One Day Build: Live Edge Slab End Table
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- čas přidán 20. 08. 2016
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Sooooo awhile ago while I was working for a tree service (psudo lumber jack) we cut down this walnut tree. I kept two of the slabs from it and they've been sitting around in my garage for 10+ years.
So finally they're dry (probably dried out a long time ago) and i decided to do something with them.
So this is what I did. - Jak na to + styl
Nice job! The router sled is great idea! Never even occurred to me but will save me so much time! Great video! Thanks for a link to the build for it!
Can’t wait to make mine! Thanks so much for sharing your wonderful demo
impressive lovely job
Good call going with three legs instead of two. A three legged stool or table will never wobble. I can still see plenty of marks from the router sled operation though. I know it takes forever to sand those out.
Nice work!
Excellent !!
I'd love to see a bit of voice over for stuff like this, kinda explaining what you're up to for people like me who dont really understand each (or any) step
if a lot of people wanted one i'd do one, but most of the time I just answer questions in the comments, so if you have any feel free to ask.
Joel Turner what do these cost and can u do them 291/2" high?
email me at JoelTurnerDesigns@gmail.com
Needs more explanation - products etc.
Good job I have one , looks like yours, thanks
any vids on making the routing sled? best one I've seen. great video!
so relaxing to watch
Nice how you left the saw marks.
Great job! Will you be doing more videos like this soon?
nice video
cool video! :)
What bit did you use with the router?
what tools did you use?
I just cut a 26” oak the other day that was beautiful. Cut a slab to try my hand at making a table to give to my grandma for her birthday but never really got into wood working. What did you use to level the slab out before you sanded it and can I just get one at Home Depot or Lowe’s?
which tools and material you used? for paint what you used? epoxy?
what are the dimensions of the slab? great project
I cut some slabs off a wind fell spruce this winter. I've been on a quest to learn as much as I can about storing it and caring for it. I'm basically learning every step of the process. Right now I've got a green slab with bark on (apparently it will stay on better since I cut it in winter) that I sanded up smooth. Brought it in the house and sap is starting to work up to the surface a bit.
I found out about pentacryl to late to make use of it, so I've basically accepted that it will crack.
But I'm curious, what do you think my next step should be? Let it season for a bit? Seal it? I don't know.
I would check out Matthew Cremona on his channel he deals with cutting and milling and storing lumber a lot more. This piece I had basically sat in my dads garage for 10 years drying out. His channel will be a way better resource for your needs then what im capable of.
hello! nice project. May i ask what coating you apply on it?
could have been a brilliant video if you explained what tools your using and what you trying to achieve each step
What hv u put as a top coat?
Looks awesome - I want to do something similar (my first time) with a cutting I got from an Elm tree. Do I need to treat it or can I start working on it straight away?
You need to let it dry out before you do anything with it, otherwise its going to warp once it does dry out.
@@lyrebirdfurniture522 Thanks! Any tips on how to dry it out properly?
@@nathancoffey6080 Hey! Not sure if you've since gotten the info elsewhere but depending on the size of the slab drying it out might take a considerable amount of time. There are places that will kiln dry wood for you, but if you're looking to just air dry it then just make sure it's in a nice dry area and that it has circulation all the way around the piece of wood. This usually means that you'd avoid drying it flat on the ground unless you've got something to keep it propped up.
Personally I have two decently thick slabs of ash and maple and I've just been leaving them to dry on end, rotating them every couple of weeks.
It will almost certainly develop cracks, but that's going to happen no matter what, you just have to find some way to stabilize the wood when putting the finished product together.
That could be done using bowties, epoxy, or something like in this video where the leg was fitted right across the gap, hopefully stopping any further splitting of the wood.
i like how you used the rougher sleds to level this out. More so that you moved the piece around instead of the sled. I have never seen anyone do that before. For cases like this i feels its much easier anyway. But i have to ask is that really walnut? You say its walnut in the description, but all the walnut i have ever seen in my life has been much darker than that.
it was diseased when we cut it down so that could have something to do with it, and the reason we cut it down. But the typical walnut you're used to seeing it isnt, but there's different species that are all going to have different grain and color, just here in the US black walnut grows everywhere so we're used to seeing that style.
