Making Furniture out of BROKEN GLASS
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.พ. 2022
- I am making furniture out of broken glass and epoxy resin. Recycling glass into furniture is something I am interested in for 2 reasons. 1. It can serve as an aggregate to reduce the amount of epoxy needed to make translucent pieces. 2. I sometimes break glass for some of my concrete molds and this gives me a way to recycle that waste. A bonus is that the glass acts as sort of a heat sink and I can pour the epoxy resin deeper without fear of it overheating. This table looks like it was made out of translucent concrete and weighs about 45 lbs. I saved all the broken glass I created from other mold making projects and used it as a glass aggregate for casting this piece of epoxy furniture. I made a positive prototype out of MDF that I used to make a negative silicone mold. I used total boat deep set fathom epoxy resin and it came out great.
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Next time you have leftover silicone, pour it into a bowl or a watertight box. Next time you make a mold, slice and dice the leftover silicone and use it as filler, allowing you to use less silicone. Also a use for spilled or leaked silicone, and a use for old molds.
good idea!
Projects like this also look great using broken safety glass, like what you get from a car window, and it's a lot safer to work with because it doesn't break with
as sharp edges.
For removing labels off glass bottles, OxiClean works really well. Mix with water and soak the bottles in it for a day or so and the labels slide right off. Used to do that for recycling beer bottles when I used to do homebrew, worked like a charm.
thanks for the tip!
I have to say out of all of the makers I follow, what you come up with is always exciting even if it doesn’t work exactly how you envisioned. I always look forward to what’s next!
Thank you! I try to just follow my curiosity and have fun! I have been doing this for so long and there is still so much I want to try
Glass can be nearly infinitely recyclable, by mixing it with epoxy you just made a composite which probably will end up in a landfill at the end of its life instead of continuing its life cycle
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You got this right. Concept for use of mold, intriguing. Can’t wait to see the creation/templates
when you started the router on the top of the table....
*mini heart attack*
then announcing there was no glass in the top section.
*relief*
lol yes that would not have been good
Lookin sharp!
Super cool process. So much fun to watch. Thanks for the awesome video as always.
So, I saw a crackle glass dining table at the furniture store. I LOVED it. Went on line, to discover that a sheet of crackle glass 3 feet by 5 feet is $2500. I thought of using broken glass with epoxy to create a similar effect. Which when I googled it, led me to your video. If I picked up a glass table top in that size off of a local buy and sell group - second hand, and then like you suggested, mixed the smashed glass in with the epoxy, could this work? Then do a final top coat of epoxy to make it smooth topped after? I'd love to see you take on this kind of task?
Awesome! I love the use of the glass!
such a high quality cheap material that is just hard to fasten.
Well done Ben!!
Looks great! Good idea for recycling glass! Thanks for sharing!
You are so welcome!
Adding more (thermosetting polymer) plastic to this world, making a video calling it Broken glass is not exactly "recycling", but I'm sure it gets some view counts
Beautiful!
Thank you! Cheers!
I just couldn’t stop watching great work
thank you
Your DIY products are amazing, Good luck.👍🔔❤💎
Thank you! Cheers!
This is fantastic Ben. Labor-intensive but a great piece of functional art
now that the mold is done I can make more tables. concrete in less than an hour and epoxy glass tables in about 2-3 hours each
I wish I could see it. I bet it is very beautiful. I can’t wait to try to something like this when I get the space.
An artist I know who works with glass pieces heats the bottles in an oven then dumps them into a garbage pail of cold water which shatters them into small pieces. Hammering things to break them is more fun though
thanks for the tip!
This was fantastic. Thanks
Glad you enjoyed it!
Such a unique and awesome build! It looks so cool!
Thank you! wait till you see the ballon project!
@@HomeMadeModern WE CAN'T WAIT!!!
Seriously cool!! 🔥✨
thanks Shane!
👍💖 Ben, you are extremely creative. Each piece is made to perfection. Clearly thought out and superbly implemented.
I learn each time I watch your videos. 💖💖💖
thank you so much! trying something new is so energizing
Sometimes more than his creativity, is the time and follow through on actually doing these things is what amazes me...The guy welded together a glass breaking tray just for this project!!! Who has the time to do this??!!! Great work man!! What helps is that, I often shy away from doing projects, not just thinking of the time it takes, but more so thinking it might not come out as I want after putting the time in...But your videos help over come this to a degree!
omg I love the look of this!! I'd like to make table/desk legs with this glass+epoxi and put a wood table top.. Imagine clear tapered legs with light-colored wood top! The aesthetics!!
