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Making A Live Edge Coffee Table | DIY Wood Slab Cookie Table
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 พ.ย. 2021
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In this video, I'm showing you how I took a large live edge slice of a tree, also called a cookie, and turning it into a gorgeous coffee table. I experimented with filling the deep cracks, before finishing them and filling them with a dark epoxy.
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Welcome to the official April Wilkerson TH-cam channel! I’m April and I’m the creator of Wilker Do’s. I am an obsessed DIYer and Woodworker. I'm not professional or have any training, so I just pick the project I want to tackle and figure it out step by step. On this channel you will find a variety of content like DIY home improvement, How-To’s, construction, design and more!
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I like the idea 💡 of small rocks in the cracks with clear epoxy. However, I like how your coffee table turned out too April! 👍😃
Love the use of foam for filler! I'm gonna try it on my build. Thanks April for continuous ttios.😊
Great video April! We made one of these several years ago. When my wife was a child her grandparents owned a farm. A large tree had to be cut down and she had the foresight to ask for a cookie for an unknown future project. Lots of time passed and the cookie moved when she did until she decided to make the table. It was chainsaw cut on both sides so she chose a face and had it sanded at our favourite wood supplier, where we also got hairpin legs. Because the bottom was still very uneven she used washers as spacers and lag screws to attach the legs. She filled the (much smaller) cracks much as you did and that table has been a centerpiece in our living room ever since. This video brought me back!
Aw, I love that! What a great Story! Thanks for sharing and for watching.
I actually have three cookies that I got from my neighbor when she cut down her tree in her front yard because it was dying. There is one piece that has a lot of character that I want to make into a table. I am really, really glad that you made this video because it definitely helps with planning out the build. Thank you so much. Your table is gorgeous!💛
Awesome! Glad you found it useful. Enjoy your project.
I have a walnut live edge slab that has a beautiful split in the middle. I've been putting off turning it into a hallway table just because I couldn't figure out how to get into the more narrow part of the split and clean it out. I never thought of using a multi-tool, thanks April! Now I have an after the holiday's project! And as usual, great work.
That is awesome! I'm glad you found it useful. Enjoy your project.
Love how you explained your thinking and the process. Looks beautiful
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching.
Must say your finishing on the coffee table looks awesome. I have two similar slabs (I think it is from a gum three🤔) that I use for bed side stands but I have filled the cracks with saw dust and super glue). Thank for yet another great video👍👌
Every piece with live edge wood is unique . Never stop see videos with those projects . Well done 👍
Thank you very much!
This table has so much beauty and character!! Awesome build!
Thanks so much!
Great instructions and what a result. Thanks 😊
Beautiful! and the coffee table is very cool too...
Some contrasting bowties in the large cracks would add even more visual interest. I would love to do one of these, but cookies that big are way out of my price range here in Canada. Shipping costs are somewhat prohibitive for something that size. Great look and great tips for filling large cracks.
I love this coffee table ...I want to make one for my house! I am going to have to rewatch this video several times so I can remember all of the steps! Thank you for sharing.
Awesome! I'm sure it will turn out fantastic. Enjoy the process. Thanks for watching.
You are such an inspiration! I have a cypress cookie I've been little by little working on, and I think I finally have it ready to epoxy. The size and cracks are very similar to this one, so I wondered if you could tell me about how much epoxy yours took. I want to be sure I have enough on hand before I start my pours. Thanks for sharing your amazing talent with us!
Excellent result. Thank you for sharing. Have a great day and stay safe.
Thanks, you too!
Thanks for sharing those tips and the make, turn beautiful!
You are so welcome! Thanks for watching.
I have made several cookie tables and have used bow ties to control the cracks. I like your idea of using spray foam. I will keep that in mind for a very large maple stump table I will have on my work bench sometime next year.
Another great video Ms. April
Wow, really like the way that turnen out. Might be my next project, my wife especialy loves these slabs.
Great! Glad you found it useful. Thanks for watching.
Great idea using the expandable foam to fill most of the cracks.
That's One Great Looking Coffee Table! Smart Idea Using the Foam.
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the video.
Looks very good and is doable for the average DIY person. We had several 150-200 year old trees taken down. Now I know what I can do with some of the wood. Thanks
That is awesome! Enjoy the process. Thanks for watching.
Turned out great April, awesome job! 😍👍🏻👊🏻
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it.
This reminds me of a coffee table that my late Dad made about 50 years ago. He got the slab from behind a second hand store for 50 cents and turned the legs on his wood lathe. My niece now has the table in her house.
Awesome! Thanks for sharing that great story and for watching.
My Dad brought a "cookie" back to North Carolina from Oregon in the 1970's. We have pictures of him loading it in the back of the 18 wheeler the he was in.
It was my parents coffee table my entire life and now it is in my daughter's den with my grandchildren playing Lego on it.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I now feel confident that I can do great things with the wood I have! You are wonderful!
