@@QactisX Very easy. I would cut that in half though with a solid Barrel sander. And I would absolutely jump at renting that equipment for a project like this!
@@ryaneden-ko4zsskills lol, anyone can do this with a youtube video. Skill requires ability to do something. The machines in this case did all the hard work
A few years ago I got into smoking tobacco, bought a few tins and a pipe or two used on ebay. One day at work a guy had a pipe sitting on his desk, he was always making things out of leather, bags and stationary holder, he worked a lot with resin as well and made some neat pens, I told him I smoked pipe and we started talking about it. I brought him in a sample of the 20 or so tobaccos I had purchased and a couple weeks later he gifted me a pipe he made. The craftsmanship was great and it was very interesting, not something I would have bought myself but that's the joy of being alive, seeing how other people put their creativity to work. Anyways it's my second favorite pipe, I love that it came from his vision of what a pipe should be.
I can say from experience that for as nice as "complete artistic freedom" sounds, getting specification helps a lot. In many cases, that "Artistic Freedom" comes from limitations.
Imagine that's not including the chairs either! But it is really cool.. and truly a 1 of a kind piece. But yeah there's people out there with money they don't even know what to do with, just insane how rich some people are
Honestly in my country (Germany) Hand made Wood tabels are expensive to but 7700 If you spend 250? Lets say you Work at this 40 hours 1000 fixed costs a week( Tools, energie rent, etc) then 50 for spare parts and 400 for depreciation. You pay yourself a salary of 150/h.
I'm confused you bought it 4 years ago and only held on to it for a couple of months? Is the video old or what happen to the years between buying and selling?
You can buy a wood before its dried and wood drying from live edge slabs will take years. He probably chose the wood from the shop where it was still being air dried and let them finish drying it before picking it up.
It looks amazing! If I could offer a suggestion, instead of Conversion Varnish I would use something with a Urethane resin. They make some great acrylic coatings that offer excellent durability and non-ambering properties. These coatings can be sprayed as well if that’s you’re preferred application method. This will make it way more durable and still provide amazing clarity.
Conversion varnish is a much better choice than the waxes we see being applied to tables that are going to get used as ....well....tables. Looks great too,
You should make a concept book for customers of all your table designs so they can choose which style best suits them. Put it online and have an actual book.
He doesn’t do that because he personally shows them the wood online or in person so they can actually see what’s available as not every piece is gonna be the same. It also lets the client have a much more creative table because now they can see the inclusions etc.
@@Kieran_Richardson can still create book of all his prior designs and then his options for epoxy color, metallic flakes, wood type options, leg options, finish options, finish color options. Then show the wood he currently has available. Or do document as PDF and put wood available in PDF and remove and as as his wood in stock changes. That basically takes minutes to delete the pictures that are gone and then add in 2 new pictures and date and title them and write a description of the wood. Or he could do on a website and PDF.
You should add a layer of clear epoxy on the surface. No need to treat the wood after. Sand it down to the grit you you prefer and sell. I used to make these with the species exposed but realized fully drowning the product in epoxy saves money time and looks 100000000 times better
It’s a lot of money, but wow, the end result is beautiful. If I had the money to spend, I would buy it in a heartbeat. Walnut is my favorite wood for furniture, but then that black epoxy really enhances the wood. That’s a piece of art and it will increase in value the older it gets. I hope you sign your name on every piece you make.
Absolutely stunning!! Black walnut is next best thing to burls. You are so talented and I love all your videos and shorts. I will attempt something myself some day. But until that time comes I will enjoy yours!
Rubio Monocoat and N3 Nano (which is his own product). You can use that to finish pretty much any wood product except maybe things you plan on eating off of. Skip the N3 Nano on parts that don't expect much wear (skip it on parts that do get wear, too, if you want 🤷). Because of the nature of the things he makes, I don't think he has much use for any other type of finish.
Yeah, I absolutely love seeing all the "oh I could learn to do all that in a month" or "anybody could do this" comments. Haters gonna hate. Jealousy is one helluva drug!!!
@@randywissler9923 I dont think this is really that hard; the only very hard part would probably be making the expoxy without bubbles and and the legs, which i dont think he made. So I think most people could learn how to make things like this in a month with the right equipment
Love watching your videos Cam. Here’s a recount of a table l once saw and it is a bit of a story 🤷🏼♀️. About 40 years ago l remember seeing my first live edge table at a gallery shop on Phillip Island in Victoria Australia. The table top was sizeable. You could easily seat 10 excluding the ends. The woodworker/artist had done a beautiful job but what struck me most was the base and this is gonna be hard to explain so bear with me. The table had one leg. That’s all just one. If you can imagine the shape of an anvil cut in half from top to bottom across the mid section. Then the top pointy part would be stretched out to reach across about 2/3 of the underside of the table top. Moving down from the tabletop to the floor the leg was waisted. Cinched in at the middle on all sides to give a smooth pleasing shape. The bottom of the leg, the foot that the entire thing sat on was roughly a quarter of the tables length and was set about a quarter way in from the end so that one end had the bulk of the support for the table and the other had a pointed piece of timber stretching out towards the opposite end. The leg was made of stacked timber that had been carved to a smooth, curved finish and treated the same as the top. No doubt it was extremely heavy as it seemed to sit happily without tipping. The top was vaguely triangular being wider at the end where the foot was. I really wanted to buy it but I was a secondary teacher on $32,000 a year and still living with mum and dad at the time. There were no mobiles with cameras then but l wish l could have got a photo of it as it was a truly stunning piece and probably a table you would own for life if only because it would take ten men and a dog to move it. Keep making the videos. Always wanted to try woodworking but too old now so l will enjoy it vicariously through yours and other channels. 👍🏻
Looks great and on point in my opinion. I appreciate good finishes and you got the right idea. Some companies charge even more depending on the area and client. You do great work and could charge more if you wanted to but ethics should stay in your woodwork and not greed.
