5 Tips For Better Live Edge Tables
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- These last 2 months have been a struggle to get out a consistent amount of content. But with that, we've still be working. I have a monster 20' conference table on the bench, that is eating up a ton of my time. With the comments I have been getting on IG, I wanted to bring some more valuable content to all of yinz with some tips and insights on how to make better LIVE EDGE Furniture!
I have made a lot of Live Edge tables and shelves, and made a lot of money doing so. As i start my own "saw mill" i thought it would help to share some of my experience!
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Great video, thanks for the tips! I’m about to embark on my first live edge slab project for an A/V built-in unit, and have anxiety of not wanting to screw it up. Your videos are helping ease my concerns by showing the right ways and answering my questions. Yinz’re doin great work, keep sharing your knowledge!
This might be the most informative video I’ve seen on woodworking. Cheers dude
awesome video especially the sanding tips, i struggle with swirl marks and have looked through many different sanding videos and nothing i found did as good of a job explaining steps to avoid and correct them as this did and that was just 1 of the 5 tips.
Swirl marks suck, but a little patience and you can crush it !
I've been loving you videos, you crack me up and have good info.
Glad you're digging it Kurt !
Great Tips John! I always learn something new from your videos!
Thank you! Glad I can help !
Looking to get a live edge table for our dining room. You’re videos are very informative. Thank you !
Just started working with live edge doing a cabinet out of 3/4” ply with shaker door and live edge bar top made of cedar filled with clear epoxy and live edge shelves above. So looking forward to seeing the finished product!
Ahhh, the Maker Ranch epoxy table, that was a great one! Good itps
Thanks brother!
Great video John. I know some people are getting tired of the live edge style, but I love it. It can be used for so many different styles. You always seem to nail the projects! Love those steel bowties as well.
People are always getting tired of everything haha glad you like it !
Nice job with ad placement. They came right between each tip and didn't interrupt each segment like most channels.
Great tips and laid back approach
Amazing tips and tricks. I was just talking with SWMBO about doing a live edge counter top or table. Now I know the 5 Tips for Better Live Edge Slabs.
Crush it my friends!
Great video and awesome tips, especially for us newbies. Thanks man!!!
Glad i could help Shane!
Thank you for going into detail on the moisture situation. A lot of people skip talking about that, and as we all know..... moisture in the wrong places can be a problem. Thanks for sharing this with us. :)
Awesome tips from an awesome builder! Love the videos John
Excellent video, learned so many. 👍🏻
Your work is impeccable! I love this.
I use a lot of live edge wood in my products! Thank you John for the tips!👍🏻
GLad I could help !
Top video mate!!! Makes me feel more confident starting to do my own project!
The C channel tip is the best new (to me) woodworking procedure I've seen in a couple of years, could have used that multiple times prior. Thanks.
GLad i could helpTom !
Hey John, great tips! Question. Is that C channel actual metal stock or fabricated flat sheet put on a press brake?
It’s a fabricated product
Appreciate the C-channel tip. My slab work so far has been in narrower boards for benches and such, but I’ve got some larger slabs coming.
Yea the base you're using should help to keep those flat. Thats awesome you got some bigger ones coming in !
I just subscribed bro! Pumped to see what content you have coming up!!
Thanks JP!
Great video! Thanks for all the tips!
Old Glory in the background. You get a like from me!
I never thought I'd want to learn all this info 5 years ago lol I love it is so so cool! Look at all those awesome tools and his knowledge about resin ugh
How can you learn from 5 years ago if the video is 1 year old ? Confused on your comment ✌🏻
@@spencercooper-thorn2624 I'm 24 I'm saying 5 years ago at 19 I never would never see myself looking into this types of videos I think its awesome now... that's what I'm saying
The reason wood moisture content is so important is that wood shrinks AND swells due to the environment it's in. Wood reacts to it's environment, which for furniture means the relative humidity of the home it's in. The area you live in, how much cooking, showering, and the number of people exhaling in the house as well as how well your A/C system works will affect the humidity in your home. It even changes seasonally due to humidity levels outside. The average home is in the 30%-50% range. This corresponds to a wood moisture content of 6%-9% for wood located in that home. This means furniture, wood flooring, trim, and any other wooden objects will acclimate and reach an equilibrium base on the relative humidity in the home. Wood also does it's expansion across the grain, and not along the grain. So ideally you want the moisture content of anything wooden that is destined to be inside a house to be at 6%-9%, in order to avoid it shrinking, swelling or warping after it's made and placed inside.
I know epoxy and live edge tables are prob only done for clients due to business needs but would LOVE to see you do more awesome all round timber workmanship and video explanations
Fantastic video!!!!!! Thank you for your knowledge!!!!!!!! Your an amazing craftsman!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you my friend!
Hi John. Saw you on Off The Ranch. I'm a maker/crafter too and a member of Makers Media Network. Joined your channel and look forward to seeing more of your beautiful work.
Hi John, excellent video! As a beginner I found it very informative and easy to understand, thanks. I'm working on my first live edge outdoor bar table, would the Rubio 2C oil be a good choice for something that will sit in the sun and rain?