I mean the different grain is a given. It will always be different. But yea i guess i'm just more used to black walnut. I have just never seen anyway walnut with such a light colour.
Can you tell me or do you have plans for your router sled?
What is the machine he is using with his jig
looks like mould on the top. what did you treat it with? or any preserver
A question is the router will work for any wood? I have some hard wood that I will like to do the same. Thank you for sharing is a great video!
I think the good router bit is the most important part, if you feel that your router is underpowered take more, less agressive passes
Thank you!
I have a cool piece or reclaimed wood and some hairpins legs that I want to turn into a side table. However, both the top and bottom surfaces of the wood are really uneven. I don't want to plane them, since that would change the quality of the material, but I still want the legs to be level. Any advice on how to do this? @joelturner
Shims under the legs to even them out.
This table arrived well packaged and on time. czcams.com/users/postUgkxn94T8Mu1iMnsLCMNOI9srXSsLkI4JXKW Like another reviewer advised, I pulled everything out and made sure everything was included (everything was!). I built it alone and it took me about an hour. The color is great and for the price the lift part works well. As others have mentioned, it’s not the smoothest opening/closing, but it works. The screws do show, but I plan to order white sticker covers if that bothers us too much. Really happy with this table! UPDATE: it’s been over a year since we got this coffee table and we still love it! It gets HEAVY use as our dining table, foot rest, and school desk. Over time, the opening and closing mechanism has gotten smoother. I added a new photo with the white screw cover stickers. They blend in perfectly and make it look a little cleaner. 100% recommend!!!
What is the tool you used in the jig in the first 5 minutes?
router
I have almost the same table What oil or paint should i put over it and how frequently?
Because my table is dry as hell
I just put about 4 coats of poly on it, it'll really soak into it though, so just play it by ear.
Is that polyurethane or Polycrylic? Is it oil based or water based?
What did you use at the end to coat it?
Looks like a matte polyurethane but not sure . would of been nice w some instructions
what did you use for the finish and oil? The grain looks great!
Just minwax brush on clear poly.
@@lyrebirdfurniture522Does clear poly mean clear polish?
@@hulkh3489 Polyurethane
How do you prevent cracks in the wood when sanding?
Sanding will not cause cracks to occur. The are overwhelmingly caused by moisture escaping to quickly from the end grain. This can happen regardless of taking great steps to stop them from occuring.
What tool do you use to chip off the bark?
cheap chisel.
Is that clear epoxy ?
Beautiful, where did you get the table legs from.
Link in video description.
What's that tool you used at 2:40?
What is the machine called you used to make thst wood balance??
Plainer
What was the first power tool you used?
Router.
What did you use as the clear coat
polyurethane
What kind of wood ...?????
What’s the tool to smooth out the top?
A router
What did you use on it to finish it?
poly
Could you help me with the name of the first tool used? Thanks, love it!
The majority of the work is done with a router and a router sled. the end card on video has a link to a router sled build and i make another one of these tables at the end of that one as well.
Lis Solórzano can I help you
Do you suppose I could achieve a similar result from your router by using a planer with a similar jig?
like power hand planer? those dont do well on end grain
Yes. I ask out of ignorance mostly. I have not used planers very much, only had one for a month :P
@@lyrebirdfurniture522 what about same jig with a longer slab for table?
@@krackerotto im not quite sure what you mean, but you can run parallel boards on either side of the work piece and as long as they're level you can use a jig like that to flatten any large slab
Did that crack pull apart or is it still in good shape?
That crack had been there for 5 years at least before i got around to making something out of it. Also i sold it so... who knows where it is now
How long did you dry the wood after cutting before doing this project?
The two rounds i kept sat in my dads garage for a few years before i did anything with them. but I didnt store them correctly, you really need to wax paint the end grain so they dry out slower, and are less likely to crack that way. But if you're chopping something down and want to do this, you're going to have to wait awhile depending on the wood and thickness of the round.
how long do you think do you have to wait for an oak tree stump to dry to make something like this out of it?
