Turning Worthless Wood into a Stunning Table
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ABOUT THIS VIDEO
There were a lot of firsts with this project. First ever Carob Wood slab, first time using Iron Bark Eucalyptus. Even some of the woodworking techniques I used were firsts for me. Plus, I do something that might make woodworkers unhappy with me in how I ultimately treat this wood. But don't judge until you see the finished result!
#epoxyresin #LiveEdgeTable #woodworking
WHERE I GOT THE SLAB & WOOD
▸ Street Tree Revival - www.streettreerevival.com/woo...
AUCTION FOR THE HALL TABLE
▸ www.foureyesfurniture.com/auc...
WOODWORKING PLANS / PROJECT COURSES
▸ www.foureyesfurniture.com/plans
SUPPORT THE SHOW
▸ Support on Patreon! - / chrissalomone
REFERENCED VIDEOS
▸ Walnut Slab Dining Table - • Might Get Some Backlas...
▸ Tips Playlist - • Tips and Tricks Every ...
TOOLS & MATERIALS
▸ Rockler Portable Drill Guide - bit.ly/Drill-Guide
▸ Rockler Project Mat (for keeping glue off your workbench) - bit.ly/iiii-ProjectMat
▸ Rockler Miter Gauge - bit.ly/RocklerMiterGauge
▸ Rubio at Rockler - bit.ly/RUBIOatROCKLER
▸ Kreg Adaptive Cutting System - bit.ly/FoureyesKPP
▸ Kreg Universal Bench - bit.ly/Kreg-Universal-Bench
▸ The Epoxy We Used
Total Boat - www.totalboat.com/product/thi...
▸ All Those Red Tools
Woodpeckers Tools - bit.ly/wpfoureyes
MUSIC
Ending Song by Ryo Sonoda
FOLLOW
▸ Subscribe | goo.gl/oVdN4f
▸ Patreon | / chrissalomone
▸ Instagram | / foureyesfurniture
CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
0:44 Layout & Rough Cutting
1:31 Slab Cleanup / Auction Results
2:53 Preparing for the Epoxy Pour
4:40 Epoxy Pour
6:32 My First Epoxy Leak
8:52 Slab Flattening / Metric vs Imperial
10:55 Testing Stains on the Slab
12:15 Best Tip For Better Sanding
15:05 Designing and Building the Base
17:45 An Interesting Fact About This Wood
22:45 How to attach the base to the top
25:14 Sanding and Finishing
27:02 Final Reveal - Jak na to + styl
Thank you so much for watching this video everybody! I hope you enjoy it. If you want to bid on the "Auction for Charity" piece here is the link:
Auction - www.foureyesfurniture.com/auction
Support the show here - www.patreon.com/ChrisSalomone
Check out our woodworking plans / project courses here - www.foureyesfurniture.com/plans
Is there a way to contribute to the charity for those of us who can't afford to bid or can't afford to have it shipped across the ocean?
Grab a UK pint. You get 68 extra millilitres. 😉
Check out the link I have a 5 inch beard from chin and can see and breathe perfectly fine
You do dup over audio so it's not a problem
I know there are brands with built in radio systems for safety but the cost gets up there.
For the cost of a slab it's worth your health
There are masks that fit over your entire face which might work better if you have a beard. I've seen one that even has forced air ventilation to both make it easier to breathe, prevent fogging and keep you cool.
When the video comes out I'll post a link to the organization where people can donate...and I'll try to remember to put that in the voice over when I record that video too, to let people know. Thanks for bringing that to my attention :)
The author does like to from scratch, czcams.com/users/postUgkxbnOKZBE4evMO5V2vroHeCjq6d_MV6wJO shaping and trimming wood from large blocks into fine finished products. As another reviewer mentioned, most projects require a lot of high-dollar equipment that most of us don’t have the room or budget for. But, knowing how to do these things, even if we won’t be able to practise the full stack project, is still great.