Great video and excellent tips! I want to do some river tables someday soon, just gathering info for now. I feel smorter already! (Liked, subscribed, shared...)
Great Tips.... Love the helpful videos...
Glad you enjoyed them Matt
Awesome tips mate, definitely subscribing.
Great video.
Have you ever had your table tops forming a bow and if they did how would you fix it?
You gave lots of good info thanks.
The sanding tips are gold. Mark your parts between every grit, go slow, don't skip grits, use a vac, and still check with mineral spirits...I refinished a top one time because I didn't check and it wasn't until stain, and 3 coats of arm r seal that I saw it I. The right light, then I couldn't unsee it. Never skip the mineral spirits 👍
glad you enjoyed them my friend!
You're so talented.
Moisture: The amount of water in the wood. Got it. ;-) Another helpful video John! Thanks!
Youde be surprised my friend .... hahahah
Lot of solid information thank you
New subscriber...nice coffee table / wall art...my favorite tool is my tig machine
Thanks for this wealth of info! Someday... in the meantime, I drool over these peices😅
maybe you need Swoobies :-) LOL...... Great Video!!!
Thanks for the video. If you have a crack extending to the edge of the table, Would epoxy be sufficient to stabilize it or do you need to use additional methods like a bow tie or c channel or table platform?
Great job buddy..as always..
Thanks Tim!
EXCELLENT PRODUCT!!
John: how do you feel about using Rubio Monocoat on an oily wood such as olive?
thanks, great videos!
Thank you John. We are building a livewood bar for our ice cream shop. It's pirate themed. I've sanded it and was about to finish it. I left the bark! 😅😅😅 Back to the garage! 😜
Lol... good timing on watching the vid....
Very helpful tips! :)
I've always thought it would be nice if the bark could be left on some builds. Would give a really rustic look. Doesn't seem to be a good idea from all the videos I've watched and no one leaves the bark on. At least none I've seen. Thanks for the tips.
Just a beginner and plan on making a cedar plank river table. This was very helpful. What do you do if the slabs were “said” to be drying outdoors for 8 months?
John, what would you recommend using as a finish for a live edge slab that will be outside ?
I love your video. They are so helpful. I am making and extension table but don't have a clue of how the make attach etc the guides and slides. Do yo know where I can find this type of information>
Great video! So if I’m not mistaken, your saying if I use big metal legs then the c channel isn’t necessary? I am building an 8’x30”x1.5” walnut live edge table right now. I have some really big H style Legs for the table and was also going to add c channels as well. My question is what depth of c channel should I use? I bought some store bought c channels but they are 1.25” deep and my tabletop is only 1.5” so I’m nervous that will create a weak point. Thoughts? Thanks
Wow great information. I just moved to PA and see you are 2 hours from me. I am in Somerset County south east of you. I am stating a new shop And just bought a Alaskan chain sawmill for 54" slabs. Just found a supply of root balls to slab up. Will be building a new Kiln in the shop in the next month or 2 as soon as I kind of get settled into the new House. Ron USCG MKC RET
Hi John. I'm doing my first epoxy river table and I'm buying a kiln dried flattened slab. When I let it acclimate for the 2-3 weeks should I just have it setting on a flat surface or should I clamp it down?
thanks a lot for all your info. WOW
Hi John what finish would you use in a commercial setting to where the top will get a lot use. Thank you.
Good video thanks
John, great video - THANKS!!!
You made a reference to the Maker Ranch in California. What is it? I could not find anything via Google. Here in Cali we don't seem to get the wood shows the East and South do. Any info on this type of stuff here would be helpful.
Thanks, Rickster
Its just what they call their house haha
Awesome info I am a hardwood floor guy and I had use Rubio but to pricey I use UNO COAT FROM PRO COAT and they had others finishes.
Hi John, good video. I mill live edge slabs and kiln dry them down to around 8-9% (100's over the years). After they are in my non climate control shed they go back to 12-13%. On what you said about taking bark off I suggest to new wood worker to remove it. But some want it to stay on. I found that trees log during winter months retain bark well.
Demolitia here to stay!
Thanks Dj !
Well done sir! What part of Canada did you learn about live edge from? Just curious as I live in Ontario Canada.
Not that it matters I made a clock in 1985 out of a slice of maple. Didn't remove the bark sealed it with polyurethane and it still has the bark on it today. Luck I guess. Your tips are killer and sooooo helpful
Bro im rwady for the next video man... lets do it !!!
Have you done any videos on how to prepare the wood before 'mixing' it with the epoxy?
What do you think about Osmo for a finish? I've used it on a few projects and have been pleased with it.
I havent used it myself yet, but heard great things!
Great info 👍👍👍👍
Thanks my dude !
That large bright brown Slab at the end seems to be Parota/ Guanacaste?
Wonderful speecies of wood, bought 2 months ago a Parota Slab which is becoming my new Dining room table. 380cm long and 150cm wide, cant wait to see it finished!
