I fell in love with wood and epoxy tables while looking on Etsy. Having found your site and watching you turn out such beautiful pieces has been a great joy. While I have neither the space or the money to have even a small table, or even a smaller sculpture I still enjoy your work!
Hey cam I’m a 50 woman trying to get my wood working hobby off the ground as I’m disabled and struggle with my mental health as well so just looking to keep myself busy any ideas on what sort of small project just to hone my skills better I thoroughly enjoy your videos and your work is amazing just any tips would be great fully appreciated and I also think your humour is on point luv n virtual hugs from Ann Marie Love in Scotland xxx
I love your work. I watch it almost everyday on my tv. So I can't make comments all the time. Your video is the best instruction. I made my first live edge
I’ve been into carpentry since I was 18 and have wanted to learn to make epoxy tables for a long time. I love your videos and the way you explain how to do things. One day I’d like to attend your training class on how to make them.
Yes, this is a compliment... This is like the Papadakis Racing of woodworking. Straight forward process explanation, very simple to understand, obviously an expert at what you do.
I like the way you arrange the slabs in a way to make it more aesthetically pleasing, unlike others who just cut it in the middle and make the edges face eachother.
I really enjoy your videos. The simplicity of your explanations combined with acknowledgement of the difficulties in making furniture grade pieces is terrific! It is also refreshing and helpful to see that even experienced professionals make mistakes, and (even better) how to recover from those mistakes. Thank you! Keep up the great work.
I would love to see you do a table like this. But with the wood in the shape of the world map. I don’t know how hard that would be but I think it would come out awesome. Even just a clear epoxy with some burl wood or something would look awesome.
Cool... you've got me hooked! I recalled pieces of beech I bought about 20 years ago... I will soon be attempting my first river! Found a acrylic supplier - will enquire around tomorrow from a few joineries in the area about doing the planing/ sanding... and I will spread word about the database service you have going!
I just wanted to say that I thought your videos on epoxy table making are among the best on youtube. I personally like them because your style is straight and to the point, yet provide sufficient detail to allow less experienced crafters to replicate your process. You don't barrage the listener with requests to subscribe, join your patreon, or share the video. Also, your vids don't have an annoying background music track that plays over your narration. I don't understand why creators think that a loud background track adds production value to a video.
I have been watching your 2020-2021 vids and it’s cool to see how much you learned from then to now! Also, I think a silver flowy metallic epoxy would be cool!
You are one of the best video on TH-cam about a epoxy tables You do a great job explaining how to do. I am a pretty advanced wood worker just started doing them. I have a question I did pour a table with 1 to 1 and didn't have too many problems. I did 3 different colours for the river. I want to see if I could make a 3 dimensional effect. I forgot which epoxy I used. I believe crystal clear it may have been the marine I use whatever best deal I find lol. That was for a customer. I am just curious if you think I'm gonna have a guy pull my driveway with a broken table for other problems??? It did turn out pretty cool but I did have a little bit of settling with the pearl I own a body shop so I get it for almost free. Luckily I noticed it on the first pour so I didn't do it again.
Wow this is so amazing 😄 we just stumbled across you channel and now we’re gonna have to binge watch your videos! We can’t wait to start using resin on our projects. Your work is so beautiful!
I work with granite and other solid surface materials like quartz. Look into leathering brushes for stone. They come in different grit like sandpaper and remove the softest material first. Maybe they will help?
Speaking of soft wood. I have a client wanting epoxy on a spalted maple slab. What kind of finish would you use for the top and do you have any videos for this?
This video was made 2 years ago. Are you still painting the live edge with fast drying epoxy or have you found it's better to just pour? Learning as much as I can before my first pour.
Hey Cam, my wife and I love your work and your videos. We had a question on this video: Why you would use shellac to help the epoxy not stick to the wood when your going to run it through the drum sander anyway?
Re soft wood, would you not be able to set it with a clear epoxy? Or with CA? As in, could you not harden it/help reinforce/keep some of the soft wood if it looks good aesthetically by helping harden it? I think I saw someone do something similar once in a wood turning video. Not sure if the same principles can be applies/if it would work.
Hey, im about to make my first epoxy table - im wondering, what is the best way to clamp down the wood so it does not float? Would a feq 2x4 boards going across the table clamped down be sufficient enough to keep it from floating or would that mess something up?
Long-time viewer. First time asking a question. I used epoxy on a table recently for sealing small cracks. It worked great except the (black) epoxy stained the wood. There seemed to be no way to remove this without removing a ton of material. Thoughts about how to protect against this? Shellac the entire piece first?
