oil because it’s much cheaper than Rubio but still oil based, so the „breathtaking“ properties are similar enough.
I have just had a number of oak tree cookie slabs created from a tree taken down at my mountain cabin, asked the lumberjacks to do so as part of the process. This video is fantastic, thank you very much as I don't have a full workshop. For fresh oak slabs and the initial dry a friend suggested that I coat the top and bottom so they dry slower and don't crack as much but wood database suggests coating the sides so that it dries more evenly. And I believe it is saying remove the bark now? I also have some loblolly pine slabs from a few years back that are fully dry but have many cracks - is it even worth it to use pine (it was an enormous tree, couldn't resist but never got around to it)? I can see now that this will be something that takes me many weeks to do, and since its a hobby many months over time. These slabs are 7-10 CM thick so I will be back in a few years. I hope the video is still here. Or perhaps I will kiln dry a few of them and wait for the others.
Hi Jim. I am so happy to hear that you are embarking in this adventure, making some tables out of your OWN wood! That's magic! Regarding your oak slabs: Honestly, I wouldn't go bunkers trying to figure out how to dry them. Take a few and kiln dry them, so you can start experimenting soon. The rest you can put in a dry warm room, pile them up with little wood bars in between each, so air gets to them, and then let them dry. They will crack anyway, and cracks are also nice to work with epoxy resin, so that should be fine. Oh and you can remove the bark, but it will be tons of work and won't make a big difference. Removing dried out bark is much easier. Working with pine is possible, it's actually pretty easy because it's soft wood, but it also means that it's much softer than hard wood and can easily scratch or get dents when using it. Maybe you can do one with pine just for fun and for learning? It should be much easier to plane and sand than the oak. If you have any questions along the way, please don't hesitate to ask. I am more than happy to help out a fellow woodworker.
Hi, I notice the final shots of the epoxy look almost milky/cloudy even though you used clear. Is that just the photo or is there a trick to getting it truly clear?
Hi Daniel. Good observation! To get the resin clearvlike glass you need ti first remove most air bubbles in the resin (best is to use a vacuum chamber or with a heat gun), and second you need to wet sand up to 2000 grit and polish it similar to how car folks polish their cars. So pretty work intensive but doable. You can see the process here: ruclips.net/video/JU2IAOm3Rmw/видео.html
I liked the video. You waste too much time over explaining each step and it gets boring. Just get to the point I don’t understand all that waste in applying then removing all the epoxy and the rubio. What’s the purpose behind that? Seems like a waste of product to me I also would have taped around and in front of the crack them just fill that with epoxy. Let dry then apply a coat over entire area. Done deal!
Sorry the video was boring to you. The answer to your question about the epoxy flooding is here: Flood your end grain (cookie) slabs with epoxy resin ruclips.net/video/miIwjI479_A/видео.html
@@Woodensoul your video isn’t boring. Over explaining each topic and talking about it over and over is. I learned a lot Ok I’ll watch the next video about following wit epoxy. Thx greetings from LA
I appreciate the minimization of power tool use. Thanks!
Most welcome, John, I am super glad if this was helpful. Have fun building!
This one of the best cookievideos I have seen. Wery good stepbystepguide, thanks you for sharing your knowlege!👍
Ahw… thank you so much! I am super happy to hear this was helpful, and have fun making your own 😁🤩
Thanks so much for sharing. I had to have a dead tree cut down and now have cookie slabs for 4 coffee tables.I will be following your video and making my own beautiful live edge tables. Amazing amount of information. am excited to see how this turns out.
Most welcome, Jo 😁 Glad to hear this video is helpful. Making your own stuff is wonderful, and if it’s from your own tree, even better! Have fun getting your hands dirty…
Thanks for showing your process. It's very helpful to see how these types of projects can be completed easily with patience.
Thank you for your words of encouragement 😁 Glad you found it helpful
Wie immer ein Klasse Video! Als Neuling im DIY Holzbau bin ich total begeistert von deinem channel😊Vielen Dank und weiter so !
Ahw... danke für das tolle Feedback. Bin froh wenn mein Channel für dich Nützlich ist :D
Thank you for the lesson. It was exactly what I was looking for.
Most welcome - super happy to hear that this was useful. Happy building!
Really found this very helpful. Used many tips on an oak coffee table I built.