I know this video is older, but I have a couple questions if you have time... you said after you get it home you should flatten it then sticker it for a couple weeks to acclimate to your shop. What if the wood you are bringing home isn't dry yet? I just cut down a bunch of silver maple, but I know it is gonna take a couple years before I can use it unless I build a kiln this summer... should you flatten it to final size before drying if it is super wet? Also not sure what all shapes I want the different pieces to be yet either. I just tried to get them reasonably flat with the chainsaw and tossed them in my wood rack to dry. I also put some anchorseal on them to keep them from checking too much. Should I flatten them more now so pieces dry faster/better? Or will they just pull too much out of flat since they are so green?
yeo I caught this video and you used the expression " speaks to you" My Counter Top Resurfacing business slogan on my cards says Counter Tops that speak to you Right on
Great job....looks fantastic....John any Polish roots?
Fun stuff!
Thank you!
I see your Southwire banner in the background. I am looking out my office window at their main office building.
Does it matter if the live edge is up or down on an epoxy pour? I'd like to do an epoxy pour/river table, where the live edge is the bank of the river so it needs to face up. A lot of videos I've been watching show the live edge facing down.
Any thoughts on cedar live edge tables?? Have 2 book end match peices about 1.5in thick.
Do you need to stabilize any size live edge table or only large ones? I'm going to make a 24" x 48" x1.25 walnut slab river table. Do I need a stabilizer? Thanks!
The C- Channel insert, do you put it after you flattened the board?
Good one mate.....👌
what's your suggestion for attaching a live edge resin top to a trunk as a base .. 3 x 5 top on 8 inch round base
If the slab is dry (6-7%) is it still necessary to use C channel? Just watched another video that said if you dry it to the EMC where table will be then it will stay flat.
What was drill attachment you used to remove bark remnants?
Epic boss, love the content! I’m a follower from here on, cheers to a fellow artist😎✌️
Yinz. Radar went off. I went to college in Greensburg. So I knew you were around Pittsburgh somewhere with that yinz. Braddock, PA, north of Glassport (I’ve been there) and McKeesport (drove through there). What inquiring minds really want to know is, do you have any gumbands?
Some great tips, especially on accentuating the timber’s voids. One comment on tip 2 though. When you discussed looking at the end grain & growth rings to spot the possible movement of the wood you identified the opposite direction to movement. As timber dries & moves, growth rings generally try to ‘straighten out’ & will bow away from the centre of the tree, not in the sweeping direction you were demonstrating with your hand. Good video all the same.
Good point, yea when you're in the video zone you tend to speak like an idiot. or when you're me. thats always the zone! thanks for the fix!
@@John_Malecki Know that zone all too well John. When I'm in front of a class of students, I continually have 'brain-farts' over simple terms and explanations.
Im just wondering if you could to the epoxy with a blue beach weathered stain at all
Epic Tips! What size C channel did you use in this video?
2" x 1"
Question, how many C channel cross bars would you typically use on 8’ long table?
Depends on what kind of base I have . If the base is metal and flat than 0
I'm having a really hard time filling a massive live edge in the center round 4 inches thick.. lol probably about 3-4 gallon of reain but it had alot of small deep crevices and holes it's just keeps taking all my resin no freaking ending and it's all disappearing how I already plugged all the holes from behind so it's just inside the wood piece some where ahhh!
Thanks for the great tips! It couldn’t hurt to lower the music levels in your video so it doesn’t distract from your important information.
Do you have a link for the threaded inserts and matching bolts that you use?
Do you ans questions? Only been at epoxy for a year but I have not had many problems. Minor leaks not a good color mix but basically ok. The other day I picked up a project ready to sand. Top is hard but the bottom is soft. Soft enough to pit a probe in about ½ inch. Mixed by instructions and cured for 48 hours. Any ideas? Any help?
DEVIL DOG! Had to give you a like and sub right out the gate! 😂 🤣 😂 🤣
still looking for that video link of all the live edge projects youve ever done...
John can you or someone tell me why the edges of my slabs soak up more epoxy resin than the rest of the slab? What can I do to combat this? Or what am I doing wrong?
Love your videos
I have a slab I want to work on, the most amazing detail is the Bark,, so maybe I should send you a picture.
This slab might change you rule on cutting off the bark.
I would like to see the pic!
What kind of wood is the slab that you‘re sanding in the end of the video?
Hey John. Do you have a recommendation on how to get the bark of the edges without ruining the live edge?
If the wood is dry it should peel right off, if not use a draw knife!
@@John_Malecki Yup the bark is falling right but I am having trouble with the thin cambium layer that doesn't come off so easily
Wire wheel on an angle grinder works for me
What if I was to fill it with epoxy on the inside of the tabes? For the bark
On a wide slab like that, do you think the amount of wood movement could cause a clear coat like lacquer or poly to crack?
Nah I would think not
if you apply multiple coats - then that's the purpose of a sealer - to be flexible, and then a couple coats of polyurethane for instance. the rubio hes talking about here is flexible so not a problem. 3 coats of shellac on the other hand with no sealer= *Flakes*
@@tonyrodrigues811 hence why shellac is an outdated finish 👌👌👌 good info my man
Do you ever use a sanding sealer?