@@Foureyes.Furniture And now that I'm on that line of thinking, and with your idea of doing this for a base for a media console...you could even embed some programmable RGB LEDs and control them with a small Arduino board to mimic those fancy ambient light matching things some high-end TVs have... Just spitballing ideas now. Hah!
Super cool idea!! You could have used your xCarve to cut out the shape in a block of the material you wanted it, like the beach wood. Filled the void with epoxy. Then put the block back on the xCarve and cut a slightly larger shape leaving you with a 1/4 inch beach around the shape. Essentially the same result. Just saving you from having to create all the forms etc.
I get what you're saying...that might work. The only problem I could think of is you'd end up with weird grain orientations. Also, since this was a test case on how I could do this for large pieces...I'd need a giant CNC to achieve it...(when it isn't for the headphone stand)
Hey Chris! When you are laminating, try to spray some thin water coats on to the thin wood/veneer, when you apply wood glue. But of course from the other side. This will prevent the annoying bending of the veneers.
Really cool! In my opinion, a lot of people that use epoxy with wood, makes the epoxy the main part. But you really make the woodworking the main part and epoxy a nice addition.
3:28 I assume you have never worked with veneer before. Good for you. I personally hate it, because you need to use edge banding, there’s no end grain edge banding, so you end up with a really weird looking piece. But it’s a great demonstration how wood reacts to moisture. Pretty much a small scale, exaggerated and fast forward experiment of how a thicker solid piece of wood would react. Same reason why you should always apply finish to both sides, at least one coat. The untreated side would soak up moisture much differently than the treated or sealed side, making the piece warp. Even if it’s only veneered particle board. That 1mm layer can make a 1 inch board warp. Kind of amazing.
Good call. I've worked with other veneers. Just never had this happen. these pieces were particularly thin, so I'm sure that contributed to how quickly it happened.
If you or others have not yet figured out why the wood curled... When you let the glue sit on it, the water in the glue-it is MOSTLY water-soaked into the wood fibers. The fibers on that side therefore got wider-in the direction that wood movement happens, and the wood curled inward on the opposite side. The fact that the wood was so thin exacerbated the process. BTW: For those TH-cam viewers and makers (NOT Chris) that continually screw down solid wood tops to tables, casework, etc. or put frames around cutting boards, and then ignore all the comments from woodworkers who tell them that it will eventually crack: Chris has just proven through time lapse imagery how much wood can move through moisture absorption. Awesome tertiary outcome!
Thanks Kevin...got it. So in laymen terms. the wood on one "face" was "weakened" the wood on the other side wasn't. The wood on the "other side" overpowered the "weaker" side. Essentially winning a Wood v Wood Arm Wrestling match :)
@@Foureyes.Furniture Essentially. If we want to be pedantic-and because this is the internet, I believe that IS required?-no wood was weakened, but the wet wood was 'strengthened' in that its cells had to put that moisture somewhere, so they swelled to hold it. In fact, if you had taken a squirt bottle and squirted water on the curled side, the strips would have come back into balance and leveled out on their own. The reason one cracked is because the swollen side literally crushed the cells on the other side and caused them to break apart along the grain lines. Regardless, the project looks great, and I think the furniture base idea would be a real eye catching design that takes acrylic and moves us beyond all the 'river' aesthetics that have been thoroughly explored by now. n.b. to other TH-cam woodworkers: Thoroughly. VERY thoroughly. ;-)
I don't love the epoxy trend in woodworking but this is actually genius, and looks very cool. I'm glad you didn't make it some weird color, the opaque gives it a cool floating effect
Thanks Chris, that’s a very nice idea and makes clean but interesting designs. I hope you will indeed use this in some bigger projects, I curious to see how that will look.
Looks really clean and professional as if its something you would buy in a store. Would be cool if you experimented a bit with the epoxy mix though and added some color to it.
Finally got around to watching this. Awesome as always! Seeing that piece curving on itself after glue was applied gives me hope that bending in the direction of the grain is feasible haha
hmmmm....one side of my family has a secret Santa where we make gifts for each other...hmmm...I have none of the tools in this video, nor the know-how... hmmm...but I really love headphones and headphone stands...hmmm...I wonder if I could make something like this happen??!! ...Chris, I love all your projects and all the amazing results but this might just be my favorite video you have done because there is a small part of me that thinks I just may be able to do this!!! Thanks for the inspiration!!