The charcoal looks amazing. You are a great storyteller and an incredible woodworker. Your videos are so unique compared to every other woodworking channel. You know that feeling you get when you are drawn in by the story of a great book? I get that feeling watching your videos. Keep up the great work, and thanks for sharing your experiences with us.
Wow...really appreciate that. That's some high praise. I'm glad people are liking the less straight forward voice overs. I will say it makes it more fun to put the video together.
Saying "next I cut this, then I cut that..." gets pretty boring for me.
"You are a great storyteller" Sure...getting you to shut up is the thing...Seriously, you bang on about every decision. There's no gaps just a constant opining. Sometimes it's better to let the work do the talkin (or at least some of it). It ends up making you sound pretentious.
@@gastonlaberge2119 sounds more like invested and opinionated to me...
Boy, get a room…lol.
@@gastonlaberge2119 ... Just mute the video if you have a problem with it.
Love this piece. The charcoal + black combination turned out beautifully. The asymmetry of the base is my favorite part. 👌
A couple of mantras I’ve come up with in my years in aviation:
“There’s never time to do it right the first time but there is always time to do it right the second time. “
“If it’s worth doing once, it’s worthy doing twice.”
It’s worth it to take your time because it will save you in the end.
I knew this was "my wife is my ex-girlfriend" joke. The gospel of Scott Aukerman spreads further
Haha...Kulap
Of course, you watched the video!
Or , as I say. “My first wife”. We’ve been married for 40 plus years.
Never a good idea to introduce your wife as "My current wife". 🤦
I could totally design and 3D print some of those clamp blocks for you! I work in industrial 3D printing so I could make em out of a neat material like nylon carbon fiber or something tougher then traditional 3D prints. I really love how this table turned out and was split on the darker colored legs until you showed the side by side. Fantastic work as always!
You guys collaborate on that and i would definitely be interested in buying some as well
Another vote for collaboration on this. I would totally buy a set.
I’d also be interested in buying a set if available
Count me in for some of those if you decide to make them.
Looks like you got some takers. Better get on it! Good luck
The table looks incredible!
Thank brother...love your channel BTW :)
I didn’t care for the color choices at first but once it was finished I absolutely love it. Great job.
For a respirator, your best bet might be one of those full face, forced air things that wood turners wear. Trendair and 3M Versaflow are two common ones.
This, very this. If you have positive pressure, you can never be able to breathe any shop air no matter how full your beard is!
@@jimsubtle886 just so both y’all know, you can 100% get a proper seal with facial hair or full beard. NATO has tested and proved this.
Came here to make the same comment: Check out Versaflow
I've used the Trend Airshield Pro for many years and found it to be great - though sometimes a little loud, and it can move around a bit due to being top heavy. I'm now using one of the 3M Versaflow units and it's so much more comfortable - but granted much more expensive.
The respirator @michaelcthulhu wears on his YT channel is still to date the single best I have ever made and/or used.
As an subscriber for a couple years now i just want to say your videos keep getting better and better. Keep the drawings. Keep the tips. Keep your design input. The loyal minority who stay silent appreciate all of that. And any pressure you hear from critics don’t know what they are talking about or are throwing in their two cents when all they make are cutting boards. Keep it up man. Also can we get proof of life for Shaun
I like that you touched the whole metric to what I call standard. I call it standard because, If a reasonable person was to create a measurement from scratch, it would always start with a unit, then cut it in half, and then in half again and so on and so forth... and boom, you have yourself an inch. Mathematically and naturally, 12 is a magic number as when doing math in your head, it is divisible by so many numbers, therefore 12 is an advanced builder's number. Going smaller, anything smaller than 1/32" will never be noticed by a human being with typical craftsman stuff. With metric going larger goes from wee to weird to huge. Metric is not made for builders and craftsman as much as the scientists and archeologists want it to be. It is for the guys that need paper to divide 5 in half. The problem lies in the fact that all of our math teachers were already confused themselves! Fractions could have been so easy!
