We Cast Epoxy Into a Termite Nest and Made a Nightmarish Table
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 ต.ค. 2019
- The Green Project is hosting its annual "Salvations" art show and auction and for the first time Chemical 14 is submitting a piece. I have been holding on to this giant termite nest that I excavated from the floor of our bathroom during reconstruction with the idea that I would eventually coat it with epoxy and make something out of it and this seemed like the perfect opportunity.
The rules of the show dictated the our submission must be a functional piece of furniture constructed of at least 90% reclaimed materials. We decided to build a breakfast table with the termite nest as a centerpiece beneath the glass top. All of the other materials we used came from our scrap pile, most of which are leftovers from the reconstruction of our building.
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"The termites turned my floor joist into their home and I turn their home into a table"
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@@blackdeathghostye6654 i didnt, but i was glad to see it none the less
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@@CC-fh6lk thank you!
104th like
One day the algorithm will bring millions to this.
Its beginning
So far its at 116,078 views, so its getting there
It has begun
and i’m watching...ewww
This aged well.
Wow! That is the only thing I can say! You guys blew me away on this build. As a 60+ year old, who has always loved tools and working with his hands, this is incredible. I have built art stainless steel tables and love to weld, work with metal as well as wood. This project combines an extremely diverse set of skills. You nailed it! Congrats! I am now a subscriber..I look forwards to watching what else you have created!
Thanks! I’m glad you enjoyed it!
Awwwww come onnnn man! I thought you poured it into a active Termite colony! That would have been dope! Termites in the table...... Literally!!😁😃
You’re weird, man
My thought exactly. Like the aluminum ones.
Me too. I been looking at ants molding so I thought this was going to be something like that. Oh well.
@@sebastianstroud-klein5332 Not at all. Most thought that lol
You guys shat all over that exhibition - best piece by far!
I’ve never seen anything like this before,it’s beautifully done. Loved it,well done !
Thanks! I appreciate it!
This is both super cool and something from my nightmares
So, curious minds want to know... How was the table received, and how much did the table finally sell for at the auction??
I think it's as ugly as you do.......
you would have to pay me to own that ugly ass shit. LOL (The glass top is as out-of-place as a hooker in church)
@@Sahadi420 It's not for everybody, but there are people would would be totally into it. I like the metalwork. I'm only so-so on the termite nest itself.
I too wondered how much the table raised for the auction. It's a cool looking table.
Amazing barely begins to describe the work that you guys have done to make this table. You are fantastic artisans thank you so much for sharing.
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This guy: I M P R E G N A T E
so what? there is more than one use for the word.
i really hope the stupid Nobody: BS dies out soon.
no one is laughing and having a good day specifically because you threw NOBODY: at the start of your stupid comment.
Nobody: haha he said nobody. someone has to market that shit.
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I feel like this would've been a really awesome ceiling fan if you went in a different direction, not that this isn't cool, because it is.
I can't say l would necessarily buy this myself, but you guys did some very competent and creative work here. It truly comes together to make a theme and is a great conversation piece. Well done.
Thanks! Yeah it’s definitely not for everybody’s decor but it did sell at the auction so there’s at least one other person with taste as weird as mine.
Bravo guys way to think out-of-the-box looking forward to your next documentation keep up the great work it looks beautiful
Great idea. Can see a lttle Mario Brothers going on there with the pipes. Ot lloks great. An excelent concept.
Thank you for sharing your creativity.
God blrss
Wow! What a lot of work. LOVE the wings! Thanks for sharing.
Man you come up with some stuff that table is way cool.Love how you think out the box later great job tell everyone i said hello look forward to your next build
hello
The table looks real neat! Got that steampunk-ish feel to it
Louisiana born and raised!!
Some people have all of the fun, and you guys nailed it!
I hope you won a great prize for it
Sandpaper folded over on Itself makes an excellent finishing tool
Very talented. It was as interesting, and maybe even more so, to see the metal work as much as the nest casting!! This would look so good in a sunroom I have! Can you imagine Bistro styled chairs with the same theme? Use portions of the rest of the nest under a thermoformed piece of polished acrylic for the seats! New skills to test out!!! Haha.
this deserves more views!
Thanks a lot! I hope you’ll subscribe if you haven’t already!
Amazing! I love that shaped the table to resemble parts of a termite. The nest is beautiful!
Thanks! I still need to decide what I’m going to do with the other half of the nest. Some sort of wall hanging sculpture I think.
@@Chemical14 that would be cool, or what about putting a light in it? Highlighting all those channels would look crazy! Stay well!
@@Chemical14 maybe add some lights to make it glow?
Unbelievable! What an incredible amount of thought, artistic flair and talent… I am blown away by just how much work and expertise went into this! It was a joy to watch! ♥️♥️🇦🇺
Thank you! I appreciate it!
That is an impressive table! I like the brassing technique.
Museum quality piece!! BRAVO!
Hope you guys won the competition because that is a very creative design and a really cool, unique piece.
Is there anything you can’t do?? Dream job 🤗
Now this is art!! Love it!
Wow! Absolutely beautiful job guys! Well done!!
That's friggin COOL! Nicely done!!
Wow! Great Job guys. I'd be proud to own that table.
Super cool. Would have liked a little more time spent on showing the final result with some close up shots. I wanted to see what the nest looked like completed.
Yeah I wish I had taken more video at the end. I was caught up in the build trying to meet the deadline and things got really rushed.
@@Chemical14 That's OK. Where is it now and how did it place in the competition ?
When you live what you do!!! GOD bless.
AWESOME !!👍💖
Wow! Very, very good!
thats a very unique piece! Really nice work!!!