Or a sheet made with this and combine it with slim metal frame to make modular shelves!! It's gonna be stronger than glass!
That's a great idea!
Beautiful table
thank you!
You're welcome
you shoud put a tiny amount of blue in your resin, not to tint it, but to it to look Whiter and less yellowy !
really cool project. love it!
Thank you! Cheers!
Cool idea
Glad you think so! thanks!
4:30 they usually cut the silicon in a zigzag pattern so the two halves align easier with each other.
smart!
Came down to say the same thing. Zigzag cuts down the sides to get the halves to register with each other and don't cut through the bottom next time. The mold will take up more space when you store it, but it will be less prone to leaks.
Looks dope man! Nice work!!
Appreciate it! thanks!
Spectacular.
thank you!
Looks great! For deep pour, use a vacuum chamber next time. Majorly reduces bubbles.
Whenever I see broken safety glass, I think: 'this is kind of pretty - I wish I could think of something to do with this'.
Well, now I know what!
I've also seen colored glass nuggets in garden centers. Large ones, meant to be used like gravel.
Oh, it would be so much fun, experimenting with this!
yes! broken safety glass breaks into such small pieces
Phenomenal
just fun experiments!
You could possibly mix the cured silicone with a new batch to reduce the amount of waste and fill extra negative space.
interesting idea!
Nice build - creative.
Thank you! Cheers!
Cool ideas
brilliant.
thank you!
This is great 👍
thank you!
For a brief second I actually thought this wasn't going to be just another resin video.
Dope. Really dope.
thank you!
the glass reminds me of an instructables where someone made sea glass with a cement mixer, water and sand. there was alot of debate if that works, but looks right up your alley!
oh I might have to try that! would be so noisy though!
I get such a kick out of seeing what you come up with - so imaginative! (I also like seeing how my visualization from your description in the podcast matches reality.)
I get a kick out of it too! would be funny to see people sketch the projects I describe on the pod before seeing them
This is so cool! It occurs to me that if you could get a source for broken safety glass you could do away with the smashing altogether.
yes! we are talking to some glass fabricators that can basically get us unlimited amounts but first we need to establish the limits of the epoxy to glass ratio. epoxy is expensive but if we can get it to hold together with 80% glass to 20% uv resisting resin we are on to something
@@HomeMadeModern How resistant is US resistant epoxy? Can it be used as a outdoor piece, or something my a sunny window? Q is more on the specifics, not the latter about the piece use :-)
Brilliant. loved it.
awaiting subsequent progressive evolution
Working on it! thank you!
Cool project. For blue glass I would have used something with a stronger cobalt blue.
Maybe I missed it in the video, but was there any texture to the surface from the glass? Or was it perfectly smooth?
smooth! can't feel any glass!
This project makes me curious about Steven Haulenbeek’s Resin-Bonded Sand Series and if it’s sturdy enough to make a stool like the one you made in this project.
(Thinking out loud) I wonder if using colored sand layers mixed w/ resin would be even more cost effective and would give a cool rammed earth-sand art effect.
Thank you for sharing! These design experiments are 💎.
Ps- missing the podcast! 😃
Did there tend to be pieces of glass on any of the surfaces that could be felt by hand? Or did the epoxy encase everything?
it is smooth to the touch, you can tell because the other wise the sand paper would get shredded
You have proven you dont need a workbench to do amazing woodworking projects
Imagine making this, but adding lights inside of it. :-)
I'm going to do this step by step.
Step 1, buy and drink Gin.
lol I had beer too
It needs a blue light on the bottom. It would be sick in an inglue or the ice Hotel
Did the glass pieces not push into the silicone and poke out in the final product? I feel like there would be little pokies sticking out
surprisingly not at all! You can tell by the way the sand paper on the orbital sander doest catch and tear as I sand the softer epoxy.
Bro., where da heck do you come up wit this stuff?? So cool Ben!!! Dirty Jersey out!!!
just chilling in the desert with creative friends and experimenting with arts and crafts
You should embed some LED lamps
yes! for outdoor versions with UV protection on the epoxy
This is awesome. Id like to buy a mold if possible.