Awesome! Glad you found it useful. Thanks for watching.
Very cool project, and great tips for fixing problems!!!!!
Glad you enjoyed it
This brought back memories of watching my dad make a game table from a cookie with a checkers board, cribbage and pyramid.
Awesome! Thank you for sharing and for watching.
Absolutely awesome project great job April
Thanks so much!
Looks great. Wow does look heavy! Thanks for sharing the build.
Thanks for watching!
Great build April. Love your videos and contents.
Glad you enjoy it!
Great job! Thank you for the foam idea.
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching.
Fun to watch!Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I love your confidence when you applied the epoxy!!! I would have freaked out fearing to damage the wood 😅😊 Fabulous video!!!!
Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it!
Making one with one of my sons. Good to see your process.
Awesome! Enjoy your project. Thanks for watching.
Beautiful!
Love this!
My wife and I got to see it in person. We missed you as you were out of town but we were taken care of by the rest of your crew. The cookie bench looked great!
Thanks! Glad you had a great experience. Thanks for watching.
Turned out great. Should last forever. Thanks 😊 🙏
Thanks! Yes, it should. I'm real pleased how it turned out. Thanks for watching.
Very nice work, i used your garage self designs and my smaller garage is actually semi organized now. Thanks
That's great! Thanks for watching.
Un bel progetto. Complimenti April
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching.
nice tips! I have a smaller diameter round and used wood glue to fill up the cracks. now I'm sold on that multi-tool!! thanks!
Glad you found it useful. Thanks for watching.
@@AprilWilkerson very useful!
Great job! Great experiment too!
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed the video.
Looks amazing 😍
Thanks! I'm real pleased with how it turned out. Thanks for watching.
Great job April. Thanks for sharing with us. The table looks great. Stay safe. Have a Happy Thanksgiving. Fred. 🙏🏻🙏🏻👍🏻👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻✋🏻✋🏻
Thank you! You too!
Nice work!
Very nice April.
I can’t help but think how heavy this coffee table must be when you move it into a house. 😫😏💪Awesome Build Though April! 😁👍
Great Job on the table I have a pile of cookies waiting for a new life as something useful
Wonderful! It's a fun and beautiful project. Enjoy the process. Thanks for watching.
Amazing love it
Nice job, great teacher!
Glad you liked it!
Beautiful table
Great job April 🙂👌
Thank you!
Looks awesome!! A few bow ties on the large crack with the epoxy would look cool!! Both methods!
That would be cool! Thanks for watching.
Looks good, the process may not have looked as professional or polished compared to many experienced pros videos on TH-cam, but the end result was really nice & pleasing to look at.
This is something an amateur like me can try at home with minimal tools in my garage.
I'm glad you found it useful. Enjoy your project.
Nice job!
Pretty impressive!! I’ve had a chunk of maple that I’ve been moving around that I would like to do something similar to.
Sounds great! Enjoy the project.
Beautiful
April, your table looks beautiful and I am inspired by your work! Filling the cracks with foam is a stroke of genius. I am a novice wood worker and have just built a router table and flattened a couple of cookie slabs with a very large router bit. I have learned from your video that Total Boat Epoxy seems to be an excellent choice for filling in the cracks. I am very curious to learn what you used to get such an terrific finish on your table top? Again, my compliments, and I have subscribed to your channel for more great tips from you!
Great job. I am going to attempt this
Great! It was a lot of fun and so rewarding afterwards. Thanks for watching.
Nice project April! Thank you for sharing it with us!💖👍😎JP
Thanks for watching!
@@AprilWilkerson Your very welcome April! Have a wonderful week!😎
Looks great! I am acquiring a really nice cookie from a gigantic white oak that was just felled at my childhood home and plan to make a table out of it. I am thinking about a 3" piece and using smaller branches as the leg. I guess I will have to wait a few years before I really tackle it so you'll be hearing back from me
That is awesome! I bet it will be gorgeous. Thanks for Sharing and for watching.
Looks great going to try it out💪🏼
Awesome! Enjoy the process. Thanks for watching.
Thanks for doing this video. I've got 8 cookies I will be working on soon. You definitely helped me think some things out. North Texas girl here. If you have any additional tips let me know thanks again!
Glad it was helpful!
If you like a lighter look, I sealed the end grain with a coat of water-based polycrylic before pouring on tabletop epoxy and it preserved the nice light color of my ash cookies. I tested one with some extra from a different pour, pouring directly onto the exposed end-grain and it ended up much darker.
Great! Thanks for the info and for sharing!
my absolute favorite human on TH-cam.
Aw, thanks! I'm glad you're enjoying my Channel. Thanks for watching.
You're a very handy lady!
this piece is very beautiful 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
Brilliant
Good on yah !