@@greglaxy7810 epoxy continues to cure and change shape over time, albeit very slowly. No matter how many stabilizers you add, it will yellow and warp from a flat state causing separation. This trend won't be looked on favorably.
@fellzer sorry I disagree if u have a good quality flood coat it shouldn't yellow also never had an issue with separation if the preparation is done correct moisture levels 10% or less plus legs etc fitted finger tight to allow movement there shouldn't be separation
I like that you don't take "complete artistic freedom" as carte blanche. Sure, you can have freedom... but you also take care to make sure the client will like what you freely create.
@@bigPianist99 it’s because it’s just a couple cuts and a pour and then sanding. And most the sanding was done by a drum sander. It’s the nature of the beast though with slab and pour tables. The hardest part of this is pouring the epoxy but with high quality resin and a slowing curing mix that isn’t too bad either tbh
Epoxy tables are for rich customers, and $7,000 is a very affordable for some. I used to sell my oil paintings in the same order of money in NYC, never had people telling "too expensive". We common people go to Ikea :)
@@angelomariano9494 yeah people here complaining about the price and all i was thinking is its not for you or me. Its clearly not expensive for the person paying for it.
I don't get why these sell for as much as they do. I'll assume it's because I'm ignorant of the work and this happens to everyone comparing jobs, but as far as I can tell, my job takes more time and skill and I don't get paid proportionally. I'd be curious to see a video explaining it.
think about it. he is one person doing it and will have to pay taxes on his income. 12 gallon of resin also will be ~900usd maybe more or less depends on what relationship he has to his shop and how much he buys overall. then add the hours of labour and use of tools plus stuff like sandpapers, varnishes and so on (u need to factor it in since the work is basically allowing you to upgrade/maintain/replace tools) ofc you dont calculate it exactly and rather have a gross estimate for those expenses but it all adds up and in the end if this is your business and you are doing it alone then you need to also make sure you can pay for your whole livelihood with selling these pieces. and dont forget the time you have to store this piece while working on it since it is robbing you of room to do other projects so in the end sure for someone to buy it it is expensive but for the person making it it isnt as much money made as it sounds.
Why is a Picasso worth millions? People with unusual, rare or fantastic, one of a kind talents charge for their experience, rarity of materials and their vision. These woods are becoming so rare as to be vanishing into extinction in many cases. There are salvage crews that go out into rivers and pull up ancient, giant trees that were harvested 300 years ago in some cases and ended up at the bottom of the waterway while they were shipped down river. These huge logs are very rare and the wood is beautiful, highly prized for those building furniture and houses. Worth millions. We live in a hundred year old house (not old, old, but rare here), and the floors and walls are done in fantastically ringed wood. After the floors were put in, they immediately covered them with horsehair mats and oriental carpets. When we inherited it, nothing had been done in 70 years, and the house was haunted so no one stayed for long. We've been here now for 35 years and this "unwanted" house is now a beautiful showplace, at least in my opinion, and almost all the work was done by us as we could afford to repair things. The house is a rarity in the neighborhood now, as like houses were pulled down in the 70s and 80s. I could never sell it, it's our "work of art" to me, more rare than any other home I could imagine. Just human nature I guess.😊
The simple answer is the market. Yaucht dealers make millions of dollars a year, while car dealers might make $250,000. It's all about what the markets willing to pay and what your customer base is. I've had customers that will spend $10k on a table I bought on marketplace for $50, spent 20 hours on resurfacing , added new hardware and engraved my logo on. They don't care that I have less than $300 in it.. they care that its custom, looks nice and they can tell people they had a $10k piece commissioned for them
You bought it 4 years ago and only hung on to it for a few months… I’m not a mathematician, but something isn’t adding up! Lol😂 great piece though! Nice work mate.
Jeremy i bet you have no strategy how to fill them holes with plywood, how many pours do you plan to do? A minimum 3 compared to 1? Waiting 2-3 weeks between pours. Shop space is abundant for some but not all. I bet you have no clue how to pour that in 1 pour without seeing the plywood on top or bottom
@@brucehansen7949 it's opaque.. use fast setting epoxy.. 2 pours, each poor is hours apart. What do you even mean no strategy? Ever heard of a cardboard template and a band saw...