Have you tried Minwax wood hardener on some of the soft spots in the wood? I've used it on a small scale with super good results. It turned super punky wood that you could scratch out with your fingernail into almost rock solid wood. It seaps in and is thinner than water I think and then hardens and stabilizes the wood. If you could get a big enough amount of it and removed the REALLY soft stuff I think it would really help around the edges and questionable parts of wood. It seems cheaper than super thin CA glue too.
Quick question: Why do you not use silicone instead of latex caulk for sealing/making dams? I've made a few concrete molds for countertops etc and find that silicone caulk is very easy to peel and remove and doesnt "glue" and break the melamine anywhere near bad. Pros/cons for wood? Thanks!!!
Quick question. You use a fast drying epoxy to seal the edges. When you do thicker pours you do the second pour when the first is still tacky so that it chemically bonds to the first pour. Wouldnt that also work if you seal your edges with the long cure epoxy?
I really like this look of black resin rather than transparent. If you do a lot of this you should invest in a vacuum pump and chamber for removing bubbles. Seems like it would save you some of the fill in you do in part two.
@@BlacktailStudio I feel that. Garage shops are a pain. Also, consider that the resin often foams up significantly so you cannot do a full bucket at a time. My thought for my own purposes was to get a 5 gallon vac chamber and get the largest container I can find that fits in it and do a couple gallons at a time. It doesn't take terribly long to do so the resin set time shouldn't be an issue.
Hello Cam, Just wanted to congratulate you on the great website and work that you and your wife do. After watching your videos for a while, I decided to take the plunge and have a go at it. You inspired me and I really appreciate your videos. I have purchased my first walnut slab and I am having a dilemma after removing the bark and getting the piece ready for the next step. Is there any way I could send you a photo and you could just let me know if I need to remove a 1 sq ft area that looks like it is part of the slab but it is a soft bark-like substance? Cheers
I forgot to mention I started making my own slabs by gluing kiln dried 4 quarter sandwiching them I have a big clamp press I made. then i make my natural live edge with sander and grinder that way I know they don't move they turn out really nice and very cheap to make to make.
Hi there, thanks a lot for this video, concise, friendly and logic. Being a newbie, cannot figure exactly what type of wood did you use ( my guess is walnut). Can you share it ?
u have such an amazing eye for flow & form! lovely! are you located in OR? it would be so cool to save up for a custom table by you as OR is my home state
Hello dear, may i ask about how we clean up the buckets or stuffs that we have touch the liquid Epoxy? something like wait till it cure or can clean it by simple water?
I noticed you don't use screws on your form. Does this ever create any issues for you when you are putting your wood into the mold if it is tight fitting. Awesome video and thanks.
How much for an end table??? Serious question. Like one you'd out a radio or set of speakers on for a living room. Just bought myself and my girlfriend our first house. It's from 1904, insanely good shape. But it's just FULL of woodwork everywhere. The orginal woodwork in stunning condition. Would absolutely adore one of those tables to go with it. Don't need a full on kitchen table, can't afford that. But a decent sized dark wood side table would be great that I can put along the wall. Thanks in advance!
I haven't done anything as big as this with epoxy but have done other types of work involving the problem of bubbles. In that work, we would vibrate the bubbles out. Would that work for epoxy table tops? And is there any reason that you couldn't screw the slab to the bottom of the tray?
I haven’t vibrated yet. Done it with concrete though. It might work. Or it might cause more bubbles. Worth a shot. I wouldnt screw it down, but probably fine.
So glad I came across this channel, it's always so relaxing watching people build something beautiful and show their talent! Looking forward to more!
Thanks Carlos!
I fell in love with wood and epoxy tables while looking on Etsy. Having found your site and watching you turn out such beautiful pieces has been a great joy. While I have neither the space or the money to have even a small table, or even a smaller sculpture I still enjoy your work!
Hey cam I’m a 50 woman trying to get my wood working hobby off the ground as I’m disabled and struggle with my mental health as well so just looking to keep myself busy any ideas on what sort of small project just to hone my skills better I thoroughly enjoy your videos and your work is amazing just any tips would be great fully appreciated and I also think your humour is on point luv n virtual hugs from Ann Marie Love in Scotland xxx
I love your work. I watch it almost everyday on my tv. So I can't make comments all the time. Your video is the best instruction. I made my first live edge
I’ve been into carpentry since I was 18 and have wanted to learn to make epoxy tables for a long time. I love your videos and the way you explain how to do things. One day I’d like to attend your training class on how to make them.