Bro your humor is underrated! All that base color hype up just to end up going dark had me in legit tears! 😂 I came for the wood working and stayed for the jokes!
P.s the guacamole & cheerios analogy was perfect !
I keep telling people if it hits a million. I'll eat a bowl of guac and cheerios.
I’m from Australia, and I love that you are using Eucalyptus, I hope you continue making your refined and eloquent furniture with the beautiful wood
I about spit out my drink when he said local red ironbark....I live in Sydney and I know for sure red ironbark eucy is definitely NOT local to him! I wonder who is growing it on streetsides to be recycled there?
Wow! At first I thought it should have been left natural as well but I completely agree with how different some of the graining can look - same issue that you can have with oak. I really love your finish selection for both the top & legs. My only regret is that you haven't named a fly "Marty"...
Haha...I'm sure it'll happen again. I'll keep that on the short list for the next casualty :)
An artist ... AND a mathematician? You are astonishing. I'm a former English teacher...& have no idea how you figure out the precision of angles and weight distribution, etc., etc. But I can't stop watching your entire process. It's wonderful to watch skilled professionals at their best. Thanks.
I am totally with you on the charcoal. It came out amazing! Gotta admit, the black on the base threw me. But like others have said, it's your project and you are happy with it. That's the goal, right? 😄
I'm not going to repeat all the other comments here even though they are spot on. I will say that other woodworkers post a 28 minute video and I sigh and scroll on. You post one and I save it until I can give it my full attention. Then when I can't finish I come back when it has my full attention again. I love what you do.
As a former furniture designer (not woodworker, just designer), I'm a big fan of your design and dry wit. Keep experimenting!
Thank you very much! I appreciate that
If you've ever seen a carob pod, it's dark on the outside but golden on the inside. I think you're doing justice to the species by using a charcoal finish, even if the inside is still lighter.
Absolute trip to see you blokes incorporate some Ironbark into a project!
your thumbnail profile keeps getting better its improved so much i absolutely love it on this piece
I love the drawings. I love your humility. I love your style. I want more.
I learned on the first big table that I built that the sanding method you present really is the best. I mark my surface with a pencil to make it easier to see where I've been, but yeah...slow is fast in this case.
Full disclosure: I bought your Longview plans and shrunk them down a bit for a small dining room. The recipient LOVES it.
Love it! I hope it was easy to change the dimensions. That's something we try to cover in the plans, but there are always variables depending on what a person wants to do.
One of the reasons to build your own furniture is to make it look the way you want it to look. I didn’t either build or commission this, so it doesn’t matter that I’d have gone for the redder color.
The design, comments, and video are all very nicely done.
That sanding tip helped me tremendously
Love it! Those people that don't like it "are out of their element Donny!"
I'm normally pretty purist when it comes to staining and finishing, but I have to say, the charcoal was the right call for the top. And again, you were absolutely right to paint the bottom because it just didn't pair well otherwise. You surprised me honestly, because I don't know that I would have even thought to do either of those things myself. But in my humble opinion, you did what was best for the piece. Looks kinda brutalist now, and it's truly beautiful. Nice work.
Amazing designs! I hope you don't mind a little suggestion to save a little time, but for those aluminum mounting brackets you might just cut the corners (no pun intended) on the brackets to the routed shape so you won't have to chisel the sharp corners. This might also in the future prevent the wood from splitting in those sharp corners from any stress between the table and legs.
Your work..or should I say your professional craftsmanship, makes beautiful and unique looking furniture. I’m new to your channel, and have a suggestion. Do an abstract dinning table with different shaped, multiple species of wood with hints of earth tone resin. I bet you could build that and make the wood pop. I think it would sell high and give you even more money for your charity! Thank you for having such a huge heart for these women and children! ❤
I like that you're doing your thing more confidently
You've become one of my favorite CZcamsrs pretty fast. It's not a lot of woodworkers on here anymore that actually build stuff. Seems like so many are just showing 5 tools you never cared about or whatever. And most of them don't even have anywhere near the subscribers you do so you're definitely doing something right. Thank you for continuing to build. Yes I'm having a four eyes marathon 😂
Gorgeous table Chris! I really like how the charcoal turned out, and I completely agree that people get too attached to the look of natural wood without considering the greater picture: the aesthetic of the finished piece in a well designed space.