Isn't that like $1200 of epoxy on top of the cost of the slab? I get that people like small numbers turning into big numbers but the title still seems very misleading, cam :/
yeah I like his woodworking but I'm always thinking like, that's enough epoxy to fill my car's gas tank, the finished products look like 10% plastic... his customers need to just accept that cutting wood is valid lol@@sigguy1361
There's no proof there is ever a buyer. Baldy in the video would never answer this question. The "fake it till you make it" approach is true in this case and most likely, it's his YT income he solely relies on. Good for him but, liars make my blood boil@@mic_at_nite
I mean the english teacher gets paid so idk what you're saying. Also it's not just skills, they're paying for materials, labour, design fee, and having to outsource part of the build. All things considered I would say it's still over priced but it's not hugely over priced. I personally find these tables ugly btw @@joshp8535
You make such cool furniture. Have you ever considered making molded picture frames with small pieces of live edge and resin? I've always noticed how refined your designs are and the lends well to accent pieces so I thought maybe the same look would be cool as an accent to something busy like a painting or portrait.
@@All_SportGGNobody should be taking millions of dollars per year, and Nobody should be making this hideous crap and passing it off as a skill or art.
Bro, how cool would it be if you took all the random prices of wood you have and put different types of wood into one table… if I had the money for your work, I would buy that! Love your videos bro!
If you’re pouring any epoxy in layers that has a visible edge when finished it’s not a good idea. You’ll see the striations and possible color/shade variances in each pour 👍🏼
I have seen slabs similar to that sell online for 6k plus. I can't find slabs that wide though in Tennessee or even online that are affordable. Usually they are 30 inches max at skinniest part then 40 to 60 inches wide at widest part. Plus hard to find anything over 8 get long. Lastly i can't find anything online that is black walnut that is affordable that is 2 inches thick or thicker.
I have zero idea how you came up with 7700 dollars, let alone someone agreeing to buy it for that much. 600 for epoxy, and 250 for the walnut, so 850 for material cost, youre telling me you think 5 hours of sanding and 4 straight cuts is worth 6850 dollars? I wish I had your confidence.
It's understating the overall cost, to be sure. Probably running more around $1000+ for the sheer amount of epoxy, then you have to pay the surfacing company for their services on a big ol thing, which probably pops on another few hundred. The $250 for the walnut is understating the actual value, since it's more that they got a killer deal. It is going to be a lot harder to reguluarly procure slabs that intact, of that size, and that thickness. Slabs that size are more regularly going to go for a few thousand USD instead of $250. So we're probably looking at, if you wanted to regularly do this and not getting a killer deal on the wood... $4000-5000. You're also talking the space requirements, the knowledge to do this, the equipment, etc. Though, aye, he did get extremely lucky on the slab and it's deceptive a bit. It would be far less impressive to say: "$2500-3000 to $7700 after spending another couple thousand dollars, several weeks of large amounts of my workshop space, etc."
@@Yawyna124 he said he had it laying around for months, so workshop space shouldn't really be taken into account, planing wood cost 30 dollars per 1000 board feet, or free if you know someone with one who doesn't care if you use it for 30 seconds, epoxy is roughly 50 a gallon and he said he used 12 so 600, I don't know where yall are getting these numbers from. This isn't even really that hard of a thing to do, build a simple box frame, stain it which a can of stain is like 15 bucks, pour epoxy and use a heat gun to get bubbles out and wait, plane it, polish it, then you're done. He also said he didn't even need to build the base so that eliminates that cost. even 3k for that is steep, 7700 is absolutely robbery.
@@-.Ascendant Having wood laying around for months is not the same as having the pour in its mold for a few weeks, which is what I was referring to, and provides a substantial barrier to doing this yourself. And is the process for planing wood the same as bringing Epoxy to a proper finish? I'd imagine that it's a bit more expensive due to the potential for the epoxy to get head damaged, gummy, etc. in the process. If the Epoxy is only $600, fair enough. The point you've somehow managed to miss is where I pointed out the fact that big, continuous, thick, slabs of quality wood looks to get into the thousands of dollars per each of them, so the $250 is a rarity. Looking around at other companies who do this, the price doesn't seem to be particularly out there. The general price range seems to generally be $3000-7000 for dining tables like this.
@@Yawyna124 I also said polishing after the planing so I did take that into consideration. Looking online you can get solid pieces of black walnut for 2500-3000, add the 600 for epoxy, the little for the planing, etc, you're still left with around 4000 dollars difference. I dont know about you but 8x4 feet of space in a corner of the shop for 3-5 days for that thickness of epoxy, polishing and things like that does not equate to 4000 dollars of value.
If someone has so much money to the point that they can spend 7k on a table. You and I are the stupid ones not them. Being poor doesn't make you smart LOL
That’s on the cheap end tbh. And no it’s not only in America lol. People that make furniture by hand charge what it’s worth and people pay for it. Try looking up prices of hand made furniture all over the globe. That’s a reality. I can’t afford it but I would never be mad at someone charging properly for their work.
i was very confused by what a ton of sanding was. thank you for clarifying.