Thanks Camp. The clean up of the soft wood and form building was the information I was looking for. very good description on both.
Yes, this is a compliment...
This is like the Papadakis Racing of woodworking. Straight forward process explanation, very simple to understand, obviously an expert at what you do.
I’ll take it!
I like the way you arrange the slabs in a way to make it more aesthetically pleasing, unlike others who just cut it in the middle and make the edges face eachother.
I try!
Dark, that looks awesome. Thanks for the inspiration.
Wow, you are just beyond amazing…guy, keep up the brilliant work you do.
This is my favorite one I’ve seen! And when you put it to the black background it made it really pop!
Thanks Connie!
I really enjoy your videos. The simplicity of your explanations combined with acknowledgement of the difficulties in making furniture grade pieces is terrific! It is also refreshing and helpful to see that even experienced professionals make mistakes, and (even better) how to recover from those mistakes. Thank you! Keep up the great work.
I try! Thanks!
@@tsogtoobatbaatar3005 maybe for the reading impaired.
I love these tables. I’m gonna sign up for a course in how to make one
Love your calm, gentle voice. 🤭😏
Gorgeous furniture!!
I would love to see you do a table like this. But with the wood in the shape of the world map. I don’t know how hard that would be but I think it would come out awesome. Even just a clear epoxy with some burl wood or something would look awesome.
I always enjoy watching your videos, real quality job and good explanations.
Just watching, I've never done anything like you do.
Nothing wrong with a watcher... normally.
Lisa Lemmon here, again. A wire brush on an impact driver!!!! Yessss.Always learning here
Thanks Lisa!
Ditto on details, & of course I luv all ur work & finished pieces.
Truly Inspirational! 🙌🏼
Thanks Murray!
Your vacuum clamps are the coolest things I’ve ever seen. I didn’t know those existed, lol.
Right??
I appreciate all the details you cover. I want to try this hence why I’m watching!
You got this!
Me too. Good luck out there!
Cool... you've got me hooked!
I recalled pieces of beech I bought about 20 years ago... I will soon be attempting my first river! Found a acrylic supplier - will enquire around tomorrow from a few joineries in the area about doing the planing/ sanding... and I will spread word about the database service you have going!
I really like the shape of the voids on this one.
Beautiful piece dude!
Thanks Phil!
nice frame, did it in my power point!
Great choice of colors and aesthetics dude !!!!!
Thanks Marin!
Very nice design color and technologies very interesting beautifool resultations
Oh thanks!
Great work!
Medium screw up hahahaha that made my day. Your videos are awesome!
That's amazing fair play 😊
Why not wide tape in inside corners of ‘pouring’ moulds. Then mould release over that? Or will the epoxy dissolve the glue?
I just wanted to say that I thought your videos on epoxy table making are among the best on youtube. I personally like them because your style is straight and to the point, yet provide sufficient detail to allow less experienced crafters to replicate your process. You don't barrage the listener with requests to subscribe, join your patreon, or share the video. Also, your vids don't have an annoying background music track that plays over your narration. I don't understand why creators think that a loud background track adds production value to a video.
Oh thanks. I’m told I need to do more of the annoying stuff. Seems to be going ok so far though!
Great job
Verry nice work wauw
I have been watching your 2020-2021 vids and it’s cool to see how much you learned from then to now! Also, I think a silver flowy metallic epoxy would be cool!
I normaly leave something in the COMMENTS that i would do different BUT this is perfect
Lucky me! Thanks!
You are one of the best video on TH-cam about a epoxy tables You do a great job explaining how to do. I am a pretty advanced wood worker just started doing them. I have a question I did pour a table with 1 to 1 and didn't have too many problems. I did 3 different colours for the river. I want to see if I could make a 3 dimensional effect. I forgot which epoxy I used. I believe crystal clear it may have been the marine I use whatever best deal I find lol. That was for a customer. I am just curious if you think I'm gonna have a guy pull my driveway with a broken table for other problems??? It did turn out pretty cool but I did have a little bit of settling with the pearl I own a body shop so I get it for almost free. Luckily I noticed it on the first pour so I didn't do it again.
Excellent work. I like the colors. What is the size of the coffee table?
Wow this is so amazing 😄 we just stumbled across you channel and now we’re gonna have to binge watch your videos! We can’t wait to start using resin on our projects. Your work is so beautiful!