Very cool. If you're going to be experimenting with casting in apoxy, I would suggest looking at moulding with silicone. Basically you make a template for your compleated object, cast it in silicone, then use that mould to make your apoxy project. I wouldn't try to use a wooden mould because, as you found out, the apoxy likes to stick to things. There are several youtubers who cast apoxy this way. I would alsi recommend mould release spray and, depending on the size of object a pressure pot or vacume pot. If it's a small item, you put the mould full of apoxy into a pressure tank and increase the pressure to a point where any bubbles are squashed so small you can't see them any more. If the objects are to big to fit in a pressure pot you need to go with a vacume. Put the mixed apoxy in a vacume chamber and remove the air, there are several techniques for doing this without the apoxy bubbling over the sides of your pot. You then poor the apoxy gently into your mould and try not to introduce more bubbles at the same time. Evan and Kaitlyn do a fair amount with apoxy. Nick Zammeti is another good one. (Sorry if I've miss spelled thier names). I'll try to think of anyone else who does it on TH-cam. You could also talk to Total Boat, who make apoxy resin, they could also steer you in the right direction and might sponsor a few episodes as well. I hope my mad ramblings help.
Thanks Glen...appreciate all the feedback. I was thinking about making a silicone mold after it came up on the podcast last week. But then I feel like I start getting into a situation where the juice might not be worth the squeeze if you catch my drift :)
Dude! I love this headphone stand! The combination of bent lamination and epoxy is clutch! I will definitely be attempting this one myself! Well done sir 👍🏽👍🏽
This is one of the best and neatest projects I've seen in a long time. Great job! Oh, try wax to seal the bottom of the form to the melamine and use screws instead of hot glue. The form should release cleanly AND you'd should be able to use the form a second and even a third time.
Use a non water based epoxy for your bent lamination glue ups and your laminations won't fold up like that. Techniglue is my favourite due to the thick paste like consistency.
A cool design idea, but I can definitely imagine fudging something in production as it is now. You could use two smaller forms on top and bottom that hold laminated pieces in place instead of full form. That might make it easier in some way during form removal. but that would require making aditional MDF rigging, so I'm not sure if that would be worth it.
The project is fun and looks amazing as always! I think it'd be a lot of fun to try this and add LEDs in the epoxy. But can we talk about how entertaining that ad is? I'm starting to get as excited about your ads as I am the project videos now. 😂
I actually would love to get really wacky with the ads, but then I fear the sponsors will be like "what the hell are you doing". so I try to keep myself on a short leash :)
Make a multi part mold out of mdf on the cnc that slots together and so its very easy to take it apart. Also paint the mdf with a primer to seal the cut surfaces and use a very lenient mold release like vaseline Also. You forgot rgb leds in the epoxy for making it go faster...
I'm curious to know what adhesive you would use if you were to do it the other way. Assuming you have the appropriate clamping pressure to squeeze out any air and make the contact full spread, you would probably also want something that cures clear. I wonder if something like a 2 part epoxy adhesive would work well. good luck, I enjoy your videos and look forward to seeing more!
Do public workshops exist? Like kind of like a gym where you pay a membership to use the equipment and stuff but for projects and such. Is that a thing?
I really dig it man looks sweet! I'm not to keen on LED lights in everything but I couldn't help but thinking about having embedded LED lights in the epoxy so you get a headphone stand/lamp. As far as casting the epoxy have you considered using or making a silicone mold? Great work man keep it up.
Cool concept, Chris...lots of possibilities. Would be cool to add LED lights to the epoxy. I just got an X-Carve for my middle school maker's space classroom. Did yours show up in about 10,000 pieces? Lol. Oh, and tell Shaun it's time for him to post another video too :-)
haha...yeah, it does show up in lots of pieces. I was kind of glad for that after the fact though. Makes me feel like I kind of know how it's working :) Shaun is on it :)
Hi Chris, I was also interested in making a headphone stand using bent lamination. What would you say would be the minimum amount of layers that would be needed in order to hold a pair of headphones?