Now, be nice.
You can easily spend like 20-30 hours of work sanding/polishing a table like this
@@QactisX Very easy. I would cut that in half though with a solid Barrel sander. And I would absolutely jump at renting that equipment for a project like this!
the second time he pronounced it tonne for the european crowd
It's not complicated to understand.
7700 good lord
Skills ain’t cheap 💪🏻
you’d be surprised how much profit you can make out of “bad wood” other people or companies throw out or sell for cheap
@@ryaneden-ko4zsAh the skill of pouring epoxy. 🤡
@@svn5994 + the vision + knowledge about the wood + trimming and sanding etc
@@ryaneden-ko4zsskills lol, anyone can do this with a youtube video. Skill requires ability to do something. The machines in this case did all the hard work
That's a epic piece of walnut..... It's a pleasure working with it. . It's a fairly soft wood.
A few years ago I got into smoking tobacco, bought a few tins and a pipe or two used on ebay. One day at work a guy had a pipe sitting on his desk, he was always making things out of leather, bags and stationary holder, he worked a lot with resin as well and made some neat pens, I told him I smoked pipe and we started talking about it. I brought him in a sample of the 20 or so tobaccos I had purchased and a couple weeks later he gifted me a pipe he made. The craftsmanship was great and it was very interesting, not something I would have bought myself but that's the joy of being alive, seeing how other people put their creativity to work. Anyways it's my second favorite pipe, I love that it came from his vision of what a pipe should be.
I regret reading this
@@josiahbaumgartner7643😂
Jesus Christ loves you my brother please turn to him and get to know him he wants you with him! God bless you 🙏🏼❤️
That's so sweet! I'm a woodworker as well and have recently started gifting people little wood carvings.
why@@josiahbaumgartner7643
The resin costs more than the wood. Beautiful job man as always!!!
12 gallons of epoxy!!! Wow! That stung the pocket book.
I can say from experience that for as nice as "complete artistic freedom" sounds, getting specification helps a lot. In many cases, that "Artistic Freedom" comes from limitations.
$7,700!! Man some people have too much money to throw around, but hey good for you!! 👍🏻
That's just for a table top. A few more $Ks for a base. Not worth it.
Imagine that's not including the chairs either! But it is really cool.. and truly a 1 of a kind piece. But yeah there's people out there with money they don't even know what to do with, just insane how rich some people are
Honestly in my country (Germany) Hand made Wood tabels are expensive to but 7700 If you spend 250? Lets say you Work at this 40 hours 1000 fixed costs a week( Tools, energie rent, etc) then 50 for spare parts and 400 for depreciation. You pay yourself a salary of 150/h.
I'm confused you bought it 4 years ago and only held on to it for a couple of months? Is the video old or what happen to the years between buying and selling?
Obviously it's a piece of wood that occasionally jumps through time.
Seriously though I imagine that it's just a old video he just posted
You can buy a wood before its dried and wood drying from live edge slabs will take years. He probably chose the wood from the shop where it was still being air dried and let them finish drying it before picking it up.
@@theecat3689 You obviously have a reading comprehension problem. Maybe re-read the original question. lmfao
Video is probably new but it was modt likely film years ago
@@snowwhitch2514 but he said 4 years ago in the video
Your attention to detail is superb . Love your channel 🤙🤙
It looks amazing! If I could offer a suggestion, instead of Conversion Varnish I would use something with a Urethane resin. They make some great acrylic coatings that offer excellent durability and non-ambering properties. These coatings can be sprayed as well if that’s you’re preferred application method. This will make it way more durable and still provide amazing clarity.
Conversion varnish is a much better choice than the waxes we see being applied to tables that are going to get used as ....well....tables. Looks great too,
You should make a concept book for customers of all your table designs so they can choose which style best suits them.
Put it online and have an actual book.
He doesn’t do that because he personally shows them the wood online or in person so they can actually see what’s available as not every piece is gonna be the same. It also lets the client have a much more creative table because now they can see the inclusions etc.
@@Kieran_Richardson can still create book of all his prior designs and then his options for epoxy color, metallic flakes, wood type options, leg options, finish options, finish color options.
Then show the wood he currently has available.
Or do document as PDF and put wood available in PDF and remove and as as his wood in stock changes.
That basically takes minutes to delete the pictures that are gone and then add in 2 new pictures and date and title them and write a description of the wood.
Or he could do on a website and PDF.
His Style is Always the Same Thing lol..
@@JustiaFiat no it's not.
I guess you missed the burl that he did in black stain.
Or the burnt idk what it was
Its the same as people going to tech stores to get advice and then going home to order online
You should add a layer of clear epoxy on the surface. No need to treat the wood after. Sand it down to the grit you you prefer and sell. I used to make these with the species exposed but realized fully drowning the product in epoxy saves money time and looks 100000000 times better
It’s a lot of money, but wow, the end result is beautiful. If I had the money to spend, I would buy it in a heartbeat. Walnut is my favorite wood for furniture, but then that black epoxy really enhances the wood. That’s a piece of art and it will increase in value the older it gets.