I liked your videos doing soldering
I was watching another TH-cam video, when a commercial came up about business insurance. My wife was watching with me and wanted me to search for your channel. Obviously I found it. We watched this video and guess what? Now I have a project to do. Liked and subscribed... for my wife ;-)
Awesome! Thanks for watching and the sub. :)
Bowties? Isn't that a collection of Chevys? HA!
As for wood crack repairs, some people call them dutchmen. Really love what you do. And I also miss Norm and the New Yankee Workshop. Keep up the good work. You and your work are inspiring.
Love it
Thanks!
What kind of finish would you recommend if putting a table like this outside on a lightly shaded deck?
Yay top 25 and top 3 likes and comments. Love your videos. Happy holidays to all.
Thank you and the same to you!
That came out really nice. Good job. ( new sub too )
Awesome! Thank you!
Great content.
Thanks! Glad you enjoy my channel. Thanks for watching.
fantastic
Thanks!
Another wonderful creation. Kudos. AND the table is 'theft proof'..... unless the crook has a forklift - lol
Yes, it is crazy how heavy it is! They would definitely need a forklift. Thanks for watching.
What kind of sealer did you use for the top?? I'd love to just seal my table without worrying about the epoxy, but I really want that glossy shine.
Beautiful and maybe I will stop by if there is someplace I could park the semi
Actually we get deliveries all the time so our driveway is used to large trucks, even semi's. So stop on by! Thanks for watching.
how long to let the oak dry before pouring the finish on it? I have some 30-40" dia live oak logs and now that you have shown me how it's done I think I will try it. great clear and informative vid THANX!
The coffee table was excellent! You my love are Absolutely Gorgeous! ;)
Great video as always, April. I have enjoyed watching your videos throughout the years and how your channel has grown. If possible, can you tell me the App you use at the end of your videos when your logo appears then disappears? I would like to do something similar on my channel which is under development. Thanks April, and I'm looking forward to your next video, as always.
Great video thank you. I was wondering which multi tool and blade you used? I haven’t worked with that tool before.
Table came out great .. expansion foam was a clever idea to save time and epoxy. I've just started working on cookie slab .. One question ... I noticed that you finished off table top with Total Boat Epoxy (I'm doing the same) .. I think I would like to make my finish darker by using a stain .. been reading about Rubio .. Osmo and Odies... any recommendations from your experience ?? So .. if I have this right .. I would use Poly /Resin as a seal coat .. sand .. than apply 'stain' .. could I then add another coat of Poly as a top coat for that glossy look ??? Thanks !
Can you give a little info on how you prepared the cookie? Was was the sanding process like? Did you knock off the loose bark?
Do you ever find a good method on how to prep it?
I'm similarly curious. I have one with a thick layer of intact bark and sap on it. I would like to keep all of that but I'm not sure if that is viable at all?
Router sled. Sanding is hell.
Very beautiful I'm working on a wood coolie top
New to your channel and wondering how you came to leaning building. Also, seeing your shop and equipment I'm wondering what is your primary business? Keep up the good work!
My videographer, Justin Mabie, did a Video Documentary where I could tell my Story. You can find it on his TH-cam Channel, Call Me Mabie. Thanks for watching.
Thanks for this video, if I cut a tree down on my property and take a slab to make a table or something else, must I somehow dry that wood first before making something out of it?
I like your video 👌👍 creative ⚘⚘❤
Thank you so much.
Very nice. That foam in a can is almost as handy as duct tape!
Yep, worked like a charm! Thanks for watching.
Thank you ! I think the wife is getting a new coffee table
Awesome! Enjoy the build. Thanks for watching.
The coffee table turned out beautiful! Since you did the epoxy will the wood continue to split? The only thing I might have done differently, 😉 is put heavy duty rollers. 😂
Good question!! I wondered about that too
Hi April. Thanks for the video. Great project! Do you anticipate the wood to continue to crack over time even with the epoxy?
I wouldn't think so but if so, I'll just fix it. Thanks for watching.
Much appreciated.. could u pls tell what spray foam used for this.... Where can I get it
Gran artista i una crack i muy profesional eres April vikelson
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for watching.
Did I miss it, what did you use as a final finish on the table top April? I like how shiny it is! 😃
Ya, I am also curious to know, so I would be able to replicate it at home :)
@@leenateo6279 u wont
It’s called shiptka
I’d also like to know what finish you used on top. Was it clear epoxy? You did a fantastic job on this and thank you for all the videos you make. I get to learn a lot from you and you explain things really well.
I have 4 cookies from a tree that my parents planted back in the 70’s. I’ve had them for 3 years and the bark around the cookies are completely intact. Is it common to leave the bark or remove like you did. Thanks
What do you think about shapertools?
Looked like the tape used to find the position (timestamp 4:11).
Have been thinking about buying a shapertools.
Shaper Tools are awesome and I love them! In fact, I'm a Distributor for Shaper Tools. If interested, you can contact the Wood Shed Manager @ hillcountrywoodshed@gmail.com Thanks for watching.