Not a lot. Less about layers more about total thickness, but if you built strips up to about 1/4" that will be plenty. My Shoe shelf is only about 1/4" thick, and those are definitely heavier than headphones.
Since you're doing all that reshaping afterwards, why not use silicon as a release agent/medium while casting it? Meaning pre-coat the mold bottom where you used hot glue and coat the surface (not the finish wood) with silicon - use a scraper to spread the silicon?? Would the silicon mess things up? I suppose you could tape the mold on all surfaces..... I know you've learned from this one and I hope I am not insulting your intelligence by suggesting all the 20/20 hindsights ... Anyway, I still love the concept.
it looks at the end like the epoxy is a little cloudy/hazy/not quite translucent. is that just an effect of the filming of it? I guess my question is how clear is the epoxy in the middle? I'm judging by shot at 8:39 but then i second guess what i'm seeing because you have ghost headphones you can see through somehow.
Depending on the grit of sandpaper used, it might just be the surface finish. I know for 'repairing' headlights or clear plastic, you have to sand it with up to 1200 grit, then hit it with a rouge or paste for the high shine. Generally for wood, it seems like 320 or 400 is about as far as most people go. Either way this is a super cool effect. Even with a bit of diffusion, if there were a small embedded LED or something the whole surface would glow due to the surface imperfections. ...and that would look awesome on a media console. 👍
@@tombuildsthings oh man! i have some LED strips. that's a great idea! i wonder if they'd be ok inside of epoxy without getting too hot. now i can't wait for the work day to finish so i can go home and tinker!
It isn't totally clear. That was my original plan, but I ended up gettin some wood fibers, etc... in the epoxy. So polishing it to be really clear would have shown off all of the bad stuff. So I kept it a little cloudy. It's also less work to do that :)
Would this be considered an "Original" or a "Double Stuf" Epoxy Sandwich would you say? Very cool technique and I think this is only going to be the start of this concept! Great build and video as always, Chris! Also..."/" - please apply that to the working/collaboration part of my podcast question, thanks.
Isopropyl alcohol makes hot glue hesive, or whatever the opposite of adhesive is.
minushesive
I believe "subhesive" is the correct term
Unhesive.
@@Foureyes.Furniture Should be Abhesive. Ad and ab are antonym in latin
hot glue adheres... acetone makes the glue release.. and thats my 2 cents spent.
An embedded LED or three could make that piece dual-fuctional! A headphone stand AND a small desk lamp!
You speak the truth
@@Foureyes.Furniture And now that I'm on that line of thinking, and with your idea of doing this for a base for a media console...you could even embed some programmable RGB LEDs and control them with a small Arduino board to mimic those fancy ambient light matching things some high-end TVs have...
Just spitballing ideas now. Hah!
@@AnthonyBowman Man that would be neat af! :O
Yeah true
I was thinking the exact same thing 😊👍
Super cool idea!! You could have used your xCarve to cut out the shape in a block of the material you wanted it, like the beach wood. Filled the void with epoxy. Then put the block back on the xCarve and cut a slightly larger shape leaving you with a 1/4 inch beach around the shape. Essentially the same result. Just saving you from having to create all the forms etc.
I get what you're saying...that might work. The only problem I could think of is you'd end up with weird grain orientations. Also, since this was a test case on how I could do this for large pieces...I'd need a giant CNC to achieve it...(when it isn't for the headphone stand)
Chris Salomone I was not thinking about the Gain!!! You are absolutely correct. This is why you are king! I can visualize placing some LEDs.
Hey Chris! When you are laminating, try to spray some thin water coats on to the thin wood/veneer, when you apply wood glue. But of course from the other side. This will prevent the annoying bending of the veneers.
Good call
Really cool! In my opinion, a lot of people that use epoxy with wood, makes the epoxy the main part. But you really make the woodworking the main part and epoxy a nice addition.
Props on showing a CNC and non-CNC version! It looks awesome and can't wait to see what you do with this technique down the road.
Thanks man...appreciate it :)
Great design Chris! Looking forward to seeing the large scale version...