Wow, the auction winner got a great deal. Beautiful table and very absorbing commentary. Thank you.
27:45 GOTH TABLE GOTH TABLE GOTH TABLE YESSSSSS. i love it so muchhhhh
You know, until the end I wasn't sure about the black finish. But after I saw the finished table I only could applaud your decision! Great vision and please do more of these exploratory videos!
Enjoyed the video as always, Chris. You seem to be really enjoying this new slab phase of your woodworking. It comes across in your vids. Keep having fun!
I love the way that the “thank you” was timed with that satisfying (visual) clunk of the metal into the perfectly cut niche.
Talking about the sketches, I could definitely wear a tall white t-shirt with something like Bad Larry on it!
Absolutely beautiful. Love your content, and all of your builds.
The contrast of the wood treatments look great. I appreciate the post production time you put in as well as those line drawings and renderings. Next level!
I really didn’t think I would like the dark color, but in the end, WOW!!!! Beautiful!!
Thank you so much!
A nice video to slow down for a moment. Helped me after a stressfull day.
For the respirator beard thing. Your need a good seal but if you get the right respirator it can cover 90% of the bearer well.
Check out the channel for Evan and Katelyn and the respirators they use when doing epoxy. They might be a bit over kill but it is filtering the air.
In the end it’s what your comfortable with but the better coverage the better your lungs will be
Their full face shield are awesome love E&K! That said you can get a perfect seal with facial hair or a beard which was proven by NATO.
You make it easy to watch and enjoy your content. Your style isn’t my taste generally but I learn new techniques and I genuinely feed off your enthusiasm and can really tell you love woodworking. Passion shows and I’ll keep watching 👍🏻
They finish doesn't matter, only the manufacture makes the project unique.
The table is gorgeous.
Man, I'm so glad I stumbled across this channel. You make gorgeous pieces, have a sense of humour I appreciate, and it's all beautifully filmed and edited. Thanks for making such art!
Really stellar looking table! Great work as always!
I’ve hated call to actions every since they’ve gained in popularity. I’ve never subscribed because of a call to action, it’s more usually a piece of content that convinced me that I want to engage with the creator more. Thank you Chris for providing your viewers with a lovely alternative.
One day, about a year ago, I realized that hurrying and trying to beat some made up time frame that I created was not only making me hate woodworking, but it was also wrecking my work. Good stuff.
Also - I LOVE what you did with this piece. I think the ebonized wood with the top look fantastic!
Stunning piece of furniture, and love the choice of finish. Also love the level of psychology in the video 😉 Talking about how others ask to smash this and click that is a great way of indirectly planting the seed. Just as people are reaching to grab their phones to say, “But talking about it is the same as asking”, you smack them with the fact that what matters most is just watching the videos! I couldn’t agree more, and can’t wait for the next one 😊
It's totally true. If zero people subscribed, but everybody watched 80% of a video...you would have a MASSIVE hit video on your hands.
@@Foureyes.Furniture When people tell me to "SMASH" the like button, I feel like they're telling me to mindlessly obey them. It makes me want to "smash" the unlike button. When people ASK me to upvote IF I liked the video, I feel like they respect me, and I make a point to help them out with an upvote.
Don’t apologize for your opinions - you have a talent and eye that speak for themselves and that I appreciate. Some of us depend on people like you to help us experience things we would never have imagined or put together on our own.