Wow, thanks so much! Let me know if you have any questions
Blacktail Studio Thank you so much! We’ll bare that in mind 😀
Do you seal both sides of the slab with shellac before the pour? Or just the top?
Nice table
Cam, what moisture of the wood do you recommend for an epoxy table.
What type of wood is this? Thank you. Love the vids.
What do you use for fast dry epoxy?
Does the shellac get removed when running the slab through the planer and finish sanding?
I work with granite and other solid surface materials like quartz. Look into leathering brushes for stone. They come in different grit like sandpaper and remove the softest material first. Maybe they will help?
Speaking of soft wood. I have a client wanting epoxy on a spalted maple slab. What kind of finish would you use for the top and do you have any videos for this?
I did a round spalted table a while back
This video was made 2 years ago. Are you still painting the live edge with fast drying epoxy or have you found it's better to just pour? Learning as much as I can before my first pour.
I like to use an air mover fan when I do grinder work like that; for stone work as well.
Oh, good to know!
pour the epoxy into a funnel . No splash at all and no bubbles because the void is filling from the bottom instead of the top.
Hey Cam, my wife and I love your work and your videos. We had a question on this video: Why you would use shellac to help the epoxy not stick to the wood when your going to run it through the drum sander anyway?
Do you have a playlist or a blog post of a literal step by step from the very beginning - to include what are must-haves for tools and materials?
I have a blog that should help
artist
What do you use for the mold release I want to try my luck at making a epoxy table
I know that I’m a bit late but it’s in the description.
Re soft wood, would you not be able to set it with a clear epoxy? Or with CA? As in, could you not harden it/help reinforce/keep some of the soft wood if it looks good aesthetically by helping harden it? I think I saw someone do something similar once in a wood turning video. Not sure if the same principles can be applies/if it would work.
Is it possible to do a smoky color for the apoxsee. Like maybe less black or something, or it doesn’t look good?
When making the mold if you put down polish wax in the corners it makes in easier to remove excess caulk. It gives you a nice rounded edge
Excellent 👌
Amazing
When you buy your rough slabs, generally how thick do they come? And for your standard tables what is the finished thickness?
Hey, im about to make my first epoxy table - im wondering, what is the best way to clamp down the wood so it does not float? Would a feq 2x4 boards going across the table clamped down be sufficient enough to keep it from floating or would that mess something up?
For this arrangement of pieces, are these cross cut cookie slabs?
Are you sealing with table top epoxy to seal??
Long-time viewer. First time asking a question. I used epoxy on a table recently for sealing small cracks. It worked great except the (black) epoxy stained the wood. There seemed to be no way to remove this without removing a ton of material. Thoughts about how to protect against this? Shellac the entire piece first?
So what influences your decision when choosing between osmo or Rubio?
What are you using to seal the edges and holes?
Have you tried Minwax wood hardener on some of the soft spots in the wood? I've used it on a small scale with super good results. It turned super punky wood that you could scratch out with your fingernail into almost rock solid wood. It seaps in and is thinner than water I think and then hardens and stabilizes the wood. If you could get a big enough amount of it and removed the REALLY soft stuff I think it would really help around the edges and questionable parts of wood. It seems cheaper than super thin CA glue too.
I haven’t before
Have you ever had a bonding issue between the epoxy and wood slab? Is there a chance that they separate while moving or if they’re dropped?
Another excellent video, great work, thank you :-)
Quick question: Why do you not use silicone instead of latex caulk for sealing/making dams? I've made a few concrete molds for countertops etc and find that silicone caulk is very easy to peel and remove and doesnt "glue" and break the melamine anywhere near bad. Pros/cons for wood? Thanks!!!
It always sticks bad for me
@@BlacktailStudio Hmm interesting! I would have thought the opposite. Thanks for the knowledge!
On your grinding, you might try a coral style body working disc. No more wires heading your way.
I’ll check it out!
Quick question. You use a fast drying epoxy to seal the edges. When you do thicker pours you do the second pour when the first is still tacky so that it chemically bonds to the first pour. Wouldnt that also work if you seal your edges with the long cure epoxy?
Check out one of my more recent vids. I do it a little different now
Hey buddy really love these videos!! I live in South Florida! Any advice where I can get slabs like this! Thx
Check out Goby walnut.
Years late to this video, but I enjoyed it and appreciate the finished job. So what did you decide: PC or Mac?