I hope you sign your name on every piece you make.
Absolutely stunning!! Black walnut is next best thing to burls. You are so talented and I love all your videos and shorts. I will attempt something myself some day. But until that time comes I will enjoy yours!
To each their own. I liked it i just love when they use different colors in the river type tables❤great job
Can you do a video of short describing which types of finishes you use for different projects?
Rubio Monocoat and N3 Nano (which is his own product). You can use that to finish pretty much any wood product except maybe things you plan on eating off of. Skip the N3 Nano on parts that don't expect much wear (skip it on parts that do get wear, too, if you want 🤷). Because of the nature of the things he makes, I don't think he has much use for any other type of finish.
@@MattMcConaha thank you so much 🙏
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People that have never done this have no concept of the work that goes into making perfection.
Yeah, I absolutely love seeing all the "oh I could learn to do all that in a month" or "anybody could do this" comments. Haters gonna hate. Jealousy is one helluva drug!!!
@@randywissler9923 Some people are simply above praising mediocrity.
@@randywissler9923 I dont think this is really that hard; the only very hard part would probably be making the expoxy without bubbles and and the legs, which i dont think he made. So I think most people could learn how to make things like this in a month with the right equipment
I've it a go then bud💪
@@kingtiger3390you think his work is mediocre?
You really ripped him off good. Way to go.
I love the fact that you always share your knowledge. Thank you 😊
Love watching your videos Cam. Here’s a recount of a table l once saw and it is a bit of a story 🤷🏼♀️. About 40 years ago l remember seeing my first live edge table at a gallery shop on Phillip Island in Victoria Australia. The table top was sizeable. You could easily seat 10 excluding the ends. The woodworker/artist had done a beautiful job but what struck me most was the base and this is gonna be hard to explain so bear with me. The table had one leg. That’s all just one. If you can imagine the shape of an anvil cut in half from top to bottom across the mid section. Then the top pointy part would be stretched out to reach across about 2/3 of the underside of the table top. Moving down from the tabletop to the floor the leg was waisted. Cinched in at the middle on all sides to give a smooth pleasing shape. The bottom of the leg, the foot that the entire thing sat on was roughly a quarter of the tables length and was set about a quarter way in from the end so that one end had the bulk of the support for the table and the other had a pointed piece of timber stretching out towards the opposite end. The leg was made of stacked timber that had been carved to a smooth, curved finish and treated the same as the top. No doubt it was extremely heavy as it seemed to sit happily without tipping. The top was vaguely triangular being wider at the end where the foot was. I really wanted to buy it but I was a secondary teacher on $32,000 a year and still living with mum and dad at the time. There were no mobiles with cameras then but l wish l could have got a photo of it as it was a truly stunning piece and probably a table you would own for life if only because it would take ten men and a dog to move it. Keep making the videos. Always wanted to try woodworking but too old now so l will enjoy it vicariously through yours and other channels. 👍🏻
Like $1500 in epoxy that’s wild how much it adds up. Great work though
That is sensational! Unique and mysterious. Love it!!🤗
Looks HEAVY‼️
Nice work.
👊😎
The finished product almost made me finish. What an absolute beauty.
Dang i wish i had the money to buy one of your tables... awesome work..
Make one yourself
@@unclefuddelmer8611 and and it would probably end up being more satisfying if one made it themselves
@@All_SportGGexcept the quality is no where near as good
Beautiful work. Thanks for the tip on the time needed to cure.
I m not really a fan of epoxy. But I have to admit I like this one
Me too cuz it's black
It's the black resin... All else, will look cringe abd outdated in a few months... That sea blue resin....
I do like epoxy tables, but I do think they're getting kinda played out at this point. EVERYBODY is doing them now.
Those tables looks so great, awesomeness 🤘🏼
$7700. The rich exist in an alternate universe while the rest of us clip coupons.
Nice, and so it should be for that money ! Where did he get that price from to charge the customer ? Think of a big number and add a nought.
Looks great and on point in my opinion. I appreciate good finishes and you got the right idea. Some companies charge even more depending on the area and client. You do great work and could charge more if you wanted to but ethics should stay in your woodwork and not greed.
Beautiful table. Just wondering, it looks like there are lots of little tiny holes, do you fill them with epoxy also?
❤ that's a fine pile of wood sir
that's what she said lol
MFW all of my trendy epoxy river tables that I made on the 2020's start separating due to the epoxy further curing and changing shape over time 😮
Mabey there was to much moisture in the slabs
@@greglaxy7810 epoxy continues to cure and change shape over time, albeit very slowly. No matter how many stabilizers you add, it will yellow and warp from a flat state causing separation. This trend won't be looked on favorably.
@fellzer sorry I disagree if u have a good quality flood coat it shouldn't yellow also never had an issue with separation if the preparation is done correct moisture levels 10% or less plus legs etc fitted finger tight to allow movement there shouldn't be separation
@@greglaxy7810 20 years.