@@Foureyes.Furniture Exactly, viewing minutes matter, but plenty just assume that more people subscribed = more views. Not true at all. There are plenty of channels I'm subscribed to where I only watch a portion of their output. Then there are others where I will religiously watch every one. Being subscribed just helps me with the feed as I find notifications unreliable and annoying!
Please stop apologizing on your decisions, anyone who doesn't like them are allowed to leave. This piece is turned out to be beautiful, thanks for that!
Going slow and taking your time is such an underrated tip. I feel so rushed most of the time I'm in my garage shop because my time to do any woodworking is so limited, and I want to maximize my time spent working on a piece before one of the kids needs something or my wife finally realizes I'm nowhere to be found... I've rushed my way into a fairly serious injury and learned a hard lesson. Now, I realize it's okay not to get as much done as possible and I've learned to just enjoy making a little dust occasionally. Keep up the good work! Love to keep seeing your sub count grow every time I rediscover your channel.
Your voiceover technique shows Great comedic wit and delivery. (I was going to say for a woodworker, but I stand by the statement as written. You have a gift, my friend!) Your woodworking skills and choices as well as discussion, thought process and arguments are interesting and add to the overall enjoyment for me. I liked how you "thought out" how to anchor the tabletop and the drawings that showed alternative ways that would have also have worked, and why you chose the final attachment design. Even though I cannot relate to the precision and beauty that you design and execute, I love your stuff and am always entertained and informed when I watch.
Thanks chuck. Really appreciate this comment. Very kind of you. 🙏🏻
Piece of art .. u’re gifted .. keep up the good work
Straight out of the rain forest. But who needs forests, what we need is furniture!
I was so hoping you’d go w the charcoal stain and was stoked to see the final product when you did. Very cool look!
What a gorgeous elegant table! Congratulations! And thanks for all the explanations.
You are so welcome! Really appreciate that
IMO, you made the right finish choices, both turned out fantastic.
You said something that to me holds very true as a wood worker. And that is yes when building or even restoring a piece of furniture we often build it or restore it to "our" specifications. But sometimes those specifications have to be some what flexible to the piece we are working with, or else that piece just becomes a piece of garbage or fire wood. It's like with a headboard I made years and years ago when I was still a teen who was still just starting out. That piece of wood had a flaw in it, that caused me to have to change the design of the headboard to incorporate the flaw on the corner from the wood having a split in it that resulted in that corner sloping off. The guy who bought it loved it, and said it added character to the piece, but I was never happy with it but I was not about to scrap a piece of $40 dollar wood over a flaw.
Love this. You guys create the best designs. I’ve already bought 2 of your plans. Keep them coming!
Thanks man...appreciate it. We definitely will
I really love your designs and the care you take to explain things. Thanks for all the great shots, sketches, and tricks said and unsaid. I really like your style dude. You sir are an Urban Achiever!
Thanks Todd...I had never heard of an Urban Achiever...and I'm not sure I totally qualify, but I'll take it.
@@Foureyes.Furniture It's a reference from the Big Lebowski. 🏆
You knocked this build out the park. Great video.
I'm new to your channel and I love your ironic humor and editing. Black on black without competing colors and patterning was the absolute perfect choice.
You make an excellent point about measuring. Also, I’m glad you did what made you happy! The stain is spot on ❤ My favorite so far.
Thank's so much Alaya...and glad you agree about the measuring. I'm sure I'll get some pushback on that part.
I always try to find some time to admire your work sir. Thank you for your time making these videos and thank you for your compassion to do charity work 👊
You are very welcome! Thank you for watching :)
That is a sexy coffee table that would be a star in any highbrow New York apartment staging. It's a perfect balance of rustic and ultra modern
My first visit. I've never seen a shop with so much empty wall space. Nice presentation.
Thanks. Yeah. The walls are definitely under utilized
When you do the next artwork, you should include a couple wood samples that will be used and even a couple brush strokes of the finishes used. Like the baseball cards with a piece of jersey, you know? That would look dope! A total one off concept board.