Best piece I've seen
Unique!👍👍
That table looks amazing!!
I guess the termites
just got *TERMINATED*
** Plays CSI: Miami meme **
Yes,they wont be back.
Art. Love this.
Thanks! I appreciate it.
That's pretty awesome man if I had the money I buy it
Impressive work! Deserves 1st place
This is so cool!
Well done guys!
Nightmarish? It’s beautiful and so unique!
Thanks! It’s kind of nightmarish to me because I’ve spent so much time fighting the impact of termites I’m our own home. We have an especially difficult relationship with termites in New Orleans.
Beautiful work
Beautiful
Personally, I love it. I would have bought it in an instant. 🙂
Wow! Amazingly cool
Fantastic, luv it 👍🇬🇧👌
SPECTACULAR!!!!
I love you guys.
Did you win Best of Show? It is amazing how you thought all of this out and then made it a beautiful glass table. Nice Job and you have aNew Subscriber
As someone who has a personal beef with mosquitos, ticks and now fire ants, I salute ANY recycling of the buggers (no pun intended) homes. Right now, any damage you can do to fire ants would be greatly appreciated in revenge for the some 30 bites on my feet. And, if the jury didn’t like that table, they had to be blind. It’s beautiful!
I have suffered so much at the hands (do termites have hands?) of termites. I’ll definitely be dealing with various insect related anxieties for the rest of my life. Thanks for watching!
Very good job. Imaginative.
Never seen this before. Fascinating. I wonder what would happen with resin being poured into a fire ant hill? I've seen it done with molten aluminum many times on YT
So cool!
We live in lake Charles love seeing guys from the swamp doing cool stuff. Keep up up.
Thank you so much! My next video I’m working on is about the brick and mortar shop we’re building in New Orleans.
Impressive!
That is so cool!
That is the coolest table I have ever seen
Super cool project just found you guys. You got my sub!
Thanks!
All I got to say is WOW I SUB.
Moral of the video: Don't mess with these guys or they'll turn your home into a breakfast table
Always wondered what it would be like to do the same to a fire ant’s nest.
Wow love it
Amazing
8:13 Alvin and the chipmunks have came to sing a song about termite tables for us...
11:08 them singing
absolutely amazing tremendous skills
That’s a badass, highly creative piece
It's been three years since this was posted. I sure would like to try this. The only problem is here in the deserts of Utah, termite infestations don't get this big.
It's very beautiful. But if I had it in my house I would have nightmares about it coming alive and crawling upstairs into my bedroom every night.
Haha, yeah I like the creepy aesthetic
exceptionally cool!
This is pretty unique and interesting
Totally badass
Curious why not cut in half like the small one pour epoxy in then glue it together with bit more epoxy
Does your air grinder still act up even with a thin lubricant in it? That's normally what is needed since the oil is the final process inside the tool to add to its tightness (I am Icelandic and technical terms are out of my vocabulary).
On a side note, Gun Blue is a toxic chemical and it would be nice if it was used a bit more sparingly, you know, for the environment and all that.
Thanks for the tip! I’ve tried oiling my air grinder. It tends to work ok at first but runs my air pressure down fast and loses power. It’s not a very big air compressor and it’s a cheap grinder.
Your point about the Gun Blue is well taken.
@@Chemical14 Air tool lubrication. There is air tool oil. Tends to be pricy. We just used ATF. Thin,and a form of hydraulic fluid with anti foam agents. Type F preferred,but there have been enough changes in available fluids that I am no longer current.
There are oilers for sale,but just dribbling ,oh a teaspoon or so first thing seems to work fine. Down the hose before you plug it together. Some guys once a day,some once a week.
As long as the vanes inside the turbine get at least some oil film,they will not heat up. Bearings or bushings just need an oil film,near as I can tell. Cheers.
Oh,and see to it condensation water is trapped well. If it gets into the moving parts,that will rust,gunk up,slow and seize any air tool.
Take one apart and examine. That will tell you if there is water getting in.
That face of that big though! 🤣 he’s cheesed.
Very impressive .what kind of price would u put on that?
thats pretty sweet!
Awesome table . Much labor & talent . You need to make one with anthill casting . Next
Great job .🐜
That's what I was thinking. Seen a bunch of youtubes of guys pouring couple hundred pounds of aluminum into the ground
@@easternwoods4378
Yes an ant table for the base and glass top would look simple and amazing
I would have used a stabilizing resin first because then there is no time limit. Then do the epoxy after baking. Just a thought. The finally product still looks awesome, though!
I'd give ya first prize!
Nice table
idk why you're not at a million views yet?
Thanks! I appreciate it
I love it
Seriously, this was fricken way cool to watch, and I am behind this kind of movement, using reclaimed or recycling/re-appropriating materials. AT one point I was in the green building industry which seems to have a lot of similarities. The company I worked for make counter-tops out of low VOC cement and recycled materials such as crushed glass from recycling plants and shredded paper from local various companies looking to get rid of their paper waste.
Thanks! I actually used to work in the countertop industry also. I was fabricating with Corian though so, not green at all haha. I’m glad to be done with that.
I was just sitting here imagining those rotary file shavings filling that guys shoes.... and no socks.
Wish I got to see a better top view of the finished termite part, didn't really get to see and enjoy the pattern from the top view
Did it sell?
Cactus juice might also be a good option since it basically has unlimited working time
Nice
Yeah. New sub. 👍
Don't mess with this guy. Termites ruined his bathroom floor, so he turned their home into a coffee table in return.
These guys are badass
Hell yeah...
How do you know that the floor joist was first time used
Could have been a recycle
Cool