Pc 👍🏼👍🏼
I really like this look of black resin rather than transparent. If you do a lot of this you should invest in a vacuum pump and chamber for removing bubbles. Seems like it would save you some of the fill in you do in part two.
Yeah, I do need one. Just not a ton of space left for one big enough for a 5 gal bucket.
@@BlacktailStudio I feel that. Garage shops are a pain. Also, consider that the resin often foams up significantly so you cannot do a full bucket at a time. My thought for my own purposes was to get a 5 gallon vac chamber and get the largest container I can find that fits in it and do a couple gallons at a time. It doesn't take terribly long to do so the resin set time shouldn't be an issue.
Do you clean your buckets or just buy new. If you do clean them what do you use to do it?
Hello Cam, Just wanted to congratulate you on the great website and work that you and your wife do.
After watching your videos for a while, I decided to take the plunge and have a go at it. You inspired me and I really appreciate your videos. I have purchased my first walnut slab and I am having a dilemma after removing the bark and getting the piece ready for the next step. Is there any way I could send you a photo and you could just let me know if I need to remove a 1 sq ft area that looks like it is part of the slab but it is a soft bark-like substance? Cheers
I do offer consultations on my website if you can’t get your answer in a quick comment
Do you flatten these and just not shown? They seem to fit in the mold with no wobble
What kind of shop uses such a big planer? How would i find one in Texas?
I forgot to mention I started making my own slabs by gluing kiln dried 4 quarter sandwiching them I have a big clamp press I made. then i make my natural live edge with sander and grinder that way I know they don't move they turn out really nice and very cheap to make to make.
Hi there, thanks a lot for this video, concise, friendly and logic. Being a newbie, cannot figure exactly what type of wood did you use ( my guess is walnut). Can you share it ?
Sure! It’s black walnut
u have such an amazing eye for flow & form! lovely! are you located in OR? it would be so cool to save up for a custom table by you as OR is my home state
Yup, Oregon 👍🏼
I noticed you use mold release. I’ve seen some other table makers use tape do you only recommend mold release or will the tape work as well.
Nice
What quick dry epoxy did you use? The link is only for the deep pour
Lately I seal with the deep pour stuff
@@BlacktailStudio Does it dry pretty quick since its such a thin coat?
Could you use wood hardener on the soft portions?
I’ve found it discolors the wood some
I wonder if pouring it with some kind of hose set up would further reduce bubbles, maybe immersing the hose into the epoxy would help too?
Never know, give it a go!
Hello dear, may i ask about how we clean up the buckets or stuffs that we have touch the liquid Epoxy? something like wait till it cure or can clean it by simple water?
No, not water. Best to let it dry then break it out
Hi, how do I get part two? I'm new here and like watching you. Thanks
What do you use to color your epoxy black?
I noticed you don't use screws on your form. Does this ever create any issues for you when you are putting your wood into the mold if it is tight fitting. Awesome video and thanks.
I use em on big molds. No issues
What boards are you using for your templates?
After sealing the slab with shellac, are you going to sand it before pouring ?
It’s all in the video 😊
@@BlacktailStudio when i should use shellac? and i dont have this brand in my coutry, its water based?
How much for an end table??? Serious question. Like one you'd out a radio or set of speakers on for a living room.
Just bought myself and my girlfriend our first house. It's from 1904, insanely good shape. But it's just FULL of woodwork everywhere. The orginal woodwork in stunning condition.
Would absolutely adore one of those tables to go with it. Don't need a full on kitchen table, can't afford that. But a decent sized dark wood side table would be great that I can put along the wall.
Thanks in advance!
Is the mixer paddle designed to reduced bubbles or does it not matter as we can’t get this type in the U.K.
This isn’t anything special
Do you level the form before your pour?
Best I can
Do you mark the layout with just chalk? Like the kind kids play with?
The very same
I'm sorry, but what is the reason for adding caulk around the top of all the pieces of wood? I didn't understand that part lol
Good morning from SE Louisiana 26 Oct 21.
For d wood floating trouble, can’t u put heavy dumbbells ???
Sure can
I haven't done anything as big as this with epoxy but have done other types of work involving the problem of bubbles. In that work, we would vibrate the bubbles out. Would that work for epoxy table tops? And is there any reason that you couldn't screw the slab to the bottom of the tray?
I haven’t vibrated yet. Done it with concrete though. It might work. Or it might cause more bubbles. Worth a shot. I wouldnt screw it down, but probably fine.