You most likely didn’t get high enough quality epoxy
Hey just found this 2nd channel, you need to list both your channels on your channel pages so people can subscribe to both.
Love your work.
IT LOOKED SO UNBELIEVABLY FANTASTIC.
Beautiful piece but with the black epoxy there's hardly any contrast to it I would have went for something lighter but all in all looks great
Another beautiful job Cam,
Wow all you craftsmen do great work.!!!
I don't usually like these kinds of tables but that is absolutely gorgeous
You put so much work into these. And they turn out stunning. Isn't there a way to source the wood for less. Seems like you're paying retail.
I like that you don't take "complete artistic freedom" as carte blanche. Sure, you can have freedom... but you also take care to make sure the client will like what you freely create.
Not for anything, the black Apoxsee with the black walnut really looks good.
EPOXY?
ah yes the Apoxsee tribe of northern montana
people that pay that kind of price for a low skill table really make me go hmm
Can you explain why you think it is low skill?
@@bigPianist99jealousy
@@JakeM25 Perhaps. Maybe he was a professional and would have had something to contribute, but i have too much faith in youtube comments i suppose :D
@@bigPianist99 it’s because it’s just a couple cuts and a pour and then sanding. And most the sanding was done by a drum sander. It’s the nature of the beast though with slab and pour tables. The hardest part of this is pouring the epoxy but with high quality resin and a slowing curing mix that isn’t too bad either tbh
I'm so glad he explained what he meant by "A ton of sanding."
Epoxy tables are for rich customers, and $7,000 is a very affordable for some. I used to sell my oil paintings in the same order of money in NYC, never had people telling "too expensive". We common people go to Ikea :)
I would say a painting is a completely different animal compared to a table.......
@@TheGregWallace I, instead, would take away that "completely". Etymologically ART and ARTISAN come from the same root and are very well connected.
@@angelomariano9494 yeah people here complaining about the price and all i was thinking is its not for you or me. Its clearly not expensive for the person paying for it.
@@All_SportGG exactly! everything is relative!
@@All_SportGG 100%. Imagine what a person in a third world, war torn country thinks of the typical American's fast food or iced coffee expenditures.
Words cannot express the art you do
Great looking piece. Thanks for sharing
I didn’t think I would like the finish project but instead I loved it! Beautiful picee of art!
Beautiful piece. $7700 mum! All in what you see in it.
EPOXY DOESN'T MAKE YOU A WOODWORKER
Beautiful. Imagine a blue river down the middle
I don't get why these sell for as much as they do. I'll assume it's because I'm ignorant of the work and this happens to everyone comparing jobs, but as far as I can tell, my job takes more time and skill and I don't get paid proportionally. I'd be curious to see a video explaining it.
think about it. he is one person doing it and will have to pay taxes on his income. 12 gallon of resin also will be ~900usd maybe more or less depends on what relationship he has to his shop and how much he buys overall. then add the hours of labour and use of tools plus stuff like sandpapers, varnishes and so on (u need to factor it in since the work is basically allowing you to upgrade/maintain/replace tools) ofc you dont calculate it exactly and rather have a gross estimate for those expenses but it all adds up and in the end if this is your business and you are doing it alone then you need to also make sure you can pay for your whole livelihood with selling these pieces. and dont forget the time you have to store this piece while working on it since it is robbing you of room to do other projects so in the end sure for someone to buy it it is expensive but for the person making it it isnt as much money made as it sounds.
Why is a Picasso worth millions? People with unusual, rare or fantastic, one of a kind talents charge for their experience, rarity of materials and their vision. These woods are becoming so rare as to be vanishing into extinction in many cases. There are salvage crews that go out into rivers and pull up ancient, giant trees that were harvested 300 years ago in some cases and ended up at the bottom of the waterway while they were shipped down river. These huge logs are very rare and the wood is beautiful, highly prized for those building furniture and houses. Worth millions. We live in a hundred year old house (not old, old, but rare here), and the floors and walls are done in fantastically ringed wood. After the floors were put in, they immediately covered them with horsehair mats and oriental carpets. When we inherited it, nothing had been done in 70 years, and the house was haunted so no one stayed for long. We've been here now for 35 years and this "unwanted" house is now a beautiful showplace, at least in my opinion, and almost all the work was done by us as we could afford to repair things. The house is a rarity in the neighborhood now, as like houses were pulled down in the 70s and 80s. I could never sell it, it's our "work of art" to me, more rare than any other home I could imagine. Just human nature I guess.😊
The simple answer is the market. Yaucht dealers make millions of dollars a year, while car dealers might make $250,000. It's all about what the markets willing to pay and what your customer base is.