Wonderful, Lee, that makes me very happy 😃 I hope your oak table turned out beautiful 🤩
Merci pour ce transfert généreux de savoir-faire ! Quelle patience exceptionnelle pour quelqu'un d'impatient ;)
Merci beaucoup, content que cela vous ait été utile 😁 Je ne suis impatient que pour les choses ennuyeuses, mais très patient pour les choses que j'aime 😂😂
Very interesting and informative. It’s great to see what’s possible with just a few power tools. The slab is beautiful. Thanks for sharing 👍
Thanks Paul. Yes, one can do a lot, but it’s also time consuming. i am glad to have more powerful gear at my disposal 😆 Hope you are well and healthy. Cheers
Thanks lot really appreciate it I learned so many things 🙏🙏🇳🇴
Thanks, that makes me very happy 👊🏼
I’ve just got cut wood (Ash tree) looking forward to see what I can make with help from this video.
Hi Laura. Sounds like fun! Is it freshly cut?
Great video full of awesome information! Thank you!
Thank you Mark 😁
Great video … thanks for posting .. one question .. I may have missed it .. but .. did you put a seal coat of any kind on the bottom .. ?? Thanks !
Most welcome, Paul. Yeah, I used linseed oil on the bottom part, but you can also use Rubio Monocoat, if you went for that. The important thing is to use one that is the same or very similar to the one you use for the top. I used linseed oil because it’s much cheaper than Rubio but still oil based, so the „breathtaking“ properties are similar enough.
I have just had a number of oak tree cookie slabs created from a tree taken down at my mountain cabin, asked the lumberjacks to do so as part of the process. This video is fantastic, thank you very much as I don't have a full workshop. For fresh oak slabs and the initial dry a friend suggested that I coat the top and bottom so they dry slower and don't crack as much but wood database suggests coating the sides so that it dries more evenly. And I believe it is saying remove the bark now? I also have some loblolly pine slabs from a few years back that are fully dry but have many cracks - is it even worth it to use pine (it was an enormous tree, couldn't resist but never got around to it)?
I can see now that this will be something that takes me many weeks to do, and since its a hobby many months over time. These slabs are 7-10 CM thick so I will be back in a few years. I hope the video is still here. Or perhaps I will kiln dry a few of them and wait for the others.
Hi Jim. I am so happy to hear that you are embarking in this adventure, making some tables out of your OWN wood! That's magic! Regarding your oak slabs: Honestly, I wouldn't go bunkers trying to figure out how to dry them. Take a few and kiln dry them, so you can start experimenting soon. The rest you can put in a dry warm room, pile them up with little wood bars in between each, so air gets to them, and then let them dry. They will crack anyway, and cracks are also nice to work with epoxy resin, so that should be fine. Oh and you can remove the bark, but it will be tons of work and won't make a big difference. Removing dried out bark is much easier.
Working with pine is possible, it's actually pretty easy because it's soft wood, but it also means that it's much softer than hard wood and can easily scratch or get dents when using it. Maybe you can do one with pine just for fun and for learning? It should be much easier to plane and sand than the oak.
If you have any questions along the way, please don't hesitate to ask. I am more than happy to help out a fellow woodworker.
Hi, I notice the final shots of the epoxy look almost milky/cloudy even though you used clear. Is that just the photo or is there a trick to getting it truly clear?
Hi Daniel. Good observation! To get the resin clearvlike glass you need ti first remove most air bubbles in the resin (best is to use a vacuum chamber or with a heat gun), and second you need to wet sand up to 2000 grit and polish it similar to how car folks polish their cars. So pretty work intensive but doable. You can see the process here: ruclips.net/video/JU2IAOm3Rmw/видео.html
I want this cookie slab
I am very sorry, Jesus, but this slab was taken a long time ago.
👏
Gracias 😊
Why did you flood the table with epoxy, and not just the crack?
ruclips.net/video/miIwjI479_A/видео.html
I want this.
I couple of hours ago someone asked for it already, a tad sooner than you. I will see if that works out, else I will follow up with you about it
Where do you get your slabs?
From different sources. Most I buy on eBay and the olive slabs I source from a sawmill in Spain
I liked the video. You waste too much time over explaining each step and it gets boring. Just get to the point
I don’t understand all that waste in applying then removing all the epoxy and the rubio. What’s the purpose behind that? Seems like a waste of product to me
I also would have taped around and in front of the crack them just fill that with epoxy. Let dry then apply a coat over entire area. Done deal!
Sorry the video was boring to you. The answer to your question about the epoxy flooding is here: Flood your end grain (cookie) slabs with epoxy resin
ruclips.net/video/miIwjI479_A/видео.html
@@Woodensoul your video isn’t boring. Over explaining each topic and talking about it over and over is. I learned a lot
Ok I’ll watch the next video about following wit epoxy. Thx greetings from LA
this comment is very rude when someone has taken the time to give such an excellent and detailed tutorial.
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