You and me both
I've had this epoxy sandwhich idea for a while but wasn't ready to try it yet. Cool to see that it works!
It worked alright. We'll have to see at a larger scale :)
3:28 I assume you have never worked with veneer before. Good for you. I personally hate it, because you need to use edge banding, there’s no end grain edge banding, so you end up with a really weird looking piece. But it’s a great demonstration how wood reacts to moisture. Pretty much a small scale, exaggerated and fast forward experiment of how a thicker solid piece of wood would react.
Same reason why you should always apply finish to both sides, at least one coat. The untreated side would soak up moisture much differently than the treated or sealed side, making the piece warp. Even if it’s only veneered particle board. That 1mm layer can make a 1 inch board warp. Kind of amazing.
Good call. I've worked with other veneers. Just never had this happen. these pieces were particularly thin, so I'm sure that contributed to how quickly it happened.
If you or others have not yet figured out why the wood curled... When you let the glue sit on it, the water in the glue-it is MOSTLY water-soaked into the wood fibers. The fibers on that side therefore got wider-in the direction that wood movement happens, and the wood curled inward on the opposite side. The fact that the wood was so thin exacerbated the process. BTW: For those TH-cam viewers and makers (NOT Chris) that continually screw down solid wood tops to tables, casework, etc. or put frames around cutting boards, and then ignore all the comments from woodworkers who tell them that it will eventually crack: Chris has just proven through time lapse imagery how much wood can move through moisture absorption. Awesome tertiary outcome!
Thanks Kevin...got it. So in laymen terms. the wood on one "face" was "weakened" the wood on the other side wasn't. The wood on the "other side" overpowered the "weaker" side. Essentially winning a Wood v Wood Arm Wrestling match :)
@@Foureyes.Furniture Essentially. If we want to be pedantic-and because this is the internet, I believe that IS required?-no wood was weakened, but the wet wood was 'strengthened' in that its cells had to put that moisture somewhere, so they swelled to hold it. In fact, if you had taken a squirt bottle and squirted water on the curled side, the strips would have come back into balance and leveled out on their own. The reason one cracked is because the swollen side literally crushed the cells on the other side and caused them to break apart along the grain lines.
Regardless, the project looks great, and I think the furniture base idea would be a real eye catching design that takes acrylic and moves us beyond all the 'river' aesthetics that have been thoroughly explored by now. n.b. to other TH-cam woodworkers: Thoroughly. VERY thoroughly. ;-)
Beautiful
Super satisfying on its own, while still leaving me anticipating the next course, this sandwich was a fantastic appetizer.
Tea and epoxy sandwiches :)
You can't beat that smooth ad entrance. You just can't.
not possible
I like how this turned out. I look forward to seeing it done the other way, and hearing which worked best.
Sweet! Love the embedding LED idea!
Walnut with smokey gray epoxy would be choice.
Another great project.
I don't love the epoxy trend in woodworking but this is actually genius, and looks very cool. I'm glad you didn't make it some weird color, the opaque gives it a cool floating effect
Thanks Cole...just trying to bring something new to the table. or the desk as it were :)
I hope V2 has some LEDs in it! Nice job with this one
haha...not likely.
That headphone stand looks amazing. Also, the ad read was great.
Great combo of techniques. Will have to watch this again. Loved seeing the xcarve in action. Good to see the ongoing collaboration too!
Thanks :)
I'll have my epoxy and bent wood sandwich without Mayonnaise, thanks.
But Mayonnaise is the life force of a sandwich. I insist
@@Foureyes.Furniture It is The Devil's Condiment. 😱
Very cool. Makes a lot more sense in video than on the podcast.
Yeah...a quick pic can explain what I can't in an hour :)
It just keeps getting better. Nice build Chris. Thanks for the idea.
Thanks Frank glad you enjoyed
Well, it looks pretty awesome
Really cool piece.
That was a lot more work than I thought it would be. Nicely done. And great concept! Never seen anything like this before.
It really was
Awesome head phone stand that just inspired me to make one!
very cool :)
Very good design and work,....congratulations¡............👍👌
Thanks Carlos :)
Chris is slowly fell in love using Resin ;) Like your design as always, just can't wait to build mine.