I've had customers that will spend $10k on a table I bought on marketplace for $50, spent 20 hours on resurfacing , added new hardware and engraved my logo on. They don't care that I have less than $300 in it.. they care that its custom, looks nice and they can tell people they had a $10k piece commissioned for them
I would absolutely love a blackest black mixed in with the resin
Such a steal. Could easily charge $170.635 for that slab
😂😂😂😂
I watch this channel way too much considering I would never spend that much on furniture in this lifetime 😂
Hi I have a question, how do you make the epoxy not crack? Is there a special product?
its called pre planning and expensive epoxy
Beautiful piece of art 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼very worth the money
How did you get rid of bubbles forming on the resin misture?
I think they spray the top with alcohol
Blowtorch?
You just use a heat gun or a torch and they pop
You bought it 4 years ago and only hung on to it for a few months… I’m not a mathematician, but something isn’t adding up! Lol😂 great piece though! Nice work mate.
With that opaque epoxy.. you should have filled all the holes with plywood. could have used 3-4 gallons instead of 12. Nice table otherwise!
It’s not about the cost because he prides how high quality his work is, plus he probably can charge more because the customer is willing to pay more
Jeremy i bet you have no strategy how to fill them holes with plywood, how many pours do you plan to do? A minimum 3 compared to 1? Waiting 2-3 weeks between pours. Shop space is abundant for some but not all. I bet you have no clue how to pour that in 1 pour without seeing the plywood on top or bottom
@@brucehansen7949 it's opaque.. use fast setting epoxy.. 2 pours, each poor is hours apart. What do you even mean no strategy? Ever heard of a cardboard template and a band saw...
I wish I could afford a dining table it is such a work of art.I love the blue wave design ❤❤
Isn't that like $1200 of epoxy on top of the cost of the slab? I get that people like small numbers turning into big numbers but the title still seems very misleading, cam :/
At the time he made this video it may have been cheaper but you’re right, unless you get a screaming discount it’s about $100 a gallon… 😮😮
yeah I like his woodworking but I'm always thinking like, that's enough epoxy to fill my car's gas tank, the finished products look like 10% plastic... his customers need to just accept that cutting wood is valid lol@@sigguy1361
Stunning workmanship
who’s buying these 😭
lies
Filthy rich people detached from the struggles of day day to wage laborers clearly lol
There's no proof there is ever a buyer. Baldy in the video would never answer this question. The "fake it till you make it" approach is true in this case and most likely, it's his YT income he solely relies on. Good for him but, liars make my blood boil@@mic_at_nite
@@mic_at_niteWhat? lol it’s their money who cares what they buy they don’t know you even exist.
@@PsychedelicVortexNobody should be so greedy as to have the money to waste like this.
7700 dollars? LMFAO
Wait until you hear about his 300k projects, bro laundering money with these tacky epoxy tables
Its worth as much as the custumer is willing to pay.
your paying for there skill
@@AARONwatson-mo8woThen I hope your English teacher didn't charge you...
I mean the english teacher gets paid so idk what you're saying. Also it's not just skills, they're paying for materials, labour, design fee, and having to outsource part of the build. All things considered I would say it's still over priced but it's not hugely over priced. I personally find these tables ugly btw @@joshp8535
You make such cool furniture. Have you ever considered making molded picture frames with small pieces of live edge and resin? I've always noticed how refined your designs are and the lends well to accent pieces so I thought maybe the same look would be cool as an accent to something busy like a painting or portrait.
Somebody really paid 8 grand for that?
If you were making millions of dollars a year, would you care about 8k?
@@All_SportGGNobody should be taking millions of dollars per year, and Nobody should be making this hideous crap and passing it off as a skill or art.
Nice work! Good pay! Everyone's happy!😁
Baffles me how there's people paying that much for dining tables, like they must be wiping their behinds with money
You'd be surprised man. 7k for some people is just a monthly mortgage.
Bro, how cool would it be if you took all the random prices of wood you have and put different types of wood into one table… if I had the money for your work, I would buy that! Love your videos bro!
I love the finished product! The table legs are like the cherry on top! 👏
$8,000 for a *TABLE TOP!?*
I'm in the wrong business!
{:o:O:}
Yeah it’s called a scam and can be very very lucrative. 😂
@@StevenSegalSteven Do you... know what a scam is? Spoiler alert: Its not agreeing to pay a price for something and then paying for the thing.
@@StevenSegalSteventhe irony is not lost that Steven Segal is the one talking about scamming people. 😂
Well done.
@@StevenSegalStevenI can almost taste the jealousy radiating from you
@@magimariJYScamming obscenely rich people with half-assed "carpentry" isn't necessarily bad, is it?
Looks cool but I don’t know about 7700 for when is not even a table, it but I guess things are worth what someone is willing to pay for
Who in the hell pays $7700 for a slab of wood ?
someone who has more money than sense....
Fantastic 😊😊😊❤❤❤
Common mistake: pull out too soon 😂
Classy🎉
Would pouring multiple thinner layers of epoxy be better than doing it all at once?
If you’re pouring any epoxy in layers that has a visible edge when finished it’s not a good idea. You’ll see the striations and possible color/shade variances in each pour 👍🏼
I have seen slabs similar to that sell online for 6k plus.
I can't find slabs that wide though in Tennessee or even online that are affordable.