Great video. Very slick table. Clever use of glass. Mahalo for sharing! : )
Thank you! Cheers!
This is a beautiful piece! Very sculptural. But could have gone without the addition of the blue. Would love to see it in completely amber glass though!
I agree! going to try olive green wine bottles next I think
@@HomeMadeModern Yes! After I left the comment I thought Green too! Haha, if you do make them please share 😊
Love it! How much epoxy did it take?
a little less than 1.5 gallons
🙌🏽🙌🏽
thank you
Would love to see this cast with Jesmonite mixed with metal shavings.
I just checked it out and ordered some! thanks for the tip
broken glass will scratch the crap out of a silicon mold going in
Very Cool Project. Next , Time You Do This Type Of Project Use A Mold Release On Your Melamine You Will Find It Wont Stick.
yes! I used it on my current project but I am not liking the oil residue it left.
Man, i WISH MDF was affordable.. all the wood is so expensive these days.. Most of the jigs i see on youtube cost more than the final piece sometimes..
yes! prices are nuts!
Are you selling your mold? Nice work I couldn’t stop watching
not at this time
Interesting! But I have a bad history with broken glass, not worth the chance of even working with it. As the resin ages and yellow, this will get even more interesting.
I hear you! yes patinas over time are cool. I am going to try some uv protection in future epoxy pours
Very nice are you selling the mold?
No, sorry
As always cool content ! Maybe wear a respirator. MDF is full of cancer causing elements . Should not be used as indoor furniture. It’s really the dust from sanding and cutting .
good suggestion! thanks!
Using a release agent on the melamine form will make it reusable and easier to remove.
in the next project you will see some of the pros and cons of mold release
I hope you were wearing your safety boots and shin protecters.
Are you selling the molds
not at this time
Glass heat sink… interesting
yeah fun with chemistry!
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Bro safety glasses
I thought I was wearing a face shield but yes!
Cool project! I think it would look dope with thousands of 4mm diamonds inside . Also maybe exploring doing mix of jesmonite with epoxy. Jesmonite can be tint very easy with amazing colors compare to concrete like a deep black,white or bright colors.
Cool ideas! thanks!
Just beautiful! A functional piece of art.
The sea glass effect is really beautiful. Very clever approach to your goal. I learn new things from your projects every time you post. Thanks
Thank you so much!
Please wear a mask when breaking and sifting glass... Silica dust is real bad
yes!
I have to say I usually am a fan of your content but I can’t agree with this one. Glass can be recycled over and over, check out Jerry Rig Everything channel and he visits a glass recycler if you’re not convinced. Epoxy resin has only one destiny and that’s landfill. That’s bad enough, but here you’re throwing a load of glass too. Yes, I get it, it amounts to about a bucketful and you’re but one person but it’s the principle. And I know that nothing comes for nothing, recycling glass uses resources too but far far less than creating new glass. I just can’t get on board this one. It looks nice though.
I don't disagree with some of this and I appreciate the fair tone of your comment. typically re use is the best, high percentage recycling with out transportation or energy use is good, low percentage recycling is better than nothing. For me though the epoxy is tricky part and I try not to use epoxy for anything that wont be used for at least 40 years which is where it starts to be equal in impact to particle board. I am imperfect and at times inconsistent with the materials that I use but my main metric is to recycle more than I produce which is one of the reasons why I am recycling over 5000 lbs of windmill blades. its hard to be perfect so I just try to do more good than harm. epoxy projects are popular on TH-cam and I wanted to show a way to use less epoxy and more of another material. That being said I am aware that it is possible that this does the opposite and encourages more epoxy use instead of smarter epoxy use.
@@HomeMadeModern thanks for reading and a good response. Still a fan.
Recycling costs more and more waste. Just bury the glass.
Worst Ryobi commercial yet..😣
Too bad after a year it will turn yellow.
color authentically achieved can be nice but yeah I hear you
This isn't even a god damn video. It's literally just a series of affiliate sales pitches, disguised as a project. Fucking gross.
Gotta be honest, this doesn’t look that good. I’d be surprised if you could get more than $50 for it on Etsy 🤷♂️
Meh
Are you selling the molds
not at this time
Let me when you are I’m interested thanks and have a great day