Coke & Oak Coffee Table

In this video I melt coke cans into a reclaimed oak coffee table! If you enjoyed please subscribe!
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[@keefykeef]

Cool experiment, and learning is winning 👍

[@smallspacecreation5768]

Thanks Keith 👍

[@Smallbarnworkshop]

I like a recycling project. This one turned out great!

[@smallspacecreation5768]

Thanks for watching yes pretty much the Ultimate recycling project 👍👍

[@malcolmwatts7825]

Interesting idea. I think it might have worked better using pourable epoxy with, say, a light blue or green colour which would have looked darker in the holes. Love the coffee table construction by the way, beautifully built.

[@smallspacecreation5768]

Hello Malcolm thanks for watching epoxy would have possibly looked better and been a lot easier. I guess wanted to try something different there are thousands of videos on epoxy and not much on melting aluminium ( probably for good reasons) l always like to try something a bit different. Thanks again for watching and your comments really appreciate them 👍👍👍👍

[@paulcooper9187]

What a great idea.

[@smallspacecreation5768]

Thanks for watching Paul glad you like it 👍

[@dwalsh3469]

You might try and minimise burning by doing two pours per hole - if the first pour came to within, say, 2mm of the surface and left to cool, then a second small pour would cool rapidly, and maybe rapidly enough to reduce / greatly reduce burning. It, and the wood, would be ‘hot’ for a shorter time than with one big pour.

[@smallspacecreation5768]

Thanks for watching a really good idea 👍👍

[@gedreillyhomestead6926]

I was thinking if you cut a template and use a V groove router bit to cut around the aluminium and wood, you could then fill the groove with (any colour you like) epoxy to emphasise the alu and hide the burn marks. 👍 😎

[@smallspacecreation5768]

Thanks for watching nice idea 👍👍👍

[@idlersdream826]

That’s a cool idea and looks great 👍. I guess you could also do a similar thing with wax crayons, would certainly melt more easily 😂.

[@smallspacecreation5768]

Thanks for watching I have seen wax crayons melted and used in a table top but covered in epoxy 👍

[@derekrobertson1548]

Great experiment, if doing it again try using a tea spoon of borax when melting the alloy, it will lower the melting temp then skim of the slag from the melted alloy, this will give you a better quality alloy to polish up for the finished result. As for the result you have just now some good ideas in the comments on how to sort the burnt wood, as for the alloy sand it down with some 2000 grit wet and dry sand paper or even a higher grit then finish of with some metal polish to give the high shine you are after. Once this done clean and respray your laquire. Great video and ideas, the end result looks pretty good.

[@smallspacecreation5768]

Thanks for watching really interesting reading your comments. I think it’s something I may come back to in the future now I have a bit more knowledge 👍👍

[@Thesidingsworkshop]

Mate do you think the oak was off those climbing bar walls we used to have in the school hall for gym class as a kid just a wild guess awesome idea mate 👍 love it...... could you pour the ali into an off cut of the wood with same holes in then remove them and epoxy them into your finished piece if you did another?? No idea just thinking 🤔

[@smallspacecreation5768]

Thanks for watching I think the oak was from a kit building. Yes pouring them into a mould them glueing them in would stop burning . But if you had more random holes would be a lot harder. You fancy giving it a try then Dan 😁

[@Thesidingsworkshop]

@@smallspacecreation5768 always enjoy trying new things, used to do alot of leadwork years ago