Thanks Hanzo...it's pretty fun :)
@@Foureyes.Furniture indeed ;)
I come from your Crayon Rainbow Table... and decided to stay. I am tuned for lots of cool videos ✨ (While I binge watch the others)
Thanks! Glad you've been enjoying them :)
Thanks Chris, that’s a very nice idea and makes clean but interesting designs. I hope you will indeed use this in some bigger projects, I curious to see how that will look.
Me too! And Time will tell :)
Very nice 👌 It's a nice contrast to the walnut, and the original headphone stands, look and feel 👏
Thanks! If I'm honest I might like the original more, but something different is nice :)
@@Foureyes.Furniture Do you have the original somewhere else in the house now then. Somewhere non-walnutty?! Can never have too many headphones 🤣
I channel from the bottom, just enough for an LED strip would be cool lighting the epoxy out the sides would have been pretty cool.
really dig it
Fascinating design. Cool and unique. Have to keep that idea around...
Also, your wife is a good sport, and very patient. ;-)
She really is :)
Looks really clean and professional as if its something you would buy in a store. Would be cool if you experimented a bit with the epoxy mix though and added some color to it.
I may do that down the road. Just depends on the design
Finally got around to watching this. Awesome as always! Seeing that piece curving on itself after glue was applied gives me hope that bending in the direction of the grain is feasible haha
With thin enough wood. It is very feasible.
That’s brill bro
Looks dope man. Resin is my jam!
You could cut a pocket on the CNC, pour epoxy into the pocket and then CNC around the epoxy with a small offset leaving a timber skin on the epoxy.
this method would make some of the wood "skin" end grain, which is ugly.
Looking great
hmmmm....one side of my family has a secret Santa where we make gifts for each other...hmmm...I have none of the tools in this video, nor the know-how... hmmm...but I really love headphones and headphone stands...hmmm...I wonder if I could make something like this happen??!! ...Chris, I love all your projects and all the amazing results but this might just be my favorite video you have done because there is a small part of me that thinks I just may be able to do this!!! Thanks for the inspiration!!
haha...give it a go. You could do something similar I'm sure :)
LOL. Best ad read yet! 😂
hehe...thanks :)
Wow
Very cool. If you're going to be experimenting with casting in apoxy, I would suggest looking at moulding with silicone. Basically you make a template for your compleated object, cast it in silicone, then use that mould to make your apoxy project. I wouldn't try to use a wooden mould because, as you found out, the apoxy likes to stick to things. There are several youtubers who cast apoxy this way.
I would alsi recommend mould release spray and, depending on the size of object a pressure pot or vacume pot. If it's a small item, you put the mould full of apoxy into a pressure tank and increase the pressure to a point where any bubbles are squashed so small you can't see them any more. If the objects are to big to fit in a pressure pot you need to go with a vacume. Put the mixed apoxy in a vacume chamber and remove the air, there are several techniques for doing this without the apoxy bubbling over the sides of your pot. You then poor the apoxy gently into your mould and try not to introduce more bubbles at the same time.
Evan and Kaitlyn do a fair amount with apoxy. Nick Zammeti is another good one. (Sorry if I've miss spelled thier names). I'll try to think of anyone else who does it on TH-cam.
You could also talk to Total Boat, who make apoxy resin, they could also steer you in the right direction and might sponsor a few episodes as well.
I hope my mad ramblings help.
Thanks Glen...appreciate all the feedback. I was thinking about making a silicone mold after it came up on the podcast last week. But then I feel like I start getting into a situation where the juice might not be worth the squeeze if you catch my drift :)
So cool
This is so cool Chris.
Dude! I love this headphone stand! The combination of bent lamination and epoxy is clutch! I will definitely be attempting this one myself! Well done sir 👍🏽👍🏽
Thanks Donovan...appreciate it. Can't wait to see what . you do :0
Cool built Chris, concept proven. Look forward in your next attempt with larger stuffs
It'll happen. Not sure when...but someday :)
Would be awesome if you could put light inside so it would we lit during night. Amazing vid anyway!