*Charcoal was the perfect choice.👌🏼*
That charcoal finish makes the piece unique! It’s probably not something I would have done, or like, but it is unique and I know that there are people that love that look. Great video as always. You’re right about the fact that if you don’t come to like it, sand it off and finish it a different way. As long as you learned from the experience that’s all that matters.
You're absolutely right. That's most important. Having a good result is always a nice bonus too :)
Hey there, i work in India mostly with Kaja live edge planks making tables and your project gives me new elements to play with. Thanks for the wonderful work and the inspirations.
It's a nice table. It really ties the room together.
A+ on the Charcoal Rubio and black base combo... so clean
Thanks Aaron
I love the drawings. Really helps me understand what's going on and visualize it. Full disclosure, I've also bought your Pico table plans and loved that too, so I'm probably pretty biased.
You're not biased. You just love good stuff :)
JK. Appreciate it!
you are a True Craftsman. I just love your leg designs
Making that peice dark just made it awesome to look at. Thanks for sharing.
Very cool result. When you were leading in to finishing the base, I immediately thought of ammonia-fuming too, but also iron oxide ebonizing. So, painting it black was a great design choice in my unimportant opinion. 😁 Thanks for your videos!
All opinions are equally important...just like Pie between Onions :)
I like the natural finish but the black also looks awesome, either way you are great at what you do!!
Thanks Cara...appreciate it
The ‘pop release’ is such a good idee!
Damn. Dolores. What a smoke show. Kudos, FourEyes. 👋
Really loved the sotrytelling on this video! Quick thought, have you considered selling print-on-demand posters of your drawings as well as the actioned signed originals?
I briefly have...but abandoned it for some good reason. I can't recall now though.
Awesome build, and I like the idea of using stain to change the perceived generic outcome from specific wood species. Not to say it's always the right choice but I think this table came out well.
Thank you very much! I totally agree. Not always the answer. But I was happy here
The one tip that I have taken from your channel (and nowhere else), is that epoxy does not stick to tape, which is also true of common brown parcel tape. Saves a lot of time and money, and making small moulds is much easier - no more expensive HDPE!
The table is beautiful and I love the narration in your videos, great job
Love the final table, but im dying to know what natural on both top and leg would have looked like… both had alot of reddish undertones
Is there any chance you might be able to show us your design process? Basically how you draw your furniture pieces in sketch-up and create different iterations and so on? I think that would be a really cool and informative video.
I honestly love the colors of the table and everything about it!!
You made the right choice... The dark was the way to go. Great job!
Thank you!
Here in "Merica we're taught that our opinion is not only important, but that it doesn't count unless we force others to hear it. Also looks great and super that you are influencing for good and sharing your gifts. Thanks for being good and acting greatly.
Thanks Jacob...that's an opinion I don't mind having forced on me :)
Beautiful work!!! The charcoal looks spot on!!!
Oh, and the charcoal finish--absolutely gorgeous.
Dead fly jokes make me sad.
You worry way too much about what other "woodworkers" will think. Your work is creative and beautiful. Ignore the haters.
Thank you for another great video. Your artistic capabilities shows well in your videos. To the question of the table, it doesn’t matter if I like it or not. This isn’t a commissioned piece. The only one that has to like it is you. That’s the great part about doing non-commissioned builds. I will say that the fact you took the time to think about that grain coloring and find a way to make it more appealing to you speaks a lot. That’s a level of detail that you don’t always see (and one I’m guilty of ignoring). Your joinery is at such a high level. Thank you for the inspiration!!
I love the finishes on this project. Great job!
Wow, I love that stain! 😍great work, Chris!
Hands down the only good way to talk about likes and subscriptions!!
The charcoal is beautiful! Good to see different ideas implemented. Thx
19:37 - don't think I've seen anyone else comment on this, but this sort of transparent editing "transition" showing the holes is really neat. It's such a subtle, but really appreciated detail.
So glad you went with the charcoal, looks great!