Usually they are 30 inches max at skinniest part then 40 to 60 inches wide at widest part.
Plus hard to find anything over 8 get long.
Lastly i can't find anything online that is black walnut that is affordable that is 2 inches thick or thicker.
Huh. What part of TN? I’m in east TN.
I have zero idea how you came up with 7700 dollars, let alone someone agreeing to buy it for that much. 600 for epoxy, and 250 for the walnut, so 850 for material cost, youre telling me you think 5 hours of sanding and 4 straight cuts is worth 6850 dollars? I wish I had your confidence.
It's understating the overall cost, to be sure. Probably running more around $1000+ for the sheer amount of epoxy, then you have to pay the surfacing company for their services on a big ol thing, which probably pops on another few hundred.
The $250 for the walnut is understating the actual value, since it's more that they got a killer deal. It is going to be a lot harder to reguluarly procure slabs that intact, of that size, and that thickness. Slabs that size are more regularly going to go for a few thousand USD instead of $250.
So we're probably looking at, if you wanted to regularly do this and not getting a killer deal on the wood... $4000-5000.
You're also talking the space requirements, the knowledge to do this, the equipment, etc.
Though, aye, he did get extremely lucky on the slab and it's deceptive a bit. It would be far less impressive to say: "$2500-3000 to $7700 after spending another couple thousand dollars, several weeks of large amounts of my workshop space, etc."
@@Yawyna124 he said he had it laying around for months, so workshop space shouldn't really be taken into account, planing wood cost 30 dollars per 1000 board feet, or free if you know someone with one who doesn't care if you use it for 30 seconds, epoxy is roughly 50 a gallon and he said he used 12 so 600, I don't know where yall are getting these numbers from. This isn't even really that hard of a thing to do, build a simple box frame, stain it which a can of stain is like 15 bucks, pour epoxy and use a heat gun to get bubbles out and wait, plane it, polish it, then you're done. He also said he didn't even need to build the base so that eliminates that cost. even 3k for that is steep, 7700 is absolutely robbery.
@@-.Ascendant Having wood laying around for months is not the same as having the pour in its mold for a few weeks, which is what I was referring to, and provides a substantial barrier to doing this yourself.
And is the process for planing wood the same as bringing Epoxy to a proper finish? I'd imagine that it's a bit more expensive due to the potential for the epoxy to get head damaged, gummy, etc. in the process.
If the Epoxy is only $600, fair enough. The point you've somehow managed to miss is where I pointed out the fact that big, continuous, thick, slabs of quality wood looks to get into the thousands of dollars per each of them, so the $250 is a rarity.
Looking around at other companies who do this, the price doesn't seem to be particularly out there. The general price range seems to generally be $3000-7000 for dining tables like this.
@@Yawyna124 I also said polishing after the planing so I did take that into consideration. Looking online you can get solid pieces of black walnut for 2500-3000, add the 600 for epoxy, the little for the planing, etc, you're still left with around 4000 dollars difference. I dont know about you but 8x4 feet of space in a corner of the shop for 3-5 days for that thickness of epoxy, polishing and things like that does not equate to 4000 dollars of value.
Very beautiful. I love your creations.
if u ever feel dumb, just remember that someone paid $7700 for a piece of wood with a giant hole in the middle
Okay hypocrite
@@datcheesecakeboi6745 ??? How is that hypocritical?
@@johnjackson9751 because he is being dumb, don't call people dumb while being dumb
If someone has so much money to the point that they can spend 7k on a table. You and I are the stupid ones not them. Being poor doesn't make you smart LOL
The comment I was looking for. This is lovely but hey, 7700.
Great piece! Well done.
$250 is a good deal on the walnut, but how much is 12 gallons of resin?
About $1200
About a 900 bucks since he's probably buying in 50 gallons at a time.
Are you able to mix different colors with the wood, red , orange, pink, or blue❤❤❤❤
Yeah he just always works with black though
7.7k just for the top😮 I bet you paid a fraction of that for the slab and the epoxy and surfacing. Probably made 6k profit on it.
You're not including labour in that profit calculation
You’re paying for time, skill and knowledge. And not to mention most people don’t have a woodworking shop laying around in their garage
Do you know how much epoxy costs?
@@LlamasomenumbersSkill? That's really reaching.
I find it's always a good use of time to watch you do your magic. 🙂
See you at a lot of people do a lot of the work for you, good job!
Gorgeous!!
Epoxy looks ugly in my opinion
beautiful a true artist 😊❤
7700$ for a dining table only in America 💀
That’s on the cheap end tbh. And no it’s not only in America lol. People that make furniture by hand charge what it’s worth and people pay for it. Try looking up prices of hand made furniture all over the globe. That’s a reality. I can’t afford it but I would never be mad at someone charging properly for their work.
Beautiful ❤❤❤❤
The real skill about this work is to find a moron who will pay $7700 for this.🤣🤣
Thanks samsung for telling me this info, now i will become a professional table maker
Its crazy what people buy with thier money. A table.
Very cool base!