This is one of the best and neatest projects I've seen in a long time. Great job! Oh, try wax to seal the bottom of the form to the melamine and use screws instead of hot glue. The form should release cleanly AND you'd should be able to use the form a second and even a third time.
Good call. Thanks Tom :)
Putting paste wax on the melamine form should help it release easier.
Yeah, I don't know why I wasn't thinking about it when I put it down.
Very nice look to this plus you are giving me X-carve envy!
I've got the links right there in the description :P
Really cool Chris! 😃👍🏻👊🏻
Thanks Fred
Use a non water based epoxy for your bent lamination glue ups and your laminations won't fold up like that. Techniglue is my favourite due to the thick paste like consistency.
An accesory very nice, nice for share it 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
This is really cool. Maybe I will use this technic in my exam project. So thanks for sharing 😄😄
looks great! I need to invest in some epoxy and give it a shot
Definitely :)
Looks great. Interested to see how the legs come out
Someday...in due time
You're really resin the stakes on this challenge
I Epoxy what you did there :P
Very cool looking, nice design
A cool design idea, but I can definitely imagine fudging something in production as it is now. You could use two smaller forms on top and bottom that hold laminated pieces in place instead of full form. That might make it easier in some way during form removal. but that would require making aditional MDF rigging, so I'm not sure if that would be worth it.
Thank you Chris for another perfect bed time video
Peaceful and relaxing, just what this insomniac needed
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed and dozed off to it :)
That is how an an Ad read is done.
Thanks! I did have fun with that one :)
Turned out cool! I'm with you...not sure how you would have gotten the piece out if you had done it your original way. That would have been tough.
It's MDF, throw it in a bucket of water for a day or two and it'll disintegrate.
Beautiful!!
The project is fun and looks amazing as always! I think it'd be a lot of fun to try this and add LEDs in the epoxy.
But can we talk about how entertaining that ad is? I'm starting to get as excited about your ads as I am the project videos now. 😂
I actually would love to get really wacky with the ads, but then I fear the sponsors will be like "what the hell are you doing". so I try to keep myself on a short leash :)
Well, it looks super cool. You are going to have a 1000 people building stuff in sandwich mode now.
good...sandwich vs river. May the best fad win :)
How much is a basic toolbox?
Heck Yeah! Such a nice build and Idea great Job!
Thanks :)
Make a multi part mold out of mdf on the cnc that slots together and so its very easy to take it apart. Also paint the mdf with a primer to seal the cut surfaces and use a very lenient mold release like vaseline
Also. You forgot rgb leds in the epoxy for making it go faster...
Dang...I knew I was forgetting something :)
Lookin kempt!
always
I'm curious to know what adhesive you would use if you were to do it the other way. Assuming you have the appropriate clamping pressure to squeeze out any air and make the contact full spread, you would probably also want something that cures clear. I wonder if something like a 2 part epoxy adhesive would work well. good luck, I enjoy your videos and look forward to seeing more!
Exactly. I would have used more epoxy. :)
Do public workshops exist? Like kind of like a gym where you pay a membership to use the equipment and stuff but for projects and such. Is that a thing?
This one almost slipped by me :)
I also built your previous headphone stand, but made it a bit too short.
I loved the video, but had to close the window when I saw the Detroit Tigers hat. I cried.
Nice picture frames and shelves at 4:49, could you share more pictures of it ? :)
He has a Video about them on his Channel :)
Here ya go :) - th-cam.com/video/W0lQIfZ-m84/w-d-xo.html
looks like a very stacked headphone stand
mmmm lovely content Chris!
Thanks :)
*thumbs up for mr. Burns*
he's earned it :)
@@Foureyes.Furniture * *grinning smithers . gif* *
Coloring the epoxy resin, to set it off more as an accent piece.
I'll probably do some colored epoxy down the road, Wanted to keep this one simple though.
This is so cool like it , im going to make one if future 👍🏻
So creative and beautiful. Cool video. Mahalo for sharing. : )
Thank you...glad you enjoyed :)
Nice one.
Couldn't you cast the resin in a cavity in solid wood and cut around to leave a thin layer?