What tool did they use to level it?
Router + sled
lindoooooooooooooo
what is the tool used ?
he used a router with a straight but to even it out I assume you are asking
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Is that minwax clear poly, satin or semi gloss? Great job!
clear poly, and thanks.
What do you call those stands ?...how to find them on Amazon
link is in the description
What kind of wood
walnut
Do they have those legs at a lowes or homedepot?
doubtful you might be able to order them from their online stores, i got these from amazon.
Joel Turner can you add a link to the legs
Where do I find the legs or order??
The link to the legs is legit in the description.
Can same thing be done with maple ? I just removed a tree and I have a nice 2 inch slab for end table.
Yes but you're going to have to let it dry out forever, seriously years.
I've got a nice slab of sassafras been 4 years now, a beautiful slab, I want to make a coffee table from, just searching for the right legs or bottom for it. I just watch this other video where they poured epoxy all over a stump being used for an end table, turned out lovely. www.motherdaughterproject.com......www.motherdaughterprojects.com/blog/diy-rustic-stump-end-tables
You can also put it in an oven at about 250 for a few hours but may not work I’ve done it to speed up the drying process sometimes it worked sometimes it failes
@@lyrebirdfurniture522 How does one know when my slab is ready to finish, should i go ahead and attach the legs & bring into the house, my garage isn't heated. I asked the neighbor when he gave me that slab & it was actually in 2010 he cut the tree down. My slab is likely 3" thick
@@A10TOES if its been sitting for 9 years its probably fine.
1:56 what is this drill / sander doing? I’m new to all this tryna make my parents a table for the summer
Its a router, and its used to flatted the slab, well mostly make each side of the slab parallel to each other.
Joel Turner thank you!
Need more sanding with higher grit
what’s a good product for poly ? Imma use it outside
You could use a spar varnish, that's the stuff they used on wooden boats.
@@lyrebirdfurniture522 thanks
Where's did you get the slab
From a job i was working
Why didn't you seal the bottom of the table. I can't believe you didn't paint the legs!
Unless you're a baby crawling on the floor you're never going to see the bottom of that table. And if I paint them black or whatever color and then someone orders one and wants it done is bare metal, I gotta order new legs, if they want them painted all I gotta do is buy a can of spray paint.
because it's industry design. those legs are finished with wax so that there not will be any rust on them
what’s the point of using the router in the beginning instead of just going straight to sanding
Leveling out the slab so its even thickness across the width.
@@lyrebirdfurniture522 so you you cut the slab using a sawmill and know it’s even all the way across then there’s no reason to use a router?
@@kidynamitjr1326 well that was cut with a chain saw off of a live tree. The router sled is good for slab flattening as well.
What kind of router bit did you use?
Just a regular straight bit router, now they make bits specifically for doing this kinda work, but they're pretty pricey.
@@lyrebirdfurniture522 thanks, i'm trying on a piece of poplar now and experiencing some tear-out. Ik think mostly because its still too moist and als because of the kind of texture.
Do you sell any items?
I made two of those end tables and sold them both locally. But yes i do sell stuff. www.lyrebirdfurniture.com
Joel Turner your items look great, it's a shame you are in Illinois! We are in the UK and it would cost a bit too much to ship here!
go on etsy im sure you can find someone that does the same kinda stuff.
Could you just run it through a planer at low cuts at a time?
I got one year to go until my slab dries.haha
can you talk?
what do you need to talk about?
I made it with woodprix instructions !
Just a thought but you can skip the annoying fast forwarded sound and add some classical music or something.
sound was way to annoying
Too bad you don't explain what you're doing and why, for us dummies! haha
what dont you get and we can explain it?
@@AD-nk3ik I would like to know why you sanded the sides, I know that sanding the top was to smooth out & level it, and did you use a stain or just poly on it? I have a slab of sassafras I want to make a table from. TY
Spend way too much time showing routing slab, we get the idea!!!!
Yeahhhhh... maybe dont steal the one day build title from tested if its just a sped up video... a touch of an anticlimax.
well his builds take more than one day, and mine well that took one day. Also this video is 2 years old.