You could...but you'd have some messed up grain. It wouldn't be ideal
Mmmm 😋
It looks great, reminds me of sliced aloe vera.
you're the second person to say that :)
Chris Salomone 😂
I really dig it man looks sweet! I'm not to keen on LED lights in everything but I couldn't help but thinking about having embedded LED lights in the epoxy so you get a headphone stand/lamp. As far as casting the epoxy have you considered using or making a silicone mold? Great work man keep it up.
Thanks Dan...I'd like to play with making a mold...but I wanted to try this first.
Cool concept, Chris...lots of possibilities. Would be cool to add LED lights to the epoxy. I just got an X-Carve for my middle school maker's space classroom. Did yours show up in about 10,000 pieces? Lol. Oh, and tell Shaun it's time for him to post another video too :-)
haha...yeah, it does show up in lots of pieces. I was kind of glad for that after the fact though. Makes me feel like I kind of know how it's working :)
Shaun is on it :)
@@Foureyes.Furniture :-)
"Taco shell" might have been caused by moisture imbalance (glue applied only to one side). Anyway, in the end elegant, as usual.
It kinda reminds me of how it looks when you cut an aloe leaf node thing
Oh yeah. I know what you're talking about...now I'm feeling phantom burn pains.
Hi Chris, I was also interested in making a headphone stand using bent lamination. What would you say would be the minimum amount of layers that would be needed in order to hold a pair of headphones?
Not a lot. Less about layers more about total thickness, but if you built strips up to about 1/4" that will be plenty. My Shoe shelf is only about 1/4" thick, and those are definitely heavier than headphones.
Me: Hell yeah I wanted a new headphone stand can’t wait to watch this video and make it this weekend.
Chris: SO USE YOUR CNC MACHINE-
Also: "My previous one is perfectly fine and easier to build. So let's fix this unbroken thing." Pressure on creators to keep production up.
Neat stand. How did you get Shaun to help when tape wasn't involved?
there was tape involved...but even that I had to do on my own
Since you're doing all that reshaping afterwards, why not use silicon as a release agent/medium while casting it? Meaning pre-coat the mold bottom where you used hot glue and coat the surface (not the finish wood) with silicon - use a scraper to spread the silicon?? Would the silicon mess things up? I suppose you could tape the mold on all surfaces..... I know you've learned from this one and I hope I am not insulting your intelligence by suggesting all the 20/20 hindsights ... Anyway, I still love the concept.
Definitely learned from it, and I am no expert when it comes to this stuff. Hopefully I'll get better with afew more under my belt.
it looks at the end like the epoxy is a little cloudy/hazy/not quite translucent. is that just an effect of the filming of it? I guess my question is how clear is the epoxy in the middle? I'm judging by shot at 8:39 but then i second guess what i'm seeing because you have ghost headphones you can see through somehow.
Depending on the grit of sandpaper used, it might just be the surface finish. I know for 'repairing' headlights or clear plastic, you have to sand it with up to 1200 grit, then hit it with a rouge or paste for the high shine. Generally for wood, it seems like 320 or 400 is about as far as most people go. Either way this is a super cool effect. Even with a bit of diffusion, if there were a small embedded LED or something the whole surface would glow due to the surface imperfections. ...and that would look awesome on a media console. 👍
@@tombuildsthings oh man! i have some LED strips. that's a great idea! i wonder if they'd be ok inside of epoxy without getting too hot. now i can't wait for the work day to finish so i can go home and tinker!
It isn't totally clear. That was my original plan, but I ended up gettin some wood fibers, etc... in the epoxy. So polishing it to be really clear would have shown off all of the bad stuff. So I kept it a little cloudy. It's also less work to do that :)
Looks really cool, man! Next one you can do it with ''glow in the dark'' materials. If you are into it.
Hell yeah!
Yeah!!!
Love that go Detroit tigers.
Would this be considered an "Original" or a "Double Stuf" Epoxy Sandwich would you say? Very cool technique and I think this is only going to be the start of this concept! Great build and video as always, Chris! Also..."/" - please apply that to the working/collaboration part of my podcast question, thanks.
This is at least quadruple stuf :)
Super cool. Did you shave your head as a test case for Dollar Shave Club?
haha...no. The